The Codependent Counselor: Guidelines for Self-Assessment and Change

by Philip J. Beebe

The Codependent Counselor is a warm and friendly book that presents an academically sound approach for dealing with codependence in the helping professions. It clearly defines codependency and relates current definitions to the established psychological literature. It describes the effects of codependence on clinical performance and provides useful tools for self-examination and performance appraisal. The book ends with a series of practical guidelines for growth and change.

187 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1990

Reviews

[James · Rating 5 out of 5]

A great cautionary and inspirational book for anyone in the fields of counseling, social work, psychotherapy, or for that matter teaching or medicine. This work can be a real trap for people who are prone to caretaking behavior (which is almost everyone who goes into this kind of work in the first place.) If we let ourselves fall into codependent patterns, we are less effective for our clients, we screw up the other parts of our lives such as our family relationships, and we tend to burn out in our helping professions in a few years instead of being able to sustain the work as a career.