New Types of Codependence

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TopicPsychology

TopicSelf-help

AuthorSylvie Tenenbaum

PublisherÉditions Leduc

“I think I may be codependent…” Head hanging low, patients come to ‘confess’ to this as if it were a sin they are committing. Why should we stigmatize something that is so common, it’s almost mundane? Are we seeing the birth of a new generation of co-dependents?

It’s clear that especially young people (teenagers and young adults) feel shame at not conforming to the physical ideals that dominate social media and society today. Living in fear of not fitting in, and of ending up alone, these new dependants – as well as the older ones – confess to feeling dependent on the opinion of others, whether it’s at work or in their relationships, and to suffering from low self-esteem if they don’t tick those boxes. The image that they have of themselves will depend on what’s mirrored back to them by other people. This book describes these mechanisms and suggests solutions to liberate yourself from them, once and for all.

Sylvie Tenenbaum has been a psychotherapist for 40 years and is the author of a number of best-selling books, including Vaincre la dépendance affective (Albin Michel), Se libérer de l’emprise émotionnelle and Guérir de la blessure d’abandon (Leduc).