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Dec 06
2009

Characteristics of 'Codependent Professionals'‏

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'‏Characteristics of 'Codependent Professionals'

The characteristics of 'codependent professionals' vary for each individual and the codependent relationship they are caught up in but certain characteristics seem to occur more frequently than others. The defining characteristic of codependency is the need to be defined by a relationship with another person (their client(s). The feeling that in order to be worthwhile you must be needed by another person is extremely dangerous when the other person is involved in drugs or alcohol. Addicts and alcoholics tend to be a cyclone of destruction with problems and drama surrounding them at all times. Codependent people will feed off of their constant dependence on others and a strong dysfunctional relationship is formed.

The addict or alcoholic will have growing problems involving the family, work, health difficulties and financial issues. The characteristics of codependency are such that a 'co-dependent professional(s)' will continue to come to the "rescue" of the alcoholic or 'addict' in order to save them. This professional relationship is (self) destructive in that goes beyond 'care' giving into enabling 'clients' to continue on their (self) destructive path.

Behaviour patterns (self-destructive) usually center on controlling behaviors and agreement behaviors.
 
Codependent Professional(s) will attempt to control their 'client' by believing that they are responsible for their sick loved one and believe that they are unable to take care of themselves. Inclusive/Independent living is discouraged and the 'co-dependent professional(s) do not want to 'empower' their clients to enable them to grow into 'inter-dependent' clients.
 
Feelings of worthiness only come when 'helping' the 'client' out of yet another 'crisis' and 'co-dependent professional' are unable to let the their 'clients' deal with the consequences head on with the appropriate inclusive 'interdependency' support and aids, equipment and assistive technology/software.
 
'Codependent Professionals' do not want to empower their 'clients', because their is a 'professional co-dependency' relationship at 'financial levels' too, which is rife within 'human resources' workforce within health and social care.
 
A form of financial codependency seems to be prevalent within professional human resouce workforces which the UK taxpayer in the enabler and those who were involved in the self-destructive 'professional codependency behaviors are given a chance to do it again.
 
Maybe we need a twelve step program for those 'codependent professionals'.

Agreement behavior patterns are often described as people-pleasing behaviors in which being overly sensitive to another's feelings violates your own sense of right and wrong.

 
If you compromise yourself and find yourself as a 'professional' trying to control others or avoiding rejection at any cost you are probably in a codependent  self-destructive relationship with your 'client'. 

 Colin Revell
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