I've kinda accepted the fact of my neediness of T. What really helped was studying the book "Attachment in Psychotherapy" by David Wallin. Also, my T helped explain the advantage of attachment for better therapeutic results. (What I've read here on the forums though is that within cognitive therapies this isn't much of an issue. idk)
She said the term 'neediness' conveys weakness whereas what we're really doing is trusting someone fully to help us. Like when we're in the middle of an earthquake, we reach out for something stable to keep from falling, likewise when the emotional earth is moving, we lean on T. There's no shame in that.
Thanks for the link.
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