Counselor Toolbox Podcast with DocSnipes 1061-Exposing Enabling Behaviors and 20 Tips for Providing Healthy Support
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May 1, 2025 Exploring the fine line between support and enabling, this discussion dives into the psychological impact on both caregivers and those they help. It uncovers the complexities of codependency and emphasizes the necessity of setting healthy boundaries. Practical tips for navigating family dynamics are shared, alongside insights on fostering recovery through mindfulness. Listeners learn how to empower themselves while managing financial challenges and overcoming the chaos often associated with addiction and mental health.
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Defining Enabling Behavior
- Enabling is doing for someone what they can do for themselves at your own expense.
- It creates a harmful pattern that negatively impacts both the enabler and enabled person.
Family Roles in Chaotic Dynamics
- In chaotic families, roles like enabler, hero, mascot, lost child, and scapegoat form to cope with dysfunction.
- Each role serves a different survival function within the family dynamic.
Cognitive Dissonance in Enabling
- Enablers minimize their dissonance by convincing themselves the enabled is incapable.
- This belief justifies their ongoing support despite knowing the enabled could do more themselves.