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Our role as therapist holds power beyond the power that a license creates. We hold power that comes from knowledge. We study human behavior, mental processes, and the intrapsychic and social factors that affect motivation, decision, and action. We learn methods to bring about change. Our research, writing, and our very words have the power of providing language and validation to experiences that have been marginalized, made invisible, silenced, and disregarded. Maintaining a constant, respectful awareness of the power flowing from knowledge and expertise is essential to avoid the subtle ways of manipulating and exploiting clients through our interaction with them or through our clinical documentation (treatment plans, progress notes, assessment report) and scholarship.