Co-Dependency & Dysfunctional Family Issues

"Codependency is a compulsion to control and rescue people"

Codependency is a compulsion to control and rescue people by fixing their problems. It occurs when a person’s needs for love and security are not met.

Codependency usually, but not always, results when a person is exposed to a dysfunctional family. Codependency describes anyone affected by a relationship with a person who is dependent, abusive, absent, or physically or mentally impaired. Codependents have an imbalanced sense of responsibility to rescue, fix, and/or help people. The learned habits of a dysfunctional system become the patterns of thinking, feeling, and acting for codependents, which become deeply ingrained behaviors. -Conquering Codependency (2002)

"Codependency is a compulsion to control and rescue people"

Codependency is a compulsion to control and rescue people by fixing their problems. It occurs when a person’s needs for love and security are not met.

Codependency usually, but not always, results when a person is exposed to a dysfunctional family. Codependency describes anyone affected by a relationship with a person who is dependent, abusive, absent, or physically or mentally impaired. Codependents have an imbalanced sense of responsibility to rescue, fix, and/or help people. The learned habits of a dysfunctional system become the patterns of thinking, feeling, and acting for codependents, which become deeply ingrained behaviors. -Conquering Codependency (2002)

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How We Help

The dysfunctional family is often a "breeding ground of despair hidden beneath the deceptive face of denial."


Denial of feelings is a key component to dysfunctional families. Individuals from these families have difficulty identifying, feeling, and expressing emotions. They often exhibit a kind of emotional numbness. In a dysfunctional family, the skills for learning how to FEEL, TALK, and TRUST have not been taught or modeled, therefore authentic healthy relationships are impossible. We limp through life wondering, "What’s so wrong with me that I am always struggling emotionally?"


Mara has completed extensive study of codependency and family operating systems and will use her knowledge to provide council to understand how these destructive thinking patterns have affected you. Recognizing these behavior patterns will enable you to make conscious choices to be mentally and emotionally healthy in your relationships.