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Old Jan 20, 2015, 01:55 AM
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Interesting update Scallion..

First off, you didn't cross any boundary by looking at public information. Secondly, we live in the age of the Internet when virtual life is an integral part of our everyday life, and whenever the society undergoes some drastic change, our moral standards also tend to change. What would be considered inappropriate in 50-s nowadays is a common behavior, which makes is socially acceptable. We all google whoever we want and whatever we want. That's one of the reasons search engines were invented.

I wouldn't worry about how your T is feeling about your discovery, because, once again, you didn't do anything wrong, and so it's his job to take care of his feelings and to turn your discovery into a therapeutic experience for you. I think, it's great that this incident made you recall your childhood experience of being neglected because of the arrival of your little brother. This is a grist for the mill and a great opportunity for your therapist to do some good work with you around this issue. If anything, as a professional, he should be glad to see the new material for exploration.

I don't want to speculate on what he meant by saying that it was not a good idea for you to do the search on him. This wasn't necessarily a wrong thing to say, but to me this is not the best response for a T to give in this situation. If I were him, I'd say something like "Thank you for telling me. We'll talk about it in session." That's all.

Now, the next session will show his competence. How he chooses to deal with this will show the level of his professionalism.
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