Codependence, How to Identify and Heal

Course Description

This course will look at codependence and its impact on different areas in life. Codependence can be defined as an attachment to people who seem to need or want emotional caretaking. 

The characteristics of codependence can include (but are not decisive nor limited to): overdoing in caretaking, feeling responsible for regulating the emotions of others, difficulty in setting boundaries, encouraging others to rely on the codependent person, feeling rejected when criticized, and experiencing guilt when not there for others.

Codependent individuals tend to be drawn into relationships that are in need of help or that require some kind of ‘saving’. The codependent person seemingly has assigned themselves the task to help others—hence the heroic element that Craig Chalquist talks about in this course.

We will look at the personal, mythic, archetypal, and family systems perspectives while exploring how the dynamic plays out in everyday situations. The course is aimed to assist you in developing satisfactory relationships, in which you meet the other in strength and as an equal.

Craig Chalquist has also taught the highly-rated course on Narcissism here on Jung Platform. Codependents often have narcissists in their lives and narcissists have codependents in their lives, as you will find out in this course.

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This course is ideal if

• You want to learn about the dynamics of codependency and increase your understanding of it.
• You are tired of needing to be needed.
• You wonder why you labor over loved ones or causes that never advance or heal.
• You want to learn to listen to the message in the symptoms of codependency.
• You want to move toward healing.
• You want to improve your relationships by learning about the shadow side of codependency.
• You want to recognize the signs of codependency in romantic and familial relationships, friendships, and choices of workplace.

Course Overview

Class 1: Psychological Dynamics of Codependency

In class 1, we will explore what codependency is and what its psychological dynamics look like.  How does it show up in our daily lives?  Chalquist guides us to identify what tends to reveal itself in people with codependence.

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Class 2: Codependency and Archetypes

In the second class, we will look at the archetypal level of codependency.

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Class 3: Codependency in Folklore

This class will look at some folklore (featuring characters that seem to exemplify codependence) and what we can learn from them.

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Class 4: Codependent Systems: Family, Workplace, and Community

Next, we will consider complex social systems such as the family, workplace, and the community. This class addresses questions like: How does codependence arise in families and what purpose does it serve? How do parts of a system interact with each other and how do they evolve? 

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Class 5: Heeding the Deep Call Inside the Symptom

What are the symptoms of codependency telling us? What can be done about this? How can we heal from codependency? These questions will be examined in this last prerecorded class. 

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Bonus classes 

In the three recorded Q&A classes, participants were invited to share  their learnings, and engage in a conversation on codependence and ask questions around applying the course learnings.

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By the end of this course you will

• Recognize the dynamics of codependent relationships.
• Be able to move from codependency to interdependence.
• Show up differently and deal differently with codependent relationships.
• Have more satisfying relationships as you are able to apply course learnings in your personal and professional life.