Posted by Dinah on June 18, 2011, at 8:51:29
In reply to Re: cooperative policy setting in therapy, posted by Daisym on June 18, 2011, at 0:43:57
When you think about it, many relationships are unbalanced in power. Unless both parties care equally about the relationship, one will always have a significant power advantage. We're always going to care more about the "relationship". Or at least we probably *should*.
In therapy, with a few exceptions like termination, I think the power differential works in favor of the client as long as the therapist has integrity. I think the biggest part of the problem in my therapy came from a narrowing of the power differential and too flexible boundaries. I don't think he felt the proper pressure to be professional, and I sometimes felt like the parent in the room.
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