I was never curious to know if my last therapist was on Facebook or not while I was seeing him; honestly, it didn't cross my mind to even think he would allow such interaction - he was very professional and had healthy boundaries.
We DO Facebook with each other now since I haven't been his client in a very, very long time. I actually Facebook with all three of my old therapists now, but this was something that started a few years ago I guess after running into them in various places and we exchanged information to stay in touch through Facebook. Lately, my last therapist has been keeping up with my husband's health crisis and occasionally pm's me just checking up on me; we've had more interaction in the last couple months than usual, and it has been reassuring to know we have his support if we need it.
I do know because I am now interacting with them on Facebook, that all three have a pretty limited friends list, and their pages are pretty locked down. I know them well enough to know none of them would have interacted with a client WHILE that person was still seeing them, and I get the distinct impression I am one of only a few former clients they interact with that way. I've never asked, but I am fairly certain if they saw a current client trying to interact with them on Facebook, they would block them simply because it is just not a professional interaction.
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