Oct 04, 2020 at 05:28 PM
Last session was so powerful.You were emotionally giving and when you sat down next to me I wanted to melt into my seat I was full of feelings I can not even explain. You created a corrective experience by truly apologizing and explain your side and authentically telling me I was and are not a burden to you and your message was clear that I am worth it.
I felt so liberated and light and no longer felt tortured. That feeling has lasted for 3 days now and I am not held in chains by my feelings for you. I do not care if it was a tactic taught to therapist it felt healing.
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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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