I’m in therapy and ironically my therapist T1 and I (by accident) are signed up for the same spin class. I initially didn’t find this a problem (no feelings of transference) and I didn’t think it would be a problem as I don’t have anxiety about seeing my therapist in public anymore – I can say hi to her! (I live in a small town/same as my therapist – I was seeing my therapist before and took a break by trying another therapist – didn’t work out so I went back to my first therapist and I’m glad I did).

I’ve/we’ve been going to the same class for about 6 weeks now and I feel fine about going but now I’m feeling some transference (thankfully not as intense as before when I was seeing her in therapy the first go around). In class we converse as well as with other people about spinning/biking etc… My therapist and I have some things in common like biking, running, and yoga etc…

Is there anything wrong with this? Is there something I should be concerned about in seeing my therapist outside of therapy even if unintentional?

To any therapists out there: Have you ever experienced anything like this with a client and how did you handle it??