By: Sebastian Vasilescu, LMFT What is the role of the therapist in the therapy room? Is it healer? Is it liberator? Or unbeknown to the therapist, is it oppressor? As psychotherapists there is power and privilege we carry into the room with us, no matter how slight the difference in power may be, it is present in our interactions with clients. Self-of-therapist work, seen as an exploration of a therapists own history and experience; attending to our own axiologies (values and value systems), beliefs, idea[...]