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I shut down all the time in EMDR and I swear we get maybe 10 minutes of it. It is not done every session but we still do it. I did it with my therapist before him and it helped me with him but not great with this therapist. Sometimes I feel EMDR is like voodoo. You have to believe in it for it to work.
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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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