I'll leave a light on

Today in training we watched a video about the horse whisperer as a metaphor about how we should be with our clients: gentle, non-judgemental, without pressure, encouraging change in very small doses so that the chances of relapsing to previous behaviour are minimized, but understanding that people are people and who they are is enough (even if they've made bad choices in the past).
This is what he said "I want her to stay with me because she wants to, not because she's being made to"
Isn't that all we ever want for our clients? from our family? our friends? our loves?
I think so...