Posted by Aphrodite on September 2, 2004, at 11:00:24
In reply to Does your Therapist understand how important they, posted by daisym on September 1, 2004, at 20:17:56
Wow! This thread took off in no time, and I have so much to say. I really want to respond to everyone, but I have such little time.
So, as my T would encourage, I will just say what is on the forefront of my mind and that is the issue of my T advocating for young Aphrodite. The two child-like ego states that are wounded and frightened and need a lot of support need therapy. However, the adult, who foolishly thinks she's just fine, has to bring them. My T, then, has the difficult balancing act of helping the children without offending the adult me or causing me to flee. If he didn't address my younger parts, I would have left a long time ago and still carried the sadness of abuse and neglect with me.
My point is that it has nothing to do with therapeutic orientation. In order to literally save my adult life, he has to address the younger lives.
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