I disagree. Clients have a lot more "authority" in their own therapy than they realize. No one is forcing them to say or do anything. The therapists are not authority figures to other T's, they are merely equals, but one is listening, the other is talking. Not every T holds back completely, some are human and make their clients feel more like equals. The client pays them, the client can fire them, the client can report, the client cay say no to topics or limit how much they say etc