Co-Dependency

<p>Co-dependency has finally become recognized in the late 1980s as a legitimate and a key issue in the chemical dependency field. Most of the literature available on the topic is addressed to the consumer--the co-dependent individual. In Co-dependency, leading therapists share some remarkable insights into the characteristics of the alcoholic home, co-dependents’patterns of responding to the alcoholic, and the particular problems that family members experience as a result of the environment, including fear, shame and guilt, anger, denial, and confusion. Clinical case material is used to illustrate the value of helping co-dependents through education, peer support, outpatient treatment and psychotherapy. Creative solutions for working with lesbian and gay men and children of alcoholics are also featured.</p> <p>Contents <br>Introduction</p><ul> <li> Co-dependency Definitions and Dynamics </li> <li> Co-dependence: Our Most Common Addiction--Some Physical, Mental, Emotional, and Spiritual Perspectives </li> <li> Assessment of Co-dependency With Individuals From Alcoholic and Chemically Dependent Families </li> <li> System Dynamics in Alcoholic Families </li> <li> Co-dependency Treatment </li> <li> Recovery for Adult Children of Alcoholics: Education, Support, Psychotherapy </li> <li> Altering Rigid Family Role Behaviors in Families With Adolescents </li> <li> The Lonely Journey: Lesbians and Gay Men Who Are Co-dependent </li> <li> The Recovering Couples Group: A Viable Treatment Alternative </li> <li> Outpatient Co-dependency Treatment</li> </ul>