Kaufmann L
Schweiz Arch Neurol Neurochir Psychiatr. 1983;133(1):119-29.
The authority of the therapist is described in reference to a model of the framing of development based on General Systems Theory, as an essential property of the therapist-patient relationship that insures the hierarchical structure of the therapeutic system. The hierarchically superior position of the therapist is based on the relatively great (long term) constancy of his/her functioning mode in therapy, securing the dynamic stability of the therapeutic system. To insure his/her own development (evolution), the therapist himself (herself) needs to be framed by hierarchically superior systems. The importance of the relative autonomy of the therapist in face of the risk of loosing or overdoing his (her) own authority is briefly discussed.
治疗师的权威性是参照基于一般系统理论的发展框架模型来描述的，它是治疗师与患者关系的一种基本属性，确保了治疗系统的层级结构。治疗师在层级上的优越地位基于其在治疗中功能模式相对较大的（长期的）稳定性，保障了治疗系统的动态稳定性。为了确保自身的发展（进化），治疗师本人需要被层级上更优越的系统所框定。文中简要讨论了治疗师相对自主性面对丧失或过度行使自身权威风险时的重要性。
