Recovering from codependency can seem daunting. Here is an overview of the four core components of codependency recovery to help you identify ways to change your codependent thoughts and behaviors.

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 ...

As children become young adults, it's critical that they learn how to be self-sufficient. Breaking free from generational codependency is never easy. Psychotherapist Dr. Sharon Martin, who specializes ...

At the time, I thought codependency seemed like a dubious, unscientific concept that could be self-pathologizing. But then I read something on the website of Co-Dependents Anonymous, a 12-step program ...

Marriage traditionally represents a union of two individuals sharing love, responsibilities, and dreams. However, when relationships slip into codependency, this healthy balance shifts dramatically.

Relationships fundamentally build on mutual support, love, and understanding. However, sometimes the boundaries between healthy care and codependency blur, leading to dynamics where one partner relies ...

Are you and your partner dependent on each other? Well, every relationship includes some amount of dependency, and that is completely healthy. But, if the level of dependency is extreme – so much so ...

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, ...

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, ...