This is me...  I do tend to pick therapist that are sweet and are push overs....easy to manipulate into giving me the attention I feel I need. I think that is why I might be having issues with this other therapist I started seeing for EMDR. He definitely triggers me and puts me in a defense mode.
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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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