What an interesting topic! My former therapist had her own practice and a small waiting room. My therapist almost always scheduled her clients with a 15 to 30 min. lag between clients. The entire time I saw her I only ran into another client twice (very uncomfortable because I never knew where to look as they walked out with my T and said their good byes LOL). My T let me know that if her door was open when I arrived that meant that I could walk right in and settle in the therapy office directly across from her office. Unfortunately, I'm one of those people who can't just walk into someone's office. I'd always take a seat in her waiting room and wait for her to come out and invite me in. Just one of my quirks.

I never ran into anyone I knew. I think that would make me uncomfortable. I have no problem referring people to her. I loved doing that and I referred a lot of friends and colleagues to her. I thought she was an excellent T and I loved when people came back and told me how much they appreciated the referral and loved working with her.