I have a painting account on Instagram that has a little bit of a following: over 300k
My T is also a painter and he started following me without me knowing. He also has a painting account. I found out that he was following me while we were talking about art in social media. We talked about it and we figured out together that it is okay if he continued following me and I could follow him.

We like and comment on each other’s posts at times, but it is always within the context of the artwork posted. We never communicate through private messages over there and we also don’t have anything that identifies either of us on our accounts apart from first names.

My T never brings up anything he sees me post on Instagram unless I bring it up first. We have so far managed to find a way to separate our therapy from that. In the therapy room, we are client and therapist. On Instagram, we are fellow artists.