"I thought: if I just helped my friends, colleagues and neighbors, maybe I'd get the connection I craved in love, work and life," writes... How I broke free from codependency — and learned the meaning ...

Jeffrey Yoo, LMFT, is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist at Moment of Clarity Mental Health Center in Orange County, California. He specializes in adults struggling with addiction, anxiety, ...

You may have an unhealthy reliance on your child, whether they're young or grown, therapist Kristie Overstreet told Insider.

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 ...

“There are no boundaries in codependency. And that's the thing, it's like there's no distinction between you, me and us," she said of her codependent nature Savannah Chrisley is recognizing an ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Mark Travers writes about the world of psychology. We all know that one couple who seems to do everything together. They share an ...

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

Co-dependence and love are not the same. That intoxicating feeling of can't-live-without-you devotion we romanticize in films? Often it's less a portrait of love and more a sketch of codependency—that ...

Savannah Chrisley has been getting candid about her “pattern of painful dependency” when it comes to the men in her life, including her relationship with her father, Todd Chrisley. The reality star ...

If you’ve ever been in a relationship, you’ll know that they often require walking a delicate line between meeting your partner’s needs while also advocating for your own. Finding this balance can be ...

Sometimes in life we come to feel like we have run out of answers and don't know where to turn. Sometimes we just can no longer deal with others, our kids, our work or even ourselves. If this sounds ...

I specialize in trauma recovery and integrative healing, drawing from evidence-based approaches such as EMDR, Somatic Experiencing, Internal Family Systems (IFS), and Polyvagal Theory, as well as ...