Attunement vs. Codependence - Ep 452

Dr. Brad Reedy defines Attunement and Codependency and describes the differences between them. While it might feel like a fine line divides them, once you understand the effects of each on the family, that fine line widens to a large gap. Attunement is quite simply seeing and responding to the child’s needs. Codependency is projecting onto the Other your needs and meeting your needs through the Other. He also discusses the effect of healthy attachments and attunement on the family system and how the right kind of therapy can be used as a way to repair deep and historical attachment wounds, rather than “fixing” surface level manifestations of those wounds.