http://www.dominiceidson.com/blog/articles/tag/therapy en-us 40 <p>As part of my therapy sessions, we&#8217;ve been discussing emotional needs.</p> <p>One of the statements made, is that in order to have a relationship between two people, you have to really understand and buy into the following three statements about emotional needs:</p> <ul> <li>Everybody has emotional needs</li> <li>It is okay to have emotional needs</li> <li>It is good to have your emotional needs met</li> </ul> <p>By &#8220;understand&#8221; I don&#8217;t just mean that you have to read them and agree to it on some superficial level - you have to really believe it. In your heart, not just your head.</p> <p>From this list:</p> <ul> <li>Attention</li> <li>Acceptance</li> <li>Appreciation</li> <li>Affirmation</li> <li>Affection</li> <li>Comfort</li> <li>Encouragement</li> <li>Respect</li> <li>Security</li> <li>Support</li> <li>Understanding</li> </ul> <p>&#8230; it appears that my top three emotional needs are respect, acceptance and understanding.</p> <p>What are yours?</p> Wed, 14 Jan 2009 21:47:00 -0600 urn:uuid:325bc4aa-1638-4413-91d6-0be6c14cc8d2 Dominic http://www.dominiceidson.com/blog/articles/2009/01/14/emotional-needs Just me therapy head shrink http://www.dominiceidson.com/blog/articles/trackback/128