What neediness could be doing to your relationship: Clearing up codependency, dependency, and interdependency.

In any relationship that voice inside our head can accuse us of being too needy. Our insecurities can convince us that we need to be more independent, and not ask our partners to meet our needs. 

So whats wrong with wanting to depend on our partner for comfort, connection, and intimacy? 

This short video Melanie Gorman and Sue Johnson address neediness, codependency, and interdependency. 

 

Dustin Shultz, LMFT. I am a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, speaker, and adjunct faculty at Azusa Pacific University. I have experience working with teens, men, women, and couples, and have had success with people who are experiencing depression, anxiety, trauma, sexuality, divorce, affairs, cutting, grief, shame, stress, and life transitions. I help people live more authentically and embrace life