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So invalidating! I told a T once I was having paranoid thoughts and he said if I was aware of them then I could not have them. I am in recovery for Bulimia and I am not sure if I could stay with a therapist if they dismissed me the way your T did with you.
I would confront your T with exactly what you wrote in this post as if you have to avoid a subject with a therapist because their stance makes you feel invalidated, not understood and triggers feelings of abandonment, then they can not be trusted in other areas that might arise in therapy.
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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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