Codependency therapy with our Thriveworks Johnson City therapists helps people reduce and overcome codependent habits, which involve sacrificing one’s own needs to meet the needs of others (usually those closest to them). It helps to improve one’s well-being as well as the health of their relationships.
Codependency therapy works by helping the individual recognize, understand, and accept codependent patterns — including why and how they might’ve developed. In addition, it focuses on helping the individual to kick these tendencies and build more balanced relationships that allow them to support others without neglecting their own needs.
Codependent counseling can last for a few weeks, months, or longer. It depends on the exact needs of the client as well as the severity of their codependent challenges and other needs or preferences.
Talk with a Codependency Counselor in Johnson City, TN
Knowing where, when, and how to support a loved one who is struggling is a challenge that many people face, and Thriveworks Johnson City provides counseling for codependency.
We offer evening and weekend sessions, and can often get new clients in for their first appointment within the same week as scheduling. In addition, we accept most major insurances. If you think you could benefit from professional codependency help, reach out to Thriveworks Johnson city today.
Defining Codependent Behaviors
What is the difference between being co-dependent and being helpful? It can be hard to distinguish. The following characterize unhealthy, co-dependent behavior:
- Poor communication skills: Letting their loved ones know their real thoughts, needs, and feelings is often a struggle with people with co-dependent behavior patterns. They often fear that their honesty will set them at odds with their loved ones, and fear being rejected.
- People-pleasing tendencies: Taking responsibility for other people’s feelings is a key behavior of co-dependent people. They may feel responsible if their loved ones are upset, anxious, or disappointed. Co-dependents work hard to keep everyone happy.
- Caretaking: Co-dependent people often fuse their identity to caretaking. Who they are and what they do for people are one and the same. When someone declines their help, they often feel personally rejected.
- Difficulty establishing boundaries: In their minds, co-dependents may think, “no,” but they usually say, “yes.” At times, they may even risk their own emotional, financial, or physical well-being to fulfill inappropriate requests.
- Dependency: In many ways, co-dependent people need to be needed. They fear abandonment, and co-dependents may only feel whole when in a relationship with someone who needs them.
- Low self-esteem: Co-dependent people have a difficult time living from their inherent self-worth and internal strength. They struggle with feeling worthy in and of themselves, apart from others and what they do for others.
- Denial: Co-dependent people face their own, serious problems, but they are usually in denial about them. Fixing other people is often a way to minimize and distract themselves from their own issues.
How Can Counseling Help with Codependency?
Conquering co-dependent behaviors is a challenge, but it is possible. With the help of a skilled and caring counselor, many people have replaced co-dependent and enabling behaviors with healthy ways of relating. Therapy may help people:
- Stop compensating for their loved ones (unhealthy) and start being present with them in hardship (healthy).
- Say, “no” without fear of rejection.
- Acknowledge, accept, and seek help for their own mental or physical health needs.
- Make their well-being a priority, helping from their strength, not their sense of inadequacy.
Scheduling Codependency Counseling at Thriveworks Johnson City
At Thriveworks Johnson City, therapy appointments for codependency are available. Reach out today to schedule your first session.
When you call our office, know that weekend and evening sessions are offered, and we work with many insurance companies. Plus, new clients often see their counselor within the same week of their call.
