Codependence: Treatment Strategies for Clients Who Lose Themselves in Others – Nancy Johnston (Digital Seminar)

Codependence: Treatment Strategies for Clients Who Lose Themselves in Others – Nancy Johnston (Digital Seminar)

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Extending far beyond its roots in addictions work, codependence is a universal issue that shows itself in a variety of diagnoses, from anxiety and depression to trauma-related and eating disorders.

Join Nancy Johnston, MS, LPC, LSATP, MAC, NCC, addictions and codependency expert, for this compelling 3-hour webinar designed to provide guidance, insight, and straightforward strategies for clients who are:

• Over-focused on caring for, fixing, controlling, pleasing, and/or conflict-avoiding
• Adult children of an addict
• Spending session talking about someone else
• Having difficulty allowing their children to become independent
• “Too resilient”; downplay suffering, forget how hard something was
• Struggling to leave an abusive situation or relationship
• Afraid to make necessary changes despite being unhappy
• Numb or unaware of what they want or feel
• And more!

Taught in everyday language and filled with practical tools, this is a recording you don’t want to miss!

Outline:

Conceptualizing Codependent Dynamics in a Practical Way 

• Over-functioning for others while under-functioning for the Self
• The physical and emotional costs of a “dominant external focus”
• Codependence as a precursor to anxiety, depression, and relationship difficulties
• Limitations of the research and potential risks

Assessment:  Broadening Your Lens to Include the Codependence Paradigm 

• How to identify and address codependence without stigmatizing
• Self-understanding (the why), self-awareness (the what), and skill sets (the how)
• Addressing the grief that underlies acceptance of reality
• What’s missing from the Stages of Change

Treatment Tools:  Help Clients Detach from Codependence and Anchor Within the Self  

• Setting goals that make sense
• Shifting focus from external to internal
• 3-part boundary setting skills
• Visuals to illustrate the relationship between the self and others
• Building “quiet reactivity”
• Breaking through the illusion of control
• Daily practices for self-awareness and self-care
• And more!

Case Studies: 

• 50 y/o mother, overly enmeshed with adult child who repeatedly relapses from alcohol recovery
• 36 y/o, depressed and insecure, unsure of role at work, feels excluded and inconsequential
• 17 y/o, discouraged and hesitant to share true thoughts and feelings with partner

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