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Originally Posted by therapyworked4me
I had PTSD and My ex therapist used existential methods:
"Existential psychotherapy is a style of therapy that places emphasis on the human condition as a whole. Existential psychotherapy uses a positive approach that applauds human capacities and aspirations while simultaneously acknowledging human limitations. Existential psychotherapy shares many similarities with humanistic psychology, experiential psychotherapy, depth psychotherapy, and relational psychotherapy."
It worked!
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I am with a psychologist now that is an Esitantialist. I have only had 3 sessions with him and am confussed as what we do in session. For two years I have done EMDR and Internal Family systems so I new what we would be doing or focusing on and the point. I am alive even though I was suicidal on a day to day basis. I honestly think it was the doatting of my therapist, kind of reparenting me, that actually caused a change. I no longer meet all the criterias any longer for BPD and my PTSD symptoms have calmed down. I still have lots of trouble and certain life stressors cause me to regress.
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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.
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