Codependency Counselling - Overcome Codependency with Catalyst Counselling Vancouver

Are you feeling exhausted by trying to be everything to everyone? Does it feel like you revolve around others trying to please them?

You know how exhausting it is to wear that superhero cape trying to to save the day…

Having the love or approval you seek is a great thing...except when it comes at your own expense. This is Codependency.

Over the past few years,codependency has become a bit of a 'label du jour.' Many people confuse feeling dependent on someone with being ‘codependent’ but codependency is about how you abandon yourself; your voice and your needs by consistently putting other people's needs before your own.

If you struggle with codependency, you’ll find that it’s incredibly addictive and it’s incredibly damaging to your self-esteem. 

Codependents are often seen as "nice" and as "considerate.” But while these are typically coveted traits, they can become toxic when they are motivated by:

• control

• the fear of disapproval

• the fear of being unloved unless you make everyone else around you #1

In therapy we will uncover what is truly motivating you to save the day.

If you find yourself in relationships consistently overlooking your own needs and twisting yourself every which way to accommodate others, you are likely on some continuum of codependency and you need to know you have options.