


Origins of Codependence Therapist's Workbook
In the dependency world we call the person who is dependent on substances or processes ‘the dependent’. We call the person who looks after them, ‘co-dependent’. That makes sense doesn’t it? Dependent and co-dependent. Everyone revolves around dependency.
We discover the way your client is wired in their family to behave in certain ways. They might be a controller or a denier. A rescuer or a people-pleaser. All of these ways of being are how the trauma in their family has shaped them. There is no shame in this, they were protecting themselves the only way they knew how. They will learn how this behaviour manifests in their daily life and how to behave differently.
In the dependency world we call the person who is dependent on substances or processes ‘the dependent’. We call the person who looks after them, ‘co-dependent’. That makes sense doesn’t it? Dependent and co-dependent. Everyone revolves around dependency.
We discover the way your client is wired in their family to behave in certain ways. They might be a controller or a denier. A rescuer or a people-pleaser. All of these ways of being are how the trauma in their family has shaped them. There is no shame in this, they were protecting themselves the only way they knew how. They will learn how this behaviour manifests in their daily life and how to behave differently.
In the dependency world we call the person who is dependent on substances or processes ‘the dependent’. We call the person who looks after them, ‘co-dependent’. That makes sense doesn’t it? Dependent and co-dependent. Everyone revolves around dependency.
We discover the way your client is wired in their family to behave in certain ways. They might be a controller or a denier. A rescuer or a people-pleaser. All of these ways of being are how the trauma in their family has shaped them. There is no shame in this, they were protecting themselves the only way they knew how. They will learn how this behaviour manifests in their daily life and how to behave differently.