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How about instead of addiction you have an unmet need that is being fulfilled in therapy. The goal should be to get you to a place where you can find that kind of fulfillment outside of therapy. Most likely it is a young part of you and not your best adult self that is trying to get this need met.
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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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