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The path of "yes" doesn't help you understand your own behavior in relationships with authority figures, in particular with powerful women. It doesn't teach you how to effectively work with or relate to them in healthier ways. If your goal is to get what you want from a powerful woman, and you actually find one who will accommodate your need to control the relationship -- which is unlikely, considering the fact that powerful authority figures generally dislike being controlled -- but if you do find that one person, how will that help you work with or relate to the next powerful woman you need to deal with?
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Conversation with my therapist:
Doc: "You know, for the past few weeks you've seemed very disconnected from your emotions when you're here."
Me: "I'm not disconnected from my emotions. I just don't feel anything when I'm here."
(Pause)
Me: "Doc, why are you banging your head against the arm of your chair?"
Doc: "Because I'm not close enough to a wall."
It's official. I can even make therapists crazy.
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