I ran into my first counselor once at the bookstore. I had no serious attachment to her, but we had a pleasant working relationship. I was browsing through a book at a table and she appeared with a store clerk who was helping her find a book on skiing, which apparently was not where it was supposed to be. She was getting kind of argumentative with the clerk. It was weird to see her not handling this situation that well. We did say hi when we first saw each other, then I moved away with my book to another part of the store because I didn't want to keep listening to her conversation with the clerk. Then in my new location, here she comes again with the clerk to look for her skiing book on a different shelf. AWKWARD.

I have never seen my current therapist outside of his office (except in my dreams). I would freak if I did.

pinksoil, that's interesting what you wrote about how the therapist is not supposed to acknowledge the client first. I think I've heard that before. Therapy is full of these interesting little rules, isn't it? I can't imagine not acknowledging my therapist, but maybe if a person was with friends and didn't want them to know they were seeing a therapist for mental health issues, they would not want to talk to their T.