Power Flashcards
What makes people think someone is powerful?
Knowledge?
Money?
Status?
How does isolation of psychology/psychotherapy increase the power imbalance?
It creates mystique about the profession - capacity for influence/brainwashing
How can clients exert power over therapy?
Coming late
Evading/refusing to answer questions
Harassing/Threatening/Seducing therapist
How can knowledge and power interact with/over clients?
Therapists have all the process knowledge plus can ask what they like of the client and learn all about the client and their vulnerabilities leading to even greater power.
What is reward power? Give examples.
The ability to give/withhold what people want.
Rewards could be gifts, incentives, praise, appreciation, acknowledgment
How might the therapist use manipulative power?
To act in more ‘healthy’ ways.
Who talks about power?
Zur (2009)
