Houston Codependency Counseling at The Resilience Center of Houston offers specialized support tailored to meet each client's unique needs. With compassionate and evidence-based care, our therapists provide the guidance and tools necessary to break free from codependent patterns and build a life rooted in self-respect and healthy connections. Contact us today to start your journey toward empowerment and healthier relationships.

At The Resilience Center of Houston, we have licensed therapists that are trained to treat a wide variety of mental health and behavioral health issues for children, teens and adults in the Greater Houston area.

What is Codependency and Codependency Therapy?

Codependency is a behavioral condition where individuals often feel compelled to focus on the needs of others to the detriment of their own well-being. People with codependency may struggle to set boundaries, prioritize others' happiness over their own, and derive their self-worth from pleasing or caring for others. Codependency Therapy helps individuals recognize and change these patterns, guiding them to build healthier relationships based on mutual respect, independence, and self-acceptance.

Why is it Important to Treat Codependency?

Untreated codependency can lead to a range of emotional, mental, and relational challenges, impacting self-esteem, relationships, and even physical health. By seeking Houston Codependency Counseling, individuals can learn to establish boundaries, develop healthier communication skills, and rebuild their sense of self-worth. Treatment can empower clients to let go of self-sacrificing patterns and cultivate relationships that support their emotional well-being.

What Are the Symptoms of Codependency?

Symptoms of codependency may vary but often include:

• Difficulty Setting Boundaries: Fear of disappointing others or creating conflict can lead to a lack of personal boundaries.

• Low Self-Esteem: Self-worth is often tied to others' approval and validation.

• Caretaking Behavior: Prioritizing others’ needs over one’s own, often to the detriment of one’s physical and emotional health.

• Difficulty Expressing Emotions: Avoiding personal emotions or deflecting to focus on others.

• Dependency in Relationships: Feeling that one's happiness or stability is reliant on others.

• Control Issues: Attempting to manage or “fix” others' lives, emotions, or decisions.

How is Codependency Treated?

Treating codependency involves helping individuals recognize and change self-sacrificing behaviors, develop healthier relationships, and reclaim their own identity. Houston Codependency Counseling provides a safe environment to address these issues, using therapies such as:

• Individual Counseling: Working one-on-one with a therapist allows clients to explore their past, understand patterns of codependency, and develop self-compassion.

• Group Therapy: Engaging in group therapy helps individuals realize they are not alone and can provide mutual support and shared insights.

• Family Therapy: When codependency is rooted in family dynamics, family counseling can address these underlying relationships and foster positive change.

• Education and Skill-Building: Learning tools for self-care, communication, and emotional regulation helps clients maintain progress outside therapy sessions.

What Type of Therapy is Best for Codependency?

Several therapeutic approaches are beneficial in treating codependency. In Houston Codependency Counseling, commonly used methods include:

• Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (CBT): Helps individuals identify and change thought patterns that fuel codependent behaviors and build a more balanced self-view.

• Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT): Teaches skills in emotional regulation, mindfulness, and distress tolerance to support healthy independence.

• Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT): Fosters understanding of emotional needs and helps clients create more secure, respectful relationships.

• Psychodynamic Therapy: Explores the root causes of codependency, often originating in early relationships, to help clients understand and heal from past patterns.

Our expertise includes working with children, teens, adults, and seniors who struggle with life stressors and transitions, behavioral problems, and mental health disorders. Our therapists are licensed in Texas with a masters or doctoral level education and offer a wide-variety of evidence-based therapeutic techniques and approaches to provide you optimal professional care.

At The Resilience Center of Houston, we are open, affirming, and welcoming of all ethnicities, cultures, socio-economic statuses, genders, sexual identities, religions, and abilities. We work with people from all over greater Houston and accept reimbursement from 30+ insurance and EAP companies.

Call or email us today to get more information on our codependency or schedule an appointment with a compassionate professional you can trust.