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Originally Posted by roimata
The relationship I have with my therapist would be the exact same whether or not I have tangible evidence of our interactions.
I suppose if one were to feel guilty about keeping their activity a secret from their therapist it would be to the detriment of their therapeutic connection, but I personally have never felt such a way. If she were to ask me if I was recording our conversations, I would be honest, but I will not volunteer the information because it is not relevant.
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You've decided it's not relevant to you, but you're also making that decision for someone else. The less information the therapist has about what's going on, the less accurately they can help. What does it say about what is going on for us as clients, that our Ts won't realize is going on, if we choose to hide such things from them? I think disclosures like that are so important to working toward a comfortable understanding of ourselves. And for those who say it's not a meaningful or significant act, then... seems like it should be easy to share, that the consequences wouldn't concern you? I think it's about a lot more than whether we have guilt pangs over it.