Personally I would find it extremely anxiety provoking to see my therapist outside of her setting. I know that I am someone that needs the security of boundaries and I don't think my head could cope with separating the friendship from the therapy. It is, however, something I have fantasised about, because I never want her not to be in my life, but I think all I could cope with would be meeting for coffee or something a long time after ceasing therapy. But then my therapist is a mother figure to me so friendship wouldn't really work, it would be more like mother and daughter and that would be weird and I'm sure not what she would want since she has her own daughter. (who of course I am insanely jealous of )