Course Outline
Codependency
- Questions to Ask
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- Do you do or more of the following?
Codependency: General Mental Health Issues
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- Who Does Codependency Affect?
What Is a Dysfunctional Family and How Does It Lead to Codependency?
How Do Codependent People Behave?
Characteristics of Codependent People
Signs of Codependence
- Low Self Worth
- Controlling Behaviors
- Pleasing Behaviors
- Relationship Issues
Questionnaire to Identify Signs of Codependency
How Is Codependency Treated
Self-Care Tips
When Codependency Hits Home
Are Your Troubled By Someone’s Drinking?
Family Members Codependency Questionnaire
Addictive and Codependence Relationships
Addicted To The Addicted
- Alcoholism Aficionado
- I’m Always the Last to Know
- What Do You Mean, I’m Not The “Good One”
- I Don’t Really Want To Do This Alone Anymore But
- Facing My Fear
- Connecting To Self and Others
- I Quit
- Spirituality
Detachment: How Did We Get Here? How Do We Get Out?
Battered Women With Chemically–Involved Partners
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- Codependency and Effects of Victimization: Similarities and Differences
Implications of Codependency Treatment for Victims of Domestic Violence
Recommendations For Substance Abuse Treatment Counselors
Limitations of Codependency Model in General
Relational Model (Or “Self-in-Relation” Model)
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- Endnotes
The Codependency Idea: When Caring Becomes a Disease
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- From Where Did Codependency Come?
Why the Allure?
Alternatives
- Caring for an Addicted Person is Not Synonymous With Pathology
- The Idea that the Caring Partner is Somehow Responsible for the Endurance of the Addictive Behavior
- The Idea That “Less Than Nurturing” Experiences Are Necessarily Traumatic
One Step at a Time
References
Evaluation of Individual Objectives
To assess the effectiveness of the course material, we ask that you evaluate your achievement of each learning objective on a scale of A to D (A=excellent, B=good, C=fair, D=unsatisfactory). Please indicate your responses next to each learning objective and return it to us with your completed exam.
Learning Objectives
After completing this course, you will be able to:
- List 7 typical roles that codependents play.
- Identify at least 6 patterns of behavior that may indicate codependency problem.
- List 12 self-care tips that may help you avoid becoming a codependent.
- Identify 3 basic characteristics of codependency disorder.
- Describe the typical traits and behaviors of codependent people.
- List several typical characteristics of codependent people.
- Formulate a questionnaire to identify signs of codependency.
- Define codependence and explain how one can recognize signs of codependence.
- Identify statements that show low self worth, controlling behaviors, pleasing behaviors, relationship issues that point toward signs of codependence.
- Compare and contrast two common patterns found in sex addiction relationships: addict and codependent, and love addict and avoidant.
- Prepare a questionnaire to determine if a family member is codependent.
- Using the article by Dalene Entenmann as a guide, discuss the journey made by a codependent from someone who identifies with the addict through connecting to self and others to spirituality.
- Define detachment and explain how it embodies commitment, selflessness, empathy and compassion.
- Describe similarities and differences between codependency and effects of victimization.
- List 5 behaviors and characteristics related to codependency that victims of domestic violence adopt to survive.
- Provide assistance in 5 specific ways to victims of domestic violence whose partners are involved with substances.
- Outline the limitations of codependency model in general and explain dichotomy of being “socially acceptable” to being “clinically well.”
- Describe the relational (or “self-in-relation”) model as a treatment model within the substance abuse treatment system.
- Contrast between the relational model and the codependency model.
- Discuss codependency as a disease model and argue how it runs counter to the most basic human attribute of caring.