I met my T for one outdoor session during the pandemic. I didn't expect her to agree as she is very focused on maintaining the frame but she did. It was awkward at first and different. It did feel more relaxed but I was always aware that it was still therapy. We walked a little then sat on opposite ends of a bench. It was the closest I have ever been sitting to her which was strange and nice. The world didn't end and if anything help me see her as more of an actual person. Seeing someone sit on the same couch every week for years is a little bit 2 dimensional at times.

I understand the need for safety and boundaries and ethics. It's important to consider these things and good that your T is. Sometimes we can overthink these things to death and in doing so it loses something. Many therapists won't consider having therapy outside their normal office. I sometimes giggle inside at how I think some therapists must have felt in online therapy at the beginning when clients showed up in different rooms of their house and some even in the bedroom!. It surely must have bothered some of those who are stricter in sticking to the frame lol.