I've seen a lot of post about this stuff over my time here. I thought I'd post an article that I thought was pretty good on the subject.
Friending Your Shrink: When You Find Your Therapist on Social Media
The last paragraph quoted here kinda gets to the point: It's human and mostly harmless to be curious about your T's
public media presence but be careful of your own expectations, and be aware that if you're particularly obsessed with the idea, or upset by something you see in their profile, that is something that could be useful to talk about with your T. It most likely speaks to something else deeper down about your own needs, desires and attachment patterns.
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And every therapist I spoke to stressed that the best thing to do if you spot your therapist on Tinder is to just swipe left and pretend it didn’t happen. “Therapists are looking online for relationships and that’s fine, and it only crosses a line if they engage with you,” says Dobrenski. In that case — or if you see some other side of your therapist that concerns you — social-media snooping could reveal important red flags. But, if what you find is basically benign, then bringing it up could provide some valuable insight into (you guessed it) your own psyche. “If you’re, say, coming to me because you have a panic disorder and you happened to see a photo of me tagged on Facebook, then it’s probably not that helpful to bring that up,” says Dobrenski. “But if you can’t stop thinking about it, then there might be something there about how you see authority figures or what place the therapist fills in your life.”
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