It's funny but I have NO desire to know anything personal about my therapist. In fact, if any therapist I work with mentions something about her personal life that is more a brief, in passing, remark, I find that I'm thrown off my game . . .as in my ability to talk about my own personal information. My x therapist knew my best friend's husband really well, they were colleagues. My friend and her husband would meet socially with my x therapist and her husband. My friend would often discuss some of the things they talked about or what my x therapist was up to in her personal life. I would cringe every time. I finally had to tell my friend that I was seeing "her friend" professionally and I'd prefer that she not mention ANYTHING about her when we got together. Guess we're all different in what we need or want regarding our therapist.