codependent counseling
It is my belief that what we call codependency is actually the result of the wonderful human desire to alleviate suffering in those we love. Unfortunately, most people caught in the exhausting behaviors that make up codependency, are using the wrong tools on the wrong problem.
Education is critical but so is ongoing support in gently but firmly challenging the internal impulses that lead to continuing self-defeating behaviors. Codependency impacts health in a very negative manner. It increases too high levels of cortisol for one thing, which suppresses our immune system. There are many other impacts which need to be explored. When seeking change, it has been my experience that we do not change from reading alone, we change in the company of another person who can listen and can hear the heart and hurt along with the words.
*Counseling of this nature will initially meet in person but can be scheduled to take place over secure, online meeting space thereafter.
“.....it has been my experience that we do not change from reading alone, we change in the company of another person who can listen and can hear the heart and hurt along with the words.”