Testimonials for the Creative Codependence™ Workshop
I absolutely loved the Creative Codependence workshop. The language you used "remove the stigma of co-dependence" and "develop a relationship with my co-dependent parts" was also liberating. It gave me permission to let my "parts" out of the closet without judgment. I'm looking forward to getting to know these parts.
Sylvia Coles, Victoria, BC
Great Workshop – I learned a lot. I realize that some of my “codependent parts” contain strengths which I can use to become more interdependent.
Bonnie Thiessen, Nanaimo, BC
I feel freed up to be kinder and gentler to myself and allow parts I once rigidly defined as dysfunctional and unacceptable to have a voice. Thank you!C. Reese Seattle, WA
Jo-Ann's Creative Codependence workshop was very enlightening. The exercises helped me to look at the roots of some of my behaviours and patterns, to understand that they arose out of a need to protect myself as a child. I also learned to reframe behaviours I may have deemed negative, my own and those of others, and by seeing them in a new light, find their positive applications when used in a healthy manner. Jo-Ann facilitated all this with great insight, gentleness and a sense of fun. P.S., West Vancouver
I attended a course titled "Creative Codependence - Getting More out of Life" that was facilitated by Jo-Ann Svensson
and was amazed at the results I received from this one day experience.
The course was not well attended with only four (4) registered and ending up with only two (2) of us arriving and as Jo-Ann welcomed both us I knew it was going to be a wonderful course. Codependency is something most of us don't enjoy thinking about let alone talking openly about and the course material was set out in such a way as to walk us through what it is, why and how it happens and the recovery process.
As Jo-Ann had us look at ourselves as parts - and deal with "a part" it became very clear to me that we might be able to function very well and yet have a part or parts of us that needs recovery. That aspect makes the whole job of looking at and understanding codependence so much easier.
I would like to thank Jo-Ann for not cancelling this course as I learned not only much about codependence but also about a part of me that will need work to recover. Jo-ann was a gentle guide to walk us through the tough subject material and look forward to future meetings/courses/classes with her. One very strong line in Jo-Ann's handout said so much to me - "We need a healthy sense of self so we can count on ourselves to take care of ourselves".
