I've Googled my therapists but never found anything terribly interesting.

In my last session, I asked current T a bunch of questions --
- Whether she believes in God
- If she likes her middle name more than her first name
- To explain her fascination for Sodastream
- Whether all the books in the bookshelf were hers or she shared them with the T who shares her office.

In the midst of this questioning (she answered it all), I have no idea how or why (I can't remember what we were talking about now) but she volunteered that she got married at 23 and has been happily married for 20+ years (I didn't ask her -- I have weird views about marriage and monogamy and so I don't bring it up with anyone). But, since she brought up the topic of her marriage, I asked her the only question that I'd been dying to ask her -- why did she change her last name on getting married (it's one of my bugbears when women do it, I admit).

In all this, I kid you not, the only question that really seemed to irritate her was my harping on (okay, actually mocking) her preference for Sodastream.

So, I think privacy / intrusiveness etc is a matter of perception (based on my sample size of one T).