I absolutely do (would give about anything to know what his dissertation was on! But not enough to ask... yet). It helped me a lot especially in the beginning to build trust (there was consistency between what he wrote and how he acted even years later. It also helped me to know he would work well with me). However, being an ornery academic with a high IQ I believe I have an ethical responsibility to him and myself to use it appropriately. In the past I would use those kinds of things to distract, debate and even bully therapists. I can see my current T having NO patience with that... kinda because I found personal info in some of it he didn’t realize was out there and referenced it casually... I got a look but he checked and it was where I said it was and you didn’t have to go looking for it, it was just there. I also didn’t use it in any way that was threatening.