(((((((((((((Tree)))))))))))))

It is so difficult to heal the wounds that are in our core.
My T calls those "core traumas" ... and they are the hardest ones to deal with when they get touched.

Allow yourself to be upset right now and feel all these emotions.
But remember that there is also TRUTH that you logically know.
The shame and pain will be there... those ugggg emotions and feelings that you describe around those who abused you. Don't resist them because that is what we had to do as children - we were not strong enough to experience all that pain.
So honor it for what it is.

But also allow your adult mind to stay with you. You know your T cares deeply for you. Even if he is like my T and does a good job of sometimes being a perfectly imperfect human!

Your T thinks the world of you. And you are healing. Just keep up this great work and be easy on Little Tree. She had a whole lot of bad done to her that really hurt her inside. She deserves tenderness and tons of hugs from Big Tree :-)