The purpose of psychotherapy, suggests May, is to set people free. Freedom is the capacity to pause in the face of stimuli from many directions at once and, in this pause, to throw one's weight toward this response rather than that one. Hating or resenting can serve as a way to avoid psychological or spiritual suicide by preserving some dignity, some feeling of one's own identity. Innocence os of two types. It evokes positive, warm feelings.
Power is always interpersonal.
If it is personal, then it is called strength. Five types of power are present as potentialities in all people. It is always present, represents possibilities. Seen in newborn infants. The power of self-affirmation.