I think it's unavoidable that a client suffering from the woundedness of not getting childhood emotional needs met will, for a period of time, become dependent on the therapist. I am thinking about becoming a therapist myself and I believe that one thing I need to train for is how to handle a true and serious dependence on the therapist, because I think it is a necessary stage for healing.

I do not think that all styles of therapists train to handle the client dependence. Sometimes a therapist will emphasize the value of independence and self-reliance, and of course those are good things, but I wonder if they are missing part of the picture.