About a year ago I spent several months working with a therapist who was part of a group practice until she went on maternity leave. When she left, she said she planned to return after her four week maternity leave was over. She asked if I wanted to be referred to a different therapist at the practice or wait and continue with her when she got back. Without hesitation, I said that I wanted to wait for her to return, and she agreed to this arrangement. The break seemed ridiculously short to me, but she said that four weeks' maternity leave was the maximum she was allowed to take under the practice policy. Not surprisingly, at the end of the four weeks, I got a letter in the mail saying my therapist had left the practice and that I was being referred to another therapist within the practice. While I was sad to see my therapist go, I assumed she wanted to spend more time with her new baby and completely empathized with her situation. Normally, I might have just taken the referral, but, coincidentally, my own child had medical issues that required us to move out of state temporarily for treatment. When we returned four months later, I found out that the therapist to whom we had been referred had also left the practice. Although I like the fact that the group practice is very close to where I live, I am concerned about the fact that most of the current practitioners there appear to be interns or to specialize in either trauma or pediatrics (neither of which really applies to my particular situation). I know they tend to have a high turnover there, (I suspect they don't pay enough, and it's pretty obvious they lack some important workplace benefits.) and am hesitant to begin working with another therapist who may not be there very long. Recently, I found out that my old therapist had opened her own private practice. It is a good distance away, but I really liked working with her and would be willing to make the drive. Would it be a violation of client/therapist ethics to request seeing her at her new practice considering that she terminated our therapist/client relationship at her old group practice?