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Jun 12, 2018, 03:51 AM
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Has anyone done containment in therapy. We seem to be spending every session, the entire session, on practicing containment. If so how well does it work for you?
He says once this becomes easier for me to do we can do EMDR.
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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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Jun 12, 2018, 10:54 PM
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Yes. Containment has been so so helpful for me. I’ve been working with my counselor for over 5 years and it’s wasn’t until just the last year that it was something that I could actually “do”.’ It’s still hard for me to get to that place by myself and he helps me get there and helps me get other parts into that “safe” place. Hopefully, one day I will be able to get there on my own. He knows my safe place and if he can tell I’m not in a good place he will help me get there. He talks me there and I can see it then and feel the safety and containment - away from the bad place. I think that’s similar to what you were asking. Feel free to pm me is you would like to.
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