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Originally Posted by emwell2
I've been with the same therapist for a very long time. She is not my first. I've been thinking about asking her a couple questions of a personal nature. Is it ever appropriate to ask a therapist personal questions???? She has shared some personal information with me, such as why she got rid of her cat and that she uses a CPAP machine. But these subjects came up during regular conversation and had to do with what I was talking about.
I would like to ask her two things 1) Are you married???? 2) Are you sober????The married thing isn't really important, but being sober is.
Has anyone here ever asked their therapist personal questions???? If yes, did you get an honest answer???? Did the answer affect your treatment in any way???? Does it really matter????
I've been considering asking her these things for quite some time now. Asking would get the questions out of my head. I'm not even sure if I care about the answers.
Thank you in advance for your responses.
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back to the original question....yes i do believe it is okay to ask personal questions...although you may or may not receive a direct answer...and be prepared for either outcome....just my thoughts
for me...i would prefer to not have too much personal disclosure from t....but that is just my approach to therapy...
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