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Originally Posted by atisketatasket
Uh...first of all she says TILTED, not "is."
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But she ain't saying it's tilted toward the client.
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Originally Posted by atisketatasket
The rest of the book you took the quote from is actually about impasses and ruptures in therapeutic relationships, not merely the question of power in the relationship. There's talk about how each therapist-patient relationship is unique, and talk about how clients have power but surrender it to the therapist (and this can cause problems). And there's talk about client power over the therapist too.
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Yes I know, I read the book. Her point is that therapist-client is analagous to parent-infant, in terms of attachment dynamics and vulnerability and inherent power imbalance. I don't think she means that clients surrender power willingly or necessarily even consciously. A competent T understand this and acknowledges it out loud as one did with me. Conversely, the one who traumatized me said "why do give me so much power"? That's like asking, why does a baby give its mommy so much power.