1st Edition

Co-Dependency Issues in Treatment and Recovery

By Bruce Carruth, Warner Mendenhall Copyright 1989
176 Pages
by Routledge

176 Pages
by Routledge

176 Pages
by Routledge

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... Read more
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

Biography

Bruce Carruth, Warner Mendenhall