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Originally Posted by Leah123
In that scenario, your therapist would be consulting with you for free if they agreed to meet you at a set time at a social event. That won't happen. They don't do dual-relationships- i.e. no friendships, even casual ones. Their time with you is basically paid time, time spent on the things that pain you and fixing them. They can't and won't ethically and legally in some places really engage in random other meetings unless they're lacking in professional standards.
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OK what you said makes me feel like I am nothing more than a paid appointment to my Therapist (which for me doesn't really hold because I have medical assistance and don't have to pay for the appointments myself) when I couldn't disagree more, I am a regular person just like my Therapist is and if we meet at a social gathering than we can definitely communicate beyond just a simple hello, even if we are there with other people in some circumstances because in most cases all of us are there for a specific purpose (our love for different types of moto-sports). I have even said this before to a prior Therapist but to see me at a social gathering might be beneficial to them because they can do some (informal) observations on how I may behave in certain public places and we can discuss that at our next session (and she can definitely give me some tips on how I can improve).