in my opinion, the therapist/client relationship has a power imbalance with the therapist having more power. for an example, i was a weak, vulnerable, and ill young girl seeing a male T. he developed erotic counter-transference for me, told me, and we began a sexual relationship. seeing as how i was not well, i went ahead with it. it turned out to get way worse for almost 2 yrs before i finally broke down and told someone. in this situation, my former T had power over me. i think there could be different definitions of power- but in a nutshell i do think there is an inherent power imbalance in the therapeutic relationship because of my experiences