Rita Milios

  • LCSW
  • SAP

Psychotherapist, Expert Author

Contributing since 2025

About Rita

A recently retired psychotherapist and freelance writer/author, Rita Milios has published forty-four books and hundreds of articles on topics of recovery, mental health, and spiritual growth. She treated mental health and addiction recovery clients in her private practice and was a Department of Transportation Substance Abuse Professional (SAP) addiction recovery consultant.

Published work

What Rita has written.

A couple holding hands with chained together wrists, suggesting codependency or a dysfunctional relationship
conditions

Codependency: Understanding Unhealthy Relationships

Codependency is a learned relational pattern in which partners become overly enmeshed, sacrifice personal autonomy, and fall into entrenched giver–taker roles that erode healthy functioning…

8 min read Dec 2025

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