Sep 11, 2019 at 04:11 AM
Not just questions it is how they conduct themselves, how they move, how they look at you. If they just let you ramble on or if you are not talking enough will they help you out by asking questions or let you sit there in awkward silence.
I would ask if they have worked with others with similar issues to mine and have they been successful with resolving their issues. I would ask what modality has been the most useful? I would ask if they have a dog and what kind. I am leary about people that never own dogs. You have to have a huge nurturing and patient side of you to own a dog along with a huge capacity for compassion.
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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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