• Course Outline

Learning Objectives 

After completing this course, you will be able to:

1. List 7 typical roles that codependents play.

2. Identify at least 6 patterns of behavior that may indicate codependency problem.

3. List 12 self-care tips that may help you avoid becoming a codependent.

4.  Identify 3 basic characteristics of codependency disorder.

5.  Describe the typical traits and behaviors of codependent people.

6.  List several typical characteristics of codependent people.

7.  Formulate a questionnaire to identify signs of codependency.

8. Define codependence and explain how one can recognize signs of codependence.

9. Identify statements that show low self worth, controlling behaviors, pleasing behaviors, relationship issues that point toward signs of codependence.

10. Compare and contrast two common patterns found in sex addiction relationships: addict and codependent, and love addict and avoidant.

11. Prepare a questionnaire to determine if a family member is codependent.

12. Using the article by Dalene Entenmann as a guide, discuss the journey made by a codependent from someone who identifies with the addict through connecting to self and others to spirituality.

13. Define detachment and explain how it embodies commitment, selflessness, empathy and compassion.

14. Describe similarities and differences between codependency and effects of victimization.

15. List 5 behaviors and characteristics related to codependency that victims of domestic violence adopt to survive.

16. Provide assistance in 5 specific ways to victims of domestic violence whose partners are involved with substances.

17. Outline the limitations of codependency model in general and explain dichotomy of being "socially acceptable" to being "clinically well."

18. Describe the relational (or "self-in-relation") model as a treatment model within the substance abuse treatment system.

19. Contrast between the relational model and the codependency model.

20. Discuss codependency as a disease model and argue how it runs counter to the most basic human attribute of caring.

Evaluation of Individual Objectives

To assess the effectiveness of the course material, we ask that you evaluate your achievement of each learning objective on a scale of A to D (A=excellent, B=good, C=fair, D=unsatisfactory). Please indicate your responses next to each learning objective and return it to us with your completed exam.

Course Outline

Codependency

v   Questions to Ask

Do you do  or more of the following?       

Codependency: General Mental Health Issues

v   Who Does Codependency Affect?  

v   What Is a Dysfunctional Family and How Does It Lead to Codependency?  

v   How Do Codependent People Behave? 

v   Characteristics of Codependent People 

v   Signs of Codependence  

• Low Self Worth  

• Controlling Behaviors  

• Pleasing Behaviors  

• Relationship Issues  

v   Questionnaire to Identify Signs of Codependency

How Is Codependency Treated

v   Self-Care Tips

v   When Codependency Hits Home

Are Your Troubled By Someone’s Drinking?

Family Members  Codependency Questionnaire

Addictive and  Codependence Relationships   

Addicted To The Addicted

• Alcoholism Aficionado 

• I’m Always the Last to Know

• What Do You Mean, I’m Not The “Good One”   

• I Don’t Really Want To Do This Alone Anymore But

• Facing My Fear

• Connecting To Self and Others 

• I Quit     

• Spirituality  

Detachment: How Did We Get Here? How Do We Get Out?

Battered Women With Chemically–Involved Partners   

v   Codependency and Effects of Victimization: Similarities and Differences      

v   Implications of Codependency Treatment for Victims of Domestic Violence

v   Recommendations For Substance Abuse Treatment Counselors    

v   Limitations of Codependency Model in General

v   Relational Model (Or “Self-in-Relation” Model)   

• Endnotes

The Codependency Idea: When Caring Becomes a Disease     

v   From Where Did Codependency Come?     

v   Why the Allure?

v   Alternatives

• Caring for an Addicted Person is Not Synonymous With Pathology

• The Idea that the Caring Partner is Somehow Responsible for the  Endurance of he Addictive Behavior     

• The Idea That “Less Than Nurturing” Experiences Are Necessarily Traumatic

One Step at a Time  

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