Codependency Therapists in East Congress, Austin, TX

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Elizabeth Wheat
Licensed Professional Counselor, LPC, EMDR
East Congress, Austin, TX 78745
I specialize in sex and love addiction (CSAT-Candidate), with a focus on the impact of family enmeshment and relational dynamics on attachment, identity and behavior. I support people in rebuilding connection to self, including rediscovering passions and values that can become obscured in addiction. My work integrates a somatic perspective informed by my background as a massage therapist trained at the Institute of Psycho Structural Balancing in Los Angeles, as well as expressive arts approaches rooted in my performing arts background.
I specialize in sex and love addiction (CSAT-Candidate), with a focus on the impact of family enmeshment and relational dynamics on attachment, identity and behavior. I support people in rebuilding connection to self, including rediscovering passions and values that can become obscured in addiction. My work integrates a somatic perspective informed by my background as a massage therapist trained at the Institute of Psycho Structural Balancing in Los Angeles, as well as expressive arts approaches rooted in my performing arts background.
(512) 601-4385 View (512) 601-4385
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Shanley McLaughlin
Licensed Professional Counselor, MS, LPC
1 Endorsed
East Congress, Austin, TX 78745
I offer therapy to both teens and adults. I strive to create a warm, nurturing, nonjudgmental space that is inclusive and collaborative, allowing us to explore your thoughts and feelings at your own pace. Using evidence-based approaches, as well as humor and compassion, my goal is to partner with my clients to empower them with tools and skills needed to confidently navigate life’s challenges. Together we will explore stressors, limiting beliefs, and past trauma that may be impeding you from reaching your full potential, while also exploring your unique strengths and abilities.
I offer therapy to both teens and adults. I strive to create a warm, nurturing, nonjudgmental space that is inclusive and collaborative, allowing us to explore your thoughts and feelings at your own pace. Using evidence-based approaches, as well as humor and compassion, my goal is to partner with my clients to empower them with tools and skills needed to confidently navigate life’s challenges. Together we will explore stressors, limiting beliefs, and past trauma that may be impeding you from reaching your full potential, while also exploring your unique strengths and abilities.
(737) 325-1095 View (737) 325-1095
Codependency Therapists
What therapy types help with codependency problems?
Both couples and family therapy and cognitive and behavioral therapy (CBT) can help with the relationship difficulties referred to as codependency. Such problems typically include inappropriate feelings of responsibility for a loved one’s destructive behavior, irrational patterns of thinking about such behavior, and family interaction patterns in which the needs of one troubled member override the needs of others in a household.

What happens in therapy for codependency?
Spouses and family members learn and practice how to interact and support each other in a healthy way without sacrificing their own needs or well-being. They learn the limits of their responsibility for their loved ones and correct faulty patterns of thinking and feeling that underlie codependent behavior. Individuals may be encouraged to nurture an array of social relationships and to cultivate their own talents and interests so that they develop a healthy sense of self outside the family.

How does therapy help a person or couple overcome codependency?
Therapy helps people establish healthy ways of being in a relationship. Spouses and family members learn how to nurture and support one another without sacrificing their own needs or allowing the needs of one person to dominate the dynamic. Individuals learn how to say no and set boundaries, and how to maintain their own identity and self-esteem. Therapy helps people understand that they are not responsible for the feelings and actions of others. It also helps individuals deal with the turbulence that can come from living with a person suffering from such conditions as substance abuse and mental illness.

What is the goal of therapy for codependency?
One goal of therapy for codependency is to alleviate feelings of responsibility for and correct irrational patterns of thinking about loved ones whose behavioral problems override the needs of others in a household. Therapy helps people establish healthy boundaries of behavior and speak up for their own needs in a relationship. In addition, people learn how to maintain a healthy relationship, one in which both parties give and receive equally and are able to retain their own identity.