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By: Brian Murray LMHC   Codependents often struggle with where they end and others begin. It's a boundary thing. They have not learned how to place self-validating limits in their life, especially in their social and romantic life. When limits are done in a healthy way, the codependent can live a more free and independent life from others. This process in codependency recovery is known as detachment. The codependent needs to stop focusing on others and focus on themselves. Part of this is a self-validation process. Codependency can at times creates strong emotions due to not understanding how to handle themselves in relationships. From this perspective, it's beneficial for them to learn emotional management techniques. Most of these emotions are due to feelings of obligation and guilt. The codependent becomes confused, angry, anxious or depressed when they cannot make other people happy. They don't feel valid. This distortion occurs when they try to rescue o...

Strategies for Parents and Teachers in screening for STS; Secondary Traumatic Stress after a Community Shooting     Psychological Coping Strategies from Dwight Bain, LMHC “If you can talk through it – you can get through it” types of normal reactions to crisis Trauma – Any event outside the usual realm of human experience that is markedly distressing, (which creates horror, helplessness or terror.) Such traumatic stressors usually involve the perceived threat to one’s physical integrity or to the physical integrity of someone in close proximity. This is the very intense psychological reaction to feeling highly threatened, which is normal. Children experience Traumatic Stress differently based on age and maturity level as this recovery guide will outline as a tool for parents and teachers.  Secondary Traumatic Stress Traumatic stress overwhelms coping mechanisms leaving students feeling out of control and helpless. Con...