I have not given my power over to the therapist. I don't consider telling them things about my past to be giving them power. If I thought one of them was trying to dominate me - I would leave. I have boundaries and I don't let the therapist cross them. I am not less than a therapist. I have not found one I thought was smarter than I am. They are not better at life than I am. I pay them - they sit there. I can leave at any time. They do not know me better than I know myself. They do not know what is best for me. I don't think they know how to help me without explaining it to me first.I would not allow one to tell me what they thought best and certainly not allow one to try to inflict it upon me.