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I am almost 20 years older than him. I can not go into session and tell him I love him and am attached to him. I did tell him I cut down our sessions because I felt I was to reliant on him and I am supposed to be self sufficient and deal with all my crap on my own without using him as support. He asked me why I was trying to take his job away. He said research shows humans can not survive without support. That is what his job is about and I could cut sessions down and just call when I felt I needed more for that week. It was up to me. Ughh....if it was up to me I would come everyday.
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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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