[Wren_]

I was looking up a type of therapy (bibliotherapy) and somehow ended up at a totally different article dealing with therapist disclosure and online searching which was interesting; and is something often mentioned in posts here. Link to the article is included if anyone is interested

http://www.zurinstitute.com/onlinedisclosure.html

[unaluna]

googling your T comes up so often, this article should be a sticky! thanks for posting!

[jenluv]

Thanks for posting this!

[rainbow8]

Thank you. The article is strictly for the T, isn't it? The client's reasons for wanting to know information isn't dealt with. It made me feel guilty, not necessarily a bad way to feel about it.

[InTherapy]

I disagree with the article. It talks about different "Levels", and one of them is called "intrusive search", which includes finding out your T's address or phone number, or family tree, etc.

If you google your T, why would you click on a link to their professional website and then not click on a link about their family reunion? Yes, if you hire a private investigator to check your T's credit reports, that's creepy. But if you google their name, I don't think anything you find is "intrusive". The internet is public information. That's like wearing a low cut blouse and then getting pissed when people look at your boobs. Um, they're RIGHT THERE.

[wing]

tiger,

In chat, we were discussing the other article you posted about therapists googling clients and i can't find it again. Would you mind sending me the link?

[taylor43]

Now i feel guilty for googiling my t. Thanks for this artical!

[stopdog]

There is nothing wrong with googling a therapist or any other professional or really anyone in general. The information is public. You are paying someone for a service that is lopsided and very personal. Wanting information on that person is not bad or odd or intrusive. It is a risk they assume when they decide they want to be a therapist for a living. Having them followed by a private detective, following them yourself, hanging out by their house, taking pictures of their children etc = to me all examples of going a bit far. But simply googling them on the internet is just not a big deal.

[Perna]

Therapists should always assume that everything what they post online, whether it is on their own Web site, private or public blogs, listservs, password protected bulletin boards, chats, social networks, etc., may be read by their clients. In the word of the Web-expert Dr. Rosen, "Consider anything you write online as being tattooed on your forehead."

That about sums it up for anyone, therapists aren't any different.