Co-Dependency
Issues in Treatment and Recovery
Nonfiction, Health & Well Being, Psychology, Addictions, Counselling, Mental Health
| Author: | Bruce Carruth, Warner Mendenhall | ISBN: | 9781317823933 |
| Publisher: | Taylor and Francis | Publication: | June 3, 2014 |
| Imprint: | Routledge | Language: | English |
| Author: | Bruce Carruth, Warner Mendenhall |
| ISBN: | 9781317823933 |
| Publisher: | Taylor and Francis |
| Publication: | June 3, 2014 |
| Imprint: | Routledge |
| Language: | English |
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.
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.
