Dreamseeker,

You and your t had a great conversation at your session! She sounds so accepting of your feelings, and i can tell from what you shared that she must care about you a great deal. Not all t's are willing to involve themselves in reparative, reparenting experiences with their patients. Some of them insist that their patients give up their wish to be parented and realize that it will never happen for them, and then grieve the loss. Apparently, your t feels that you can benefit from some nurturing along the way to help you in your healing. It's true that we can never go back and change our stories or make our parents give us what we missed out on as a child. But i do believe that kind, caring gestures, along with some nurturing, can go a long way in healing those gaping developmental wounds.