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Originally Posted by RTerroni
Plus it seems like the viewpoints seem to contradict themselves in one way they don't want to observe me because they are not on the clock but yet they can't have a social conversation with me because they are still my Therapist. This seems to say that in some ways they are still on the clock but in other ways they are not which doesn't seem to make much sense.
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I see no contradiction here. They
are your therapist, which means that too much social interaction (beyond a friendly greeting, same as you would give to any acquaintance) would probably be inappropriate. "Probably", because all people are different, and that includes people who are therapists. But they are not working all the time, and so it's unlikely in the extreme that they would use their free time to do what is, in fact, their work (i.e., observe their clients.)
All this sounds like a really good topic for you to explore. As somebody said above, it seems more relevant to look at why this is so important to you, than to hammer out the exact boundaries for all hypothetical situations at the beginning of therapy.