While interdependence can be healthy, many partners have an overreliance on one another for needs and self-esteem. If you are ready to feel more comfortable standing on your own two feet and feeling safer and more confident in your relationships, or maintain a sense of identity in relationships, I would like to help.
Do you have relationships where you feel compelled to "save" them by attending to all of their needs and in turn you neglect all of your own needs? Or do you experience in relationships feeling like you need the other person to take care of you but you also feel smothered or resentment? Codependency in relationships comes from attachment wounds, which can be understood and healed so that you can end unhealthy relationships or work to change behavioural patterns in relationships in your present life. I can help you learn to make these changes and better understand your relational patterns.
Do you feel abused, trapped and fearful in your relationship(s)? Many people in co-dependent relationships feel this way and often give up their power to others. The thought of befriending yourself may make you feel fearful. We don't have to shame or blame ourselves for this condition. We simply need to recognize, own and embody our sense of self and power. This is healthy and the most loving thing you can do for yourself. I can support you in becoming more of yourself and releasing the feelings of guilt and shame.
Do you feel like you rely "too much" on meeting the needs of others, or never putting yourself first? Would you describe yourself as a people pleaser, or as someone who would like to learn how to have relationships as bonuses in our lives vs. feeling our actions are guided by others or by eggshells? Claim your free consult to start changing how this feels today.