Agree. I don't think that's the kind of googling we are talking about here generally. That's pretty normal, expected, and part and parcel to living today and shopping for services. And it doesn't sound like this therapist did much more than google location on the OP which seems pretty basic and wouldn't require any in-depth searching, but the OP is bothered by it and certainly can decide to change therapists. It may be unrealistic, however, to expect that no therapist or client would ever google a client's or therapist's name for general information, and we all have basic information about us out there.

When the searching becomes more intensive and does get into another person's private life, however, that just becomes nosey. Respect for privacy, and even the ability to maintain one's own privacy with any surety, appears to be a thing of the past unfortunately. And some of us have been on the receiving end of serious electronic and physical privacy violations so this is not a minor issue for us. Once you've had someone invade your life to the point where you've felt unsafe, that experience rather changes your perspective. I suspect many therapists, themselves, have had those kinds of experiences and that can certainly drive how they react to any perceived boundary violations, electronic or otherwise. There is some crazy stuff that happens out there when people go a bit off-rocker with their intrusion into people's private lives. Been there myself. Not something I wish on anyone.