American author Melody Beattie named her problem in the 80s, and now one of her books on the subject is being reissued, ...

Codependency often operates as an invisible force undermining otherwise promising relationships, creating feelings of suffocation and preventing personal growth for both partners. When individuals ...

Here’s what you need to know about the fatal consequences of emotional enmeshment and shared psychosis. We all know that one couple who seems to do everything together. They share an Instagram profile ...

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 ...

Codependency is the desire to control people, including significant others, colleagues, and even children. It can have detrimental effects on healthy child development. As we are seeing an emergence ...

It’s a fairly well-known truth that relationships are never meant to be easy. Maintaining a long-term relationship by keeping it alive and healthy over decades of change requires effort, labor and the ...

A codependent parent may be overly controlling, feel an excessive sense of responsibility for their child, and have an intense need for approval. Childhood experiences within a dysfunctional family ...

A very popular topic in codependency literature is the challenge that a codependent has in setting healthy boundaries. Let's take a closer look at codependency, from an overview of the typical ...