The client may look to her to direct him and tell him how to live, and he may
look to her for the love and acceptance that he felt he was unable to secure from
his mother. The therapist herself may have unresolved needs to nurture, to
foster a dependent relationship, and to be told that she is signifi cant, and she
may be meeting her own needs by in some way keeping her client dependent.
Unless she is aware of her own needs as well as her own dynamics, it is very
likely that her dynamics will interfere with the progress of therapy.