Workshop Description:

Codependency is a real psychological dynamic. Loss of self in others is a practical way to conceptualize codependency. So is overfunctioning for others/underfunctioning for self. Codependent behaviors/patterns run long and deep and merit compassionate, intentional clinical work that helps clients focus on self and respond to what they find within. Self-Recovery is Nancy Johnston’s evolving model for codependency recovery. With 36 years of professional and personal work with codependency, her Self-Recovery model involves four interlocking elements: Self-Understanding, Self-Awareness, Self-Competence, and Self-Attunement. Twenty strategies for Self-Recovery will be presented, spanning conceptualizing, assessing, therapeutic relationship-building, and treatment.

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Learning Objectives:

1. Identify three ways to clinically conceptualize codependency.

2. Describe the four elements involved in Self-Recovery.

3. Implement five visual tools to help codependent clients better understand self and use to make changes on their own behalf.

4. Identify three ways to help codependent clients increase their internal connections.

5. Describe and implement seven clear treatment guidance statements.