Hang in there Estersvertue. this topic has been discussed before though I don't know where the posts are at them moment.

My part of those posts was saying no I don't have this problem in fact I have invited many friends including a past therapist SKR here and to other on line support groups. When SKR was my therapist I helped her register for the same on line support group that I was in so that she could come in at any point and read what I was posting and it also helped so that during therapy sessions I didn't have to go into a big explaination of on this forum we ware talking about and this is... My present therapist LL is a part of at least three of the same websites and or on line groups that I am a part of. in fact I told her a long time ago I think the same day I found this Psych central that I was going to register here and what name I was going to use.

I think its great that my therapists like to come and read what I am posting and so on about and seeing what survivors in general go through. What better way of knowing what survivors need then to find out from survivors themselves what they go through.

Before I even started entering on line groups I knew there was a possibility of people I know that may read what I talk about on like. Its called the world wide web. that means that the whold world can at any point register for an online support or therapy group just like I do. So I always follow a rule for myself -

No matter how secure the site appears to be I don't post anything that I would not say to people in my real life because I may just be talking to my neighber, my child, my friends, my abusers, my therapists, co workers lawyers DHS caseworkers and so on and not know it.

It may not be my place to say this but I am going to because I have been here a long time and have seen this topic send the whole community into uproars and so on of fear of therapists being here.

Alot of on line support groups if not all have right in their guidelines that the members need to take care of theirselves and what they post about because you don't know who you are really talking to and that the groups are accessable to others to read.

for the new people - and maybe those that have been here a while and have forgotten -

Psych Central has had many discussions about the fact that these community boards are open to others to read at any point.

They are not searchable by google and so on but anyone can follow mental health links including for example Psych Central is a link on one of my local hospitals websites so there were going to be professionals here including therapists within my local community.

Some therapy professionals have taken a risk here and have disclosed they are in fact therapists so we already know there are therapy professionals here, and they are not here to practice therapy on anyone. They are here for their selves and to learn how to helpo their many clients not just those that they may recognize here.

The bottom line is that yea a persons therapist may in fact be here under another name just like every one else here is. everyone posts what they are comfortable posting. That includes whether or not you post things here that you would not post to your therapist. As far as I know if you are not comfortable with your post you can consult with a moderator or administrator about having the post removed. posts are not permanent they can be deleted so don't panic over the fact that therapists are here regardless of whose therapist they are and so on.