At MindCareCenter, we often meet people who lose themselves not because of loneliness, but because of excessive closeness. Sometimes the desire to be near turns into a need – when friendship becomes a way to avoid being alone. Dr. Daniel Reinhardt notes that in such relationships, a person begins to dissolve into the other, trying to earn attention and love. But true closeness doesn’t need constant proof – it’s born from inner stability.
Emotional dependency often begins with the warmest intentions. We want to be needed, understood, irreplaceable – and fail to notice when we start living through someone else’s emotions. At MindCareCenter, we help people recognize that moment when care stops being free and turns into the fear of losing connection.
The therapy approach used by Dr. Reinhardt focuses on returning attention to oneself. We guide people in building healthy boundaries so that love no longer becomes a source of anxiety. Through mindful breathing, body awareness, and cognitive techniques, a person learns to distinguish where empathy ends and self-loss begins.
At Mind Care Center, we create a space where people can learn to be close without dependency. It’s not about emotional distance – it’s about maturity, where there is room for both sensitivity and personal freedom. We see how, after therapy, people begin to build deeper and calmer relationships, where trust replaces control and care replaces fear.
Earlier, we wrote about how we help people build relationships without the fear of losing.