I think seeing these needs as 'young' should not be seen as 'bad'. We don't blame young children for being young, and we don't blame them for having the needs that young children have. We understand that's the stage they're at in life, and usually most people respond to children's needs with care and understanding. For example, imagine how most adults would respond to coming across a small child lost and crying in a shopping mall. They wouldn't think ' Oh for goodness sake, how annoying, why can't they just pull them self together, if I can find my way around they should' etc.
So I think that's a useful way to see these needs in therapy, especially since as another poster said they often stem from arrested development during childhood. As my T would say 'We don't have to make a judgment, it's neither good nor bad, it just is'.