Posted by Dinah on September 20, 2009, at 12:46:18
In reply to found out some info on my T via facebook, posted by deerock on September 19, 2009, at 22:02:22
My therapist knows I google him occasionally. Not as often now as I once did. He thinks it's normal enough for clients to do that. It's hard to imagine any therapist isn't aware that their clients are likely to do this in this day and age. But earlier, before it googling someone became such a common term as it is now, my therapist was glad I told him about his online presence.
He also thinks that when people take psychotherapy as their vocation, they give up some things that other people might take for granted. And one of those things is to act in public (including online, which now is part of any person's public life) without first thinking of how it might affect clients, either current or potential ones, and how others might view them.
It's your therapist's responsibility to be discreet, according to my therapist. It's part of the costs that come with the benefits of being a therapist.
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