When Terry (name changed) first came to us, she thought that she did not need therapy, she came in because her doctor advised her to.
Terry was 39 years and was struggling with too much weight and just existing through life. She was heterosexual but had no interest in men. She always said that she was married to God. Terry loved children and got her child fixed through running a child care centre. It soon became quite apparent that Terry had a very tight control over every aspect of her life.
She maintained an extremely clean house and was disturbed when anything was out of place. Apparently, Terry was guarding a secret that she did not know. As she was raised in a very religious family, Terry was taught to love and fear God and that anyone in the church spoke with the voice of god.
After six months of extensive work, it became obvious that something happened at the church by the end of this year. We further discovered a devastating detail that, when she was 3 years old, Terry had been molested and raped by a man who worked at the church.
We worked on her problems together and helped her emotions recover. Terry met a man, fell in love and became engaged. Once that happened, she decided that she was healed and was better even though her original goal was never to get married.