Human beings are social beings and we do depend on each other. However, unhealthy connections with no boundaries, where one person feels 'responsible' for the other persons feelings, or a need to please them, or take care of them, while ignoring their own needs and wellbeing, isn't healthy. If you are feeling overly responsible for someone else, are looking after them and feeling guilty all the time, it can lead to resentment and exhaustion! I can help you identify this co dependency and move into a healthier space.
Psychologist, BA (Hons), DPsych (Forensic), MPsych (Clinical)
Illume Psychology is a boutique psychology practice that offers a nurturing space to meaningfully and collaboratively work through your inner troubles. Through the transformative potential of an ongoing therapeutic conversation we will seek to understand your codependency concerns and make helpful discoveries that bring about meaningful and sustained change in your relationships and life.
Codependent people can struggle with boundary setting, low self-esteem, abandonment issues, an excessive need to help others and a difficulty in asserting their own emotional needs. Research shows talk therapy can be effective in improving the quality of one's life and learning how to stop being codependent. We assist individuals to form healthy attachments and relationships.
Addiction is a family disease. It doesn't only impact the one using the substance. Their loved ones also need support to deal with their experience of codependency & understand the recovery process.