Fixers & Savers: Your Are Over-Helping!

Many empathic survivors of abuse have a tendency to be helpers and fixers. We want to rescue people from pain and hardship. It feels like a natural instinct and many of us don't even realize we are doing it. This video will help you identify ways you may be crossing the line into codependent behaviors, over-helping or perhaps you're trying to control. Website: clermontmentalhealth.care Email: [email protected] Text: 513-655-6911 YouTube Channel Instagram: @theofficialsnap FB Page: @mfriedmanlpcc SNAP FB Group Twitter: @mfriedmanlpcc Mandy Friedman, LPCC-S, CCDVC, is a licensed professional clinical counselor and certified clinical domestic violence counselor. She is the creator of the educational recovery program SNAP: Survivors of Narcissistic & Abusive Personalities. This program teaches survivors and concerned loved ones about abusive personalities, targets of abuse, abusive relationships and life in recovery from abuse. SNAP educational program of recovery helps empathic survivors of abuse fine tune and connect with their empathic nature in order to preserve, harness and protect the very things abusers seek to destroy. In her private practice, Clermont Mental Health, Mandy specializes in treating survivors of Cluster B personalities. She is also familiar with the role of addiction and substance abuse in abusive relationships. Mandy’s clients are often in need of trauma-informed care as part of their recovery. This has led her to become an expert on the topic of Complex Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (C-PTSD). To help her clients, Mandy utilizes mindfulness based cognitive therapy (MBCT), cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) and psychoeducation. Mandy is a survivor of abuse and has first-hand knowledge of what survivors endure in abusive circumstances and living a healthy life after abuse.