This is a timely question for me because I just asked my therapist today if he read any online psych forums. I really assumed he does not and he confirmed this. I said, “please don’t because I occasionally post and wouldn’t feel comfortable if I knew you were reading.” He would very easily recognize my posts by their content. He replied, “what does that say that you feel safer posting on a forum than talking to me in our session?” But, the reality is that I only have access to him once/week for 50 minutes, and sometimes I have things I’d like to discuss or get feedback about, and he just isn’t available. So, thank goodness for this forum!