I found a psychologist on instagram, I liked her posts so I started to follow her and she follow me back. I left her some comments and likes and she gave me a good impression as a professional because of her criticism of fraudulent procedures in therapy.

About two months later after we started follow each other, I started therapy with this psychologist. I know that it is not good for the therapist-patient relationship to extend beyond therapy so I never liked her on instagram or left her comments anymore, and even avoided seeing her stories because she might see that I have seen them. But I didn't unfollow her because I thought it could be perceived as hostile. It's one thing not to interact, it's another thing to unfollow, which is a decision that translates into an action that sometimes displeases the unfollower, and I didn't want to upset my therapist.

She also didn't give me likes or leave comments on instagram, but she was still my follower (and unlike me, she did see my stories, although she didn't like or comment on them). A month after starting therapy she was still my follower (I remember she saw a story I posted) and we continued to do therapy, but today I noticed that she stopped following me.

This worries me because I think that if she had stopped following me at the beginning of therapy, it would be because she wanted to keep therapist-patient distance, but she has stopped following me over a month after having weekly therapy, and I fear that she has stopped following me because she feels dislike for me.

I have never uploaded controversial personal opinions one way or the other (politics, sexism, etc) to instagram. I worry about my therapist disliking me because I think maybe the reason she has unfollowed me is that she dislikes me, but therapy has gone well so far...although that worries me.

I am looking for a professional response, as perhaps another psychologist, sharing a profession with my therapist, will understand what my psychologist has done, and can tell me to what extent it is possible that she has stopped following me out of antipathy. Thank you very much