Nancy L. Johnston, MS, LPC, LSATP, MAC, is author of Disentagle: When You’ve Lost Yourself in Someone Else and works in private practice in Lexington, Virginia. With 42 years of clinical experience, Johnston is an American Mental Health Counselors Association Diplomate and clinical mental health specialist in substance abuse and co-occurring disorders. She offers skill-building trainings for recovery from codependent behaviors to the general public at her center in Lexington and is the mother of two grown daughters.