Teri Entler
MA, LMHCFocus areas
- Codependency
- Marital issues
- Narcissistic abuse recovery
- Divorce recovery
- Parental Alienation
- Reunification Therapy
- Childhood trauma
- Anxiety
- Faith & spirituality
Codependency
Therapy & Counseling in Washington
Compassionate, evidence-based counseling to help you heal, grow, and move forward.
Your care team
Meet the therapists who specialize in codependency.
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Understanding it
What is codependency?
Codependency is a pattern of losing yourself in relationships - prioritizing others' needs, emotions, and approval at the expense of your own wellbeing. It often develops in childhood homes marked by addiction, dysfunction, or emotional neglect, where caretaking and self-erasure became survival strategies.
Codependency shows up as people-pleasing, difficulty saying no, over-responsibility for others' feelings, fear of abandonment, and a sense of worth tied to being needed. It can leave you exhausted, resentful, and disconnected from your own desires, while keeping you in one-sided or unhealthy relationships. Counseling helps you reclaim your identity, set healthy boundaries, and build relationships rooted in mutual respect rather than self-sacrifice.
Signs to notice
You may benefit from therapy if…
- Putting others' needs far ahead of your own
- Difficulty saying no or setting boundaries
- Feeling responsible for others' emotions or problems
- Self-worth tied to being needed or approved of
- Fear of abandonment or conflict
- Staying in one-sided or unhealthy relationships
- Losing touch with your own wants and identity
- Resentment, burnout, or chronic over-giving
Evidence-based care
How therapy can help you heal.
We tailor proven, research-backed modalities to your nervous system, your goals, and your story.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
Identify and gently reshape the thought patterns that fuel distress, building practical tools you can use between sessions.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
Develop emotional regulation, distress tolerance, and mindfulness skills to navigate overwhelming feelings with steadiness.
Lifespan Integration (LI)
A gentle, body-based modality that helps your nervous system reorganize painful memory along your timeline - without re-traumatization.
Trauma-Informed Therapy
Every session prioritizes safety, choice, and pacing, honoring how past experiences shape the brain, body, and relationships.
Solution-Focused Therapy
Build on your existing strengths and create clear, attainable steps toward the life and relationships you want.
Attachment-Based Therapy
Heal relational wounds by understanding early attachment patterns and learning to experience secure, trusting connection.
Our philosophy
Whole-person healing, your way.
At Healing & Restoration Counseling, care is faith-friendly yet never judgmental - honoring your beliefs, identity, and pace as we walk alongside you.
Compassion
You are met with warmth and zero judgment, exactly where you are today.
Acceptance
Your story, faith, identity, and pace are fully honored throughout your care.
Safety
We move at the speed of your nervous system, building trust before depth.
Authenticity
Real, human therapists who help you reconnect with your truest self.
Mind-Body-Spirit
Whole-person healing that integrates emotional, physical, and spiritual wellbeing.
Personalized Plans
No two journeys are alike - your treatment plan is built around you.
Why choose us
Why Washington trusts Healing & Restoration Counseling.
Licensed, experienced Washington therapists
Telehealth available across all of Washington State
Trauma-informed, nervous-system-aware care
Holistic, mind-body-spirit healing approach
Free 30-minute consultation to find your fit
Evidence-based, research-backed methods
Individualized treatment plans for every client
Confidential, HIPAA-compliant services
We proudly serve clients across Washington State - including Seattle, Bellevue, Everett, Tacoma, Spokane, Vancouver, and our home community of Mill Creek - with secure online therapy that brings expert care wherever you are.
Common questions
Frequently asked questions.
- What causes codependency?
- Codependency often develops in childhood homes affected by addiction, neglect, or dysfunction, where caretaking became a way to feel safe or valued. Therapy helps you trace and heal these roots.
- How do I know if I'm codependent?
- If you consistently prioritize others over yourself, struggle to set boundaries, fear conflict or abandonment, and base your worth on being needed, codependency counseling may help.
- Can codependency be unlearned?
- Yes. These patterns are learned, which means they can change. Therapy helps you build self-worth, healthy boundaries, and balanced, mutual relationships.
- How does therapy treat codependency?
- We use attachment work, boundary-building, self-compassion, and sometimes trauma-informed care to help you reconnect with your own needs and relate from wholeness rather than fear.
- Is codependency the same as caring deeply?
- No. Healthy care is mutual and respects your own needs; codependency involves self-erasure and over-responsibility. Therapy helps you love others without losing yourself.
- Do you offer codependency counseling online across Washington?
- Yes. We provide secure, HIPAA-compliant telehealth codependency counseling to clients throughout Washington State — including Seattle, Bellevue, Everett, Tacoma, Spokane, and Vancouver — so expert care reaches you wherever you live.
- Do you offer a free consultation?
- Yes. Every new client is invited to a free 30-minute consultation. It's a no-pressure way to ask questions, share what you're navigating, and make sure your therapist feels like the right fit before you begin.
- Is therapy confidential?
- Absolutely. All sessions are private and HIPAA-compliant. What you share stays between you and your therapist, with only the narrow legal exceptions required to keep you and others safe.
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Begin your healing
You don't have to navigate this alone.
Healing is possible - and you deserve a compassionate guide for the journey. Reach out today and let us match you with a licensed Washington therapist who truly fits.