I'm curious to opinions on this. My T and I have been doing therapy virtually since like the second week of the pandemic. He normally goes to his regular office to hold sessions--he says it's easier for him to focus there vs. being at home. It also feels more comfortable to me because it's a space I'm used to.

However, sometimes he "meets" with me from his house for various reasons. This was jarring to me the first time, though I think maybe he warned me in advance? That time, and anytime he was meeting from home for months after that was in his home office, which was nondescript, could just see blank walls, a lamp, and blinds. I got used to it.

Then one time a couple months ago, he was having Wifi issues and met with me from what I think may have been his bedroom (based on the wall of closets behind him. That time, I still couldn't see much, so I adapted. More recently, he's met me from there at times, but facing a different direction so that I could see what looked to be photos on the wall in the distance, plus a painting on one side. And what looked to be the footboard of a bed. The first time, it was very distracting because I was trying to see if I could make out the photos and attempting to figure out what the painting was of--part of me wanted to ask him, but I was afraid it would be prying or he'd say, "Oh my wife painted that" or something. (I have asked about an item or two in his professional office before, but that seems different). I've gotten more used to it.

Oh, and once recently he was in my D's T's office because they were doing work in his office, which was also confusing.

So I never know where he will be when he pops up on Zoom. Part of me feels it would help to know in advance where he'll be, just to prepare myself. (He always texts me the Zoom code just before session, so it seems he could have theoretically thrown in there "at home: code is....", where maybe if he said nothing, he's at office).

But I feel weird asking that, like I feel it shouldn't matter? But when I go see him in person, I *do* know where he'll be. And he's even warned me walking back from the waiting room that he got a new chair, things like that.

Would anyone else want to know? Would it be weird to ask? I mean, I know I could theoretically ask anything, that he could always decline. But I also feel like if I ask, then he'll do the therapist thing and ask why I'd want to know. And that's what I'm trying to figure out. I think it just feels jarring if he's in a different location than I expect and it can take me a minute to adapt (or much longer, the first time he was at home or in a different room in his home).

OK, this ended up much longer than I'd intended. But has anyone else experienced this? If so, did it bother or affect you at all? Or, if not, do you think you *would* be affected by it if it did? And why?