Treva Brandon Scharf was anointed her family’s healer-in-chief at an early age. She learned quickly what the job entailed: to be of service. “I was a natural-born helper, fixer, rescuer,” recalls ...

Steps you can take to move from a codependent to an interdependent relationship include separating your interests from the other person's and focusing on what you need. (Photo Credit: E+/Getty Images) ...

You may be familiar with the idea of codependency from the world of alcohol and chemical misuse. In fact, that’s where the term “codependency” was born. Today, though, the term has broadened to ...

It’s a fairly well-known truth that relationships are never meant to be easy. Maintaining a long-term relationship by keeping it alive and healthy over decades of change requires effort, labor and the ...

A codependent parent may be overly controlling, feel an excessive sense of responsibility for their child, and have an intense need for approval. Childhood experiences within a dysfunctional family ...

Codependency describes a pattern where your life revolves around someone else’s wants and needs. You might consider yourself as that person’s carer, helper, emotional rock, or guardian angel. Whatever ...

A codependent relationship is when one partner needs the other partner, who, in turn, needs to be needed. This circular relationship is the basis of what experts refer to when they describe the “cycle ...

Nearly every chaplain has encountered unhealthy relationships during counseling sessions. Curiously, a badly mistreated husband or wife will often explain that they are willing to remain in their ...