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“Co-dependent relationships are often one-sided and involves one person in the relationship relying on their partner for their own self-esteem and emotional needs.”
Ivana is dedicated to providing effective and evidence-based Co-Dependency therapy in the Blue Mountains in a warm, safe and welcoming atmosphere.
She provides psychological services for adults (21+) in all life stages. She is a registered Medicare and Worker’s Compensation provider.
Ivana has a specialty interest in trauma, anxiety, depression resistant to change, low self-esteem, problems with relationships, adjustment to difficult life events, eating disorders and pain management.
Being dependent and feeling an attachment to someone, generally our partner is normal to a certain degree. It is normal to occasionally feel as though you need your partner more than usual and vice versa. It is when this behaviour becomes more frequent and starts to impact your relationship that it becomes a problem.
Co-dependent relationships are often one-sided and involve one person in the relationship relying on their partner for their own self-esteem and emotional needs. It can also describe a relationship where one person is able to sustain manipulative, irresponsible, and dishonest behaviour.
Symptoms of co-dependency can be low self-esteem, poor boundaries, people-pleasing, extreme reactions, controlling behaviour, caretaking, obsessions, dependency, lack of communication, denial, intimacy issues and heightened emotions. These symptoms affect both people within the relationship on different levels.
Co-dependency doesn’t just occur in partnerships, it can also occur between siblings, parents and children, and, friends.
Co-dependency can cause a lack of autonomy or self-sufficiency which causes the co-dependent person in the relationship to rely on their partner to sustain their emotional needs. It can be difficult for both people within the relationship to deal with symptoms of co-dependency especially when emotions within the relationship are heightened.
Co-dependency symptoms indicate life-long behavioural and thinking patterns that can be understood and changed with the help of treatment. We offer treatment options for people on both sides of a co-dependent relationship and we can help to manage the difficulties and open up communication lines with your partner.
We work alongside your needs to help you finding the best way to improve your experience within the relationships. If you are suffering from co-dependency within your relationship we can help. Call us now to find out about our treatment options.
