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Old Jul 24, 2013, 01:33 PM
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Originally Posted by PumpkinEater View Post
Thank you again, everyone. I am also wondering, to those of you who struggle with fear of abandonment, how was this affected by seeing your therapist twice a week? Did it help? Did it hurt? Did it matter? I have a massive problem with this and don't want to make things worse.

Seeing a T twice a week really helped with the abandoment issues along with being able to have contact between sessions. It helped ease my fears and neediness. I am able to cope better between sessions also.
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When a child’s emotional needs are not met and a child is repeatedly hurt and abused, this deeply and profoundly affects the child’s development. Wanting those unmet childhood needs in adulthood. Looking for safety, protection, being cherished and loved can often be normal unmet needs in childhood, and the survivor searches for these in other adults. This can be where survivors search for mother and father figures. Transference issues in counseling can occur and this is normal for childhood abuse survivors.