If you find yourself constantly putting others' needs before your own, I can help you establish healthy boundaries, cultivate self-love, and break free from the cycle of codependency. Together, we'll rediscover your individuality and empower you to build fulfilling relationships.
I work alot with relationship issues, assertive communication and setting and keeping healthy boundaries. Sometimes the roots of codependency lie in childhood and we may want to use LI to heal those roots.
My perspective on Codependency is informed by prior years of 12-step recovery work with the addition of more recent advancements in thought around such labels.
I love working with the issue of codependency because admitting that you are codependent is the biggest step you can take towards overcoming it. Codependency is often fueled by fears of being alone, interpersonal conflict, or the consequences of saying no. I hope to help clients to explore how to set boundaries and what healthy boundary setting looks like for relationships with others to thrive, without abandoning the self in the process.
Codependency has been given a bad rap throughout the years. In reality, codependency is merely a set of coping skills. These skills may work short term, but in the long run will yield poor outcomes. My approach in addressing codependency is to help you tailor a set of coping skills that better fits your values, beliefs and direction.
If you find yourself frequently taken advantage of in personal relationships or at work, you may have a hard time accessing healthy anger and assertiveness, which makes it difficult or impossible for you to stand up for yourself. I will work to help you explore the origins of these tendencies in you, and to establish and foster your connection to self-respect and self-protection.