- Margaret Parkes
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Are you struggling with coercive control/narcissism or co-dependency in your relationships? if so, would you consider getting therapy?
Most relationships thankfully are healthy, where the couple are respectful and are considerate of each other. They can communicate and have discussions that lead to win/win outcomes. The couple listen to understand each other. In this type of relationship each allows the other a voice, choice and independence. Both flourish and grow as individuals and as a couple.
However sadly there are relationships where the opposite is true. In my work I have found that there are co-dependent/co-dependent type relationships or co-dependent/narcissistic/coercive type relationships. Both are enmeshed and in both neither couples are free to flourish individually because there is an element of control of the other in both which stifles the growth of one or both individuals in each type of relationship.