Overcoming Addiction, The Iceberg Part Four

Overcoming Addiction, The Iceberg Part Four

Home Overcoming Addiction, The Iceberg Part Four Overcoming addiction and codependency is easy “all you have to do is change your whole life…” The transition from the old life to the new is a period of limbo where the past is too painful to return to...
Overcoming Addiction, The Iceberg Part Four

Codependency, The Iceberg Part Two

Home Codependency, The Iceberg Part Two Codependency and addictions are the natural outcomes of the childhood abandonment issues covered in the Iceberg, Part I. Symptoms include developing and external focus, use of survival skills vs coping skills, wearing a mask or...
Overcoming Addiction, The Iceberg Part Four

Enabling Behavior is Loving Too Much

Home Enabling Behavior is Loving Too Much Enabling behavior is born out of our instinct for love. It’s only natural to want to help someone we love, but when it comes to certain problems — helping is like throwing a match on a pool of gas. Review the...
Childhood Abandonment Issues

Childhood Abandonment Issues

Home Childhood Abandonment Issues This unified model of abandonment issues, Codependency, Adult Child Syndrome, alcoholism, and addiction, I call The “Iceberg” has evolved over the 30 years since I first began developing it as my practice model. I use it...