This is my personal, visceral reaction. But her "power and authority especially powerful women" shtick makes me want to scream ..."baby doll, get over yourself."

Those words remind me of the posturing in that annoying "don't hate me because I'm beautiful" hair commercial from years back. Assuming psychotherapy is voluntary, a therapist is not an authority over anyone's life. They have no special power. They're people who learned a protocol in grad school.

I have no respect from the domination that comes from showboating--the person who talks the loudest, who patronizes, controls the narrative or purports to mind read. That's play acting, in my opinion. Those who draw their power from genuine competence aren't intimidating. A great leader even will recognize the intelligence and resources of those around them.

I believe that social hierarchies are all around in real life and many people are dazzled and intimidated by those who posture and domineer. I've seen this in most workplaces. The difficulty isn't a disorder in my opinion--it's merely being human. (At the ripe age of 60+ I've slowly conditioned myself to be less reactive to domineering people. I used to be extremely deferential.)

I had my own experience with a therapist who had to control, would never admit his mistakes. It took me a long time, but I eventually lost that mission to make-him-understand-me.