Maslow likened the psychotherapeutic relationship between therapist and client to a relationship between:

Maslow likened the psychotherapeutic relationship between therapist and client to a relationship between Friends. 

Abraham Harold Maslow (popular for creating Maslow's hierarchy of needs) was an American psychologist and a professor, He emphasized the significance of focusing on the positive qualities in people, rather than treat them as a "bag of symptoms”.

it is a part of john locke's natural rights popular during the age of enlightenment that people had inalienable rights to life, liberty and property. this was reflected by thomas jefferson in his declaration of independence as rights to life,liberty and the pursuit of happiness.

another line in the declaration of independence is that people have certain rights just because they are human. humans are capable of obeying the three natural rights john locke mentioned making them governable by these laws and therefore entitled to these rights as well.