For When Everyone Else Comes First
Codependency Therapy for Women
You know how to take care of everyone around you. Knowing what you actually need, separate from what they need, is the harder part. Codependency therapy starts there.
Boulder, Denver, Fort Collins, Broomfield & Longmont • In-Person & Online
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Why This Matters
Taking Care of Everyone Else Isn’t the Same as Being Okay.
Codependency usually means consistently setting your own needs aside to manage someone else’s, often a partner, but sometimes a parent, a friend, or an adult child. It tends to start early, in a house where you had to manage someone else’s moods just to keep things steady. This work sits within our broader relationship therapy practice.
Codependency and attachment patterns usually developed side by side, since both trace back to how safe and secure your early relationships actually were.
Our Promise to You
We Guarantee Our Therapist Matching
Putting your own needs first, even the need to find the right therapist, can feel unfamiliar if you’re used to managing everyone else’s first. If your first therapist isn’t the right fit, we’ll match you with another at no additional cost. You do not have to manage that decision alone either.
Request a Free ConsultationWhat It Can Look Like
Codependency Shows Up in More Than One Way.
Most women recognize themselves in a few of these at once, not just one.
Excessive Caretaking
You put everyone else’s needs ahead of your own, so consistently that you have stopped noticing you are doing it.
Need for Approval
You need people to tell you that you’re doing okay, and without that, you are not sure.
Confusing Love and Pity
You are drawn to people who need rescuing, and it is hard to tell that apart from real connection.
Guilt and Self-Sacrifice
Saying what you actually want feels selfish, so you usually do not.
Low Self-Esteem
Somewhere in all this giving, your own sense of worth took a hit you have not fully addressed.
Unbalanced Relationships
You give far more than you get back, and you have started to think that is just how it works.
Fear of Abandonment
Part of why you stay is fear of what happens if you do not.
Resentment
Underneath the giving, there is a frustration you do not feel allowed to say out loud.
Our Approach
Starting Codependency Therapy for Women.
The habit of putting yourself last took years to build. Noticing it is the first step, not the last one.
The Match Call Comes First
Before you meet a therapist, a Wellness Coordinator asks what’s actually going on, not just what you think you should say. She matches you with someone who works with codependency specifically.
Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT)
Your therapist may draw on Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) to help you notice your own needs as they come up, not just react to everyone else’s.
Practicing What Feels Uncomfortable at First
Saying no, asking for something, or letting someone else handle a problem can feel wrong even when it’s healthy. You practice this deliberately, not just talk about it.
In One of Our Offices, or Online
Sessions are available at our Boulder, Denver, Fort Collins, Broomfield, or Longmont offices, or online anywhere in Colorado, seven days a week.
Common Questions
Questions About Codependency Therapy for Women.
Will this therapy tell me to stop caring about people?
No. It is not about caring less. It is about your needs counting too, not just theirs.
What if the people around me actually do need my help?
Sometimes they do. The work is not about withdrawing help. It is about noticing when helping has become the only way you know how to be in a relationship.
Can family members be part of this, or is it just for me?
This usually starts as your own work. Family sessions can come later if that would help, but you do not need anyone else on board to start.
Is what I share confidential?
Yes. What you tell your therapist at Colorado Women's Center is confidential and protected under HIPAA. It is not shared with anyone else without your written consent, apart from the narrow situations the law requires, such as an immediate safety concern.
How soon can I start?
Usually within about a week. Match Calls are usually available within 48 hours and often within 24. Call 720.810.2355 or use the form on this page to set one up.
Can I do sessions online?
Yes. Online sessions are available anywhere in Colorado. Sessions are available seven days a week, 8am to 8pm, in person or online.
Related Support
These Patterns Usually Overlap.
Codependency rarely shows up completely on its own.
Attachment Therapy
For the pattern this often grows out of →
Abandonment Therapy
For when fear of being left is what keeps you staying →
Therapists Supporting Codependency
Kimberly De Jong, MA, LPC
Ali Waldmer, MA, LMFT, LAC
Madison Sidwell, LCSW
Juliana Vergaray, LCSW
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New clients often are able to have first appointment within a week of contacting us.
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