I recently had the pleasure of catching up in London with Nancy L. Johnston, therapist and author of Disentangle: When you’ve lost your self in someone else and My Life as a Border Collie: Freedom from codependency. Nancy Johnston, MS, LPC, LSATP, MAC is a licensed professional counselor, licensed substance abuse treatment practitioner and master addiction counselor in private practice in Lexington, VA. She has over 40 years of clinical experience and is an American Mental Health Counselors Association Diplomate and Clinical Mental Health Specialist in substance abuse & co-occurring disorders.
The links below contain two interviews resulting from our meeting. The first one is a general discussion about the definition of codependency, how to recognise it and what to do about it. The second link had an audience of therapists in mind when discussing how to work with codependency in the consulting room.
This interview below covers Nancy’s initial interest in the topic of codependency, what her influences are, her definition of psychotherapeutic integration and how to work with codependency in the consulting room.
Noel Bell is a UKCP accredited psychotherapist based in London. He can be contacted on 07852407140.