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What is Enmeshment and Why is it Harmful?

5/29/2023

Young woman sitting on a path looking at the camera representing clients who have come to Sacred Circle Holistic Healing in Kansas for online therapy for childhood trauma.

What is Enmeshment?

Enmeshment is a family systems term that refers to families who do not have healthy interpersonal boundaries. Enmeshment is a form of relational trauma that is typically intergenerational and has negative impacts upon children’s ability to form a healthy sense of self.

Therapy as Reparenting: The Healing We All Need

5/12/2023

Young woman with blonde hair looking into the camera representing someone who has entered therapy with Sacred Circle Holistic Healing in Lawrence, Kansas for online therapy addressing childhood trauma, anxiey, and self-worth.

Photo by Dave Goudreau on Unsplash.

What is Therapy?

Therapy is difficult to define. There are many different types of therapy, and on top of that—despite the ongoing attempts to fit psychotherapy into the Western medical model—therapy is largely an art, not an exact science. It is based on relating, and relating is a fluid, intuitive, non-linear process.

It’s widely accepted now that the quality of the relationship between therapist and client—as opposed to the specific therapeutic modality being used—is the most important factor determining the efficacy and outcome of therapy. Having a good relationship with your therapist—feeling safe, seen, heard, and understood—is the most important thing.

So at its core, therapy is a relationship, a healthy (hopefully) relationship that exists for the singular purpose of facilitating your healing, personal growth, and wellness. Good therapy helps us individuate and differentiate, becoming the unique person we are meant to be.

What is Enmeshment and Why is it Harmful?

What is Enmeshment?

Therapy as Reparenting: The Healing We All Need

What is Therapy?

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