Carruth / Mendenhall Co-Dependency

Issues in Treatment and Recovery
Erscheinungsjahr 2014
ISBN: 978-1-317-82394-0
Verlag: CRC Press
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 176 Seiten

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Carruth, Bruce

Mendenhall, Warner

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Psychotherapie / Klinische Psychologie Beratungspsychologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Psychotherapie / Klinische Psychologie Suchttherapie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Contents
Introduction - Co-dependency Definitions and Dynamics - Co-dependence: Our Most Common Addiction--Some Physical, Mental, Emotional, and Spiritual Perspectives - Assessment of Co-dependency With Individuals From Alcoholic and Chemically Dependent Families - System Dynamics in Alcoholic Families - Co-dependency Treatment - Recovery for Adult Children of Alcoholics: Education, Support, Psychotherapy - Altering Rigid Family Role Behaviors in Families With Adolescents - The Lonely Journey: Lesbians and Gay Men Who Are Co-dependent - The Recovering Couples Group: A Viable Treatment Alternative - Outpatient Co-dependency Treatment