Digital Seminar

Codependence: Treatment Strategies for Clients Who Lose Themselves in Others

Faculty:: Nancy L. Johnston, MS, LPC, LSATP
Duration:: 3 Hours 05 Minutes
Format:: Audio and Video
Copyright:: Jul 09, 2020
Product Code:: POS056920
Media Type:: Digital Seminar
Access:: Never expires.

Price
$169.95 - Standard

Description

Extending far beyond its roots in addictions work, codependence is a universal issue that shows itself in a variety of diagnoses, from anxiety and depression to trauma-related and eating disorders.

Join Nancy Johnston, MS, LPC, LSATP, MAC, NCC, addictions and codependency expert, for this compelling 3-hour webinar designed to provide guidance, insight, and straightforward strategies for clients who are:

Over-focused on caring for, fixing, controlling, pleasing, and/or conflict-avoiding
Adult children of an addict
Spending session talking about someone else
Having difficulty allowing their children to become independent
“Too resilient”; downplay suffering, forget how hard something was
Struggling to leave an abusive situation or relationship
Afraid to make necessary changes despite being unhappy
Numb or unaware of what they want or feel
And more!

Taught in everyday language and filled with practical tools, this is a recording you don’t want to miss!

CPD

CPD

- PESI Australia, in collaboration with PESI in the USA, offers quality online continuing professional development events from the leaders in the field at a standard recognized by professional associations including psychology, social work, occupational therapy, alcohol and drug professionals, counselling and psychotherapy. On completion of the training, a Professional Development Certificate is issued after the individual has answered and submitted a quiz and course evaluation. This online program is worth 3.0 hours CPD for points calculation by your association.

Handouts

File type	File name	Number of pages
PDF	Manual - Codependence (2.1 MB)	74 Pages	Available after Purchase
PDF	Manual - Codependence - French (2.1 MB)	74 Pages	Available after Purchase
PDF	Manual - Codependence - Italian (2.1 MB)	74 Pages	Available after Purchase

Faculty

Nancy L. Johnston, MS, LPC, LSATP Related seminars and products

Nancy Johnston, MS, LPC, LSATP, has been a therapist for over 40 years and is an expert in the field of codependent relationships. The author of Disentangle: When You’ve Lost Your Self in Someone Else (2020). Nancy has helped thousands of clients extricate themselves from toxic codependency, connect with self, and live with more peace and confidence.

Nancy is Master Addiction Counselor and an AMHCA Diplomate in Substance Abuse & Co-Occurring Disorders. She has also authored two other books My Life as a Border Collie: Freedom from Codependency (2012) and Your Healthy Self: Skills for Working with Codependent Behaviors (2015).

In addition to working with individuals, couples, and families, she offers online workshops on "Self-Recovery" and designs and facilitates a Codependence Camp twice a year. Over the past 15 years, Nancy has presented at numerous conferences including the Cape Cod Symposium on Addictive Disorders, the Carolinas Conference for Addiction and Recovery, Addiction: Focus on Women, the Virginia Summer Institute for Addiction Studies, the American Mental Health Counselors Association’s Annual Conference, the Virginia Counselors Association’s Annual Conference, and Specialty Docket Training for the Virginia Supreme Court. More information about Nancy and her work is available at her website: nancyljohnston.com.

Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Nancy Johnston maintains a private practice and is an independent contractor with Dr. Kuley and Associates. She receives royalties as a published author. Nancy Johnston receives a speaking honorarium from Virginia Summer Institute for Addiction Studies. She receives a speaking honorarium and recording royalties from PESI, Inc. She has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.

Non-financial: Nancy Johnston is a member of the American Mental Health Counselors' Association, the Virginia Counselors' Association, the National Association of Alcohol and Drug Abuse Counselors, and the Virginia Association of Addiction Professionals.

Objectives

Apply the codependency paradigm as an underlying factor for common presenting problems, symptoms and diagnoses.
Determine the origins of codependent behaviours to support case conceptualization and decrease pathology or stigma.
Utilize clinical strategies to increase client’s self-understanding, self-awareness, and skills to attend to their internal well-being.

Outline

Conceptualizing Codependent Dynamics in a Practical Way

Over-functioning for others while under-functioning for the Self
The physical and emotional costs of a “dominant external focus”
Codependence as a precursor to anxiety, depression, and relationship difficulties
Limitations of the research and potential risks

Assessment: Broadening Your Lens to Include the Codependence Paradigm

How to identify and address codependence without stigmatizing
Self-understanding (the why), self-awareness (the what), and skill sets (the how)
Addressing the grief that underlies acceptance of reality
What’s missing from the Stages of Change

Treatment Tools: Help Clients Detach from Codependence and Anchor Within the Self

Setting goals that make sense
Shifting focus from external to internal
3-part boundary setting skills
Visuals to illustrate the relationship between the self and others
Building “quiet reactivity”
Breaking through the illusion of control
Daily practices for self-awareness and self-care
And more!

Case Studies:

50 y/o mother, overly enmeshed with adult child who repeatedly relapses from alcohol recovery
36 y/o, depressed and insecure, unsure of role at work, feels excluded and inconsequential
17 y/o, discouraged and hesitant to share true thoughts and feelings with partner

Target Audience

Psychologists
Social Workers
Counselors
Addiction Counselors
Marriage and Family Therapists
Case Managers

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