I had googled my T before I met her - this is how I look for Ts. So how do you normally find a T - from a recommendation? I am not sure if a t who is great for someone else would necessarily be great for me as well... And here, people do not talk about it so I even do not know if I know anyone who is in a therapy...
Thus, I've googled my T, checked her official webpages, read her papers, read about her methods, checked her picture etc... If she had any personal info online, probably I would also check them but she didn't have any... Since I started seeing her, I've googled her few times to read more about her methods or when she said that she'd be teaching in Asia, I checked what her talk was about...
I do not feel guilty for googling my T as I've also googled my bosses etc. and I also know that anyone can google me so I'm aware that whatever I put online, can be read by everyone - I'm fine with it and I would be surprised if any T wouldn't be okay with it...