Oct 11, 2021 at 03:57 PM
Was there a caregiver in your life that behaved the way your therapist did? It might be repetition compulsion. You feel powerless against your therapist to stop going to her. You are drawn back.
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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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