I guess I've personally never even thought about my therapy relationships in terms of power. I think of them in terms of support, assistance, interplay, cooperation, give-and-take, but the idea of power just has never been my the radar. Honestly, I don't think of many of my relationships in terms of power now that I think about it.

I guess at work people higher up on the food chain have more power and I have to pretty much do what they ask, but that's just work and the way it is. I guess I think of the therapy relationship more along the lines of other personal relationships I have, and I don't go into personal relationships thinking about power; in fact, I don't think I would stay in a personal-type relationship where power was of any kind of dominant consideration. I suppose the power dynamic is there somehow, but it is way down the list of important factors.