I noticed that my former therapist "liked" my most recent blog post. The post was only about Easter bread. Nothing that deep/serious. Nevertheless, it made me feel a little uncomfortable. I stopped seeing this therapist over a year ago. I really liked her a lot, but had to change because she moved far from my home. After this therapist moved, she stopped being able to accept my insurance. In response, she let me see her for several sessions for next to nothing ($10 per session), on Saturdays. My husband would drive me to her new office, since it was almost an hour away on stressful highways. Hubby would wait in the car or go to a coffee shop. I just couldn't continue putting hubby through that inconvenience. Also, there was a transference and countertransference between us. She reminded me of my late mother. She almost assumed a motherly role towards me. It was a loving kind of relationship, but I eventually saw that as unhealthy.

Obviously, I had shared my blog address with the above therapist, while still going to her. She became very interested in it, and read several of my posts. She signed up to receive my post notices. I didn't think that would be a problem, but as said, it's become uncomfortable. Maybe six months back, I wrote a very sad post about my father. She read it and thought it was about my husband. She contacted me via email begging me to explain to her what was going on. I did, and she responded again. I didn't respond to her second email, feeling it was best not to.

Ideally, I wish this therapist would unsubscribe to my blog. I could manually remove her from my post notification list, but that is so awkward. My point to this post is to recommend that others think seriously before sharing a blog address with a therapist. I couldn't write about this on my blog, or she'd see it. Or select other things.

I really like my current therapist of over a year, and think the relationship is healthy.