Quotes by : Mary Crocker Cook

At its heart, Codependency is a set of behaviors developed to manage the anxiety that comes when our....

This dissociation from the body extends to emotional disengagement. Without access to his feelings a....

When I consider the men (like my father) I have treated in psychotherapy, I recognize the challenge I....

We will martyr ourselves, suffering under the weight of a non-reciprocal relationship until some part....

When our caregivers are unavailable, most of time it has nothing to do with LOVE for the child, however,....

It also strikes me that male-to-male bonding can create a gender role conflict, as it challenges the....

When we are anxiously attached, our inability to trust the intentions and behaviors of others will often....

The masculine ideal of perfection creates a hyper-sensitivity to any nuance of imperfection. Any man....

In general, I have noticed that many Codependent men have adopted a “self” based on either an exaggerated....

Along with our over-giving is our own conditional giving pattern, which can fuel so much of our resentment....