therapist-client relationship

• is this a strength or weakness?

  weakness
• what have psychodynamic therapies been criticises from?

  ethical perspective because of potential power imbalance between therapist & patient
• what role does the therapist take?

  expert role offering the patient insight into unconscious, for this reason the patient is reliant on therapist to make progress through therapy
• what can a power imbalance lead to?

  over dependence on the therapist from the patient
• who might this be especially true for?

  people with depression as they may have the tendency to over rely on important people in lives
• therefore this is a weakness because...

  it highlights how genuine needs & best interests of the client may not always be at centre of practice