Codependency is when a person’s emotional state is tied into others, or a need for others around you to be okay in order to feel okay yourself. Addiction professionals created the term to label a tendency they saw commonly among loved ones of addicts, but it can be applied in non-addiction situations as well. The risks of codependency are enabling unhealthy behaviors in loved ones, while overwhelming and exhausting yourself, and creating further strain in the relationship. Loves ones become resentful at feeling responsible for your mood, and their growth and healing becomes hampered by your over-involvement. I can help with therapy for codependency in Arizona.

Therapy for codependency includes identifying realistic options for helping, learning how to cope with what’s not in your control, identifying and utilizing sources of support in hard times, learning tools for improving communication and relationships, and getting help feeling okay even when others around you aren’t. The emphasis in on healthy relationships through independence as opposed to codependence.