I'm not a mental health professional, but I don't think they would mind if you sent them a short note to tell them how you were doing...if enough time had gone by...what do you think, stormyangels? I did it with en ex-T in the past, I do not contact her anymore however. I doubt my current T would want to be my friend anyway. There's an age difference and I'm sure she has enough friends of her own, LOL.

Being real friends with your ex-therapist could possibly be very damaging to you. What if you really didn't like them in real life? That would be incredibly hurtful to me. Probably best to leave things the way they are, no matter how different you want them to be. Just my $.02