Emotional Dependency

Guide TCC pour identifier la dépendance affective (codépendance), comprendre ses origines (Bowlby, Norwood), poser des limites, retrouver une autonomie émotionnelle.

Do you often confuse love with needing someone? Can't stand being alone, accept the unacceptable to avoid losing your partner, or completely lose yourself in your relationships? This clinical guide explores emotional dependency — that excessive need for the other person's reassurance and presence to feel safe — across 8 chapters tracing its roots in anxious childhood attachment all the way to a path toward emotional autonomy. Grounded in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), John Bowlby's attachment theory and Jeffrey Young's schema therapy, it also draws on recent neurobiological research on relational addiction to destigmatize what isn't weakness but a learned survival strategy — and therefore a reversible one. Each chapter combines clinical case studies with concrete practical exercises to help you identify your own dependency cycle, face the fear of abandonment, and build a balanced relationship where love stays a free choice, never a prison. Also intended for helping professionals looking to enrich their clinical practice.