Beyond People-Pleasing: High-Functioning Codependency, Boundaries, and Self-Respect

A Learning Lab with Frank Anderson, MD and special guest Terri Cole

If you're the person others turn to, the one who keeps things running, who carries more than your share and rarely asks for help, this program is for you.

Frank Anderson, MD and Terri Cole explore high-functioning codependency from the inside out: where it comes from, how it shows up in relationships and daily life, and what it costs. Drawing on trauma, attachment theory, and nervous system awareness, they offer a non-pathologizing framework for understanding these patterns as adaptive strategies that developed for a reason.

This 2.5-hour recorded teaching covers the origins, behaviors, and relational dynamics of high-functioning codependency, with space for reflection on what genuine change can look like.

Designed for both personal growth and professional development. Therapists, coaches, and clinicians will find the trauma-informed lens especially relevant to their clinical work.