The first discussions and research into codependency were completed with spouses of alcoholics. In fact, many researchers see the early concept of codependency in the work of psychoanalyst Karen ...

Emotional and relational traumas are primary causes of pain and dysfunction in the lives of many. I utilize a candid and direct approach through EMDR, CBT, and IFS to deal with issues such as ...

If you haven't laid awake at night worrying about relationships, we are not the same. For most of my life, bedtime meant rumination. I'd agonize over a crush. I'd analyze work emails in my mind, ...

Author Elizabeth Gilbert identifies as a "love addict" and a "blackout codependent." "I get so swept up in somebody that I actually kind of lose my brains and wake up similar to the way that a ...

Coloring Outside the Lines: A Love Story in the Gray of Addiction, Recovery, and Redemption is a gripping, dual-perspective account of the Bowicks' journey through addiction, codependency, trauma, and ...

People spend lifetimes searching for their soulmate, their better half — someone who “completes” them. Finding your life partner is one thing, but keeping them in your life is another. What do you do ...