[SilverGlitter]

I was in the middle of making a thread about feeling really awful and only really feeling okay in my t's office, but then I started getting paranoid because something I typed meant my t would definitely know it was me if she read it. Does your t know that you're on PC? My t doesn't, and I think she's far too busy to spend time on here (hopefully, because if she read all my posts - she'd identify me) but I was wondering if anyone else had told their t that they're on here?
Do they then go and look around on here and read your posts? How did they react to knowing you are on PC?
I'm not really planning on telling her but I was just wondering what other people's experiences have been.

[stopdog]

I have no idea what my therapist does and I wouldn't particularly care what she thought about me posting here. I usually have told her what I say on here and I don't think I am all that unique to a therapist = if the one I see read on here I doubt she would care or be able pick me out because I am sort of garden variety client who is not all that interesting or unique. I tend to believe there are sorts of groups of therapy clients on here and picking an individual out from the group, while easy when it is one's self, is not as easy when looked at as a whole.

Are you worried the therapist will disapprove?

My T knows about PC , I even talk about some of the people on here ( using screen names to protect the innocent ). T has even asked me what ya'll thought on certain things. He said he would never come on here as it would be an invasion of my privacy and he was too busy anyway. I'm sorry this worries you.

[Chopin99]

My T knows I post on a therapy forum, but I've never told her the name of it.

[granite1]

i don't think she is, but i swear sometimes with the questions she asks or things she says she might be

[stopdog]

I admit I do not understand the idea of a therapist reading on an open public internet forum, even if they knew a client posted, would be an invasion of privacy. I am not saying they should go looking for client - just that I would not define that as an invasion of privacy. (god I am in a mood this morning)(explanation (not excuse) - I am grading and I know I am picking at everything - it is hard to turn off)

Originally Posted by stopdog

I admit I do not understand the idea of a therapist reading on an open public internet forum, even if they knew a client posted, would be an invasion of privacy. I am not saying they should go looking for client - just that I would not define that as an invasion of privacy. (god I am in a mood this morning)(explanation (not excuse) - I am grading and I know I am picking at everything - it is hard to turn off)

I think he meant more of an invasion of my space.... maybe you should have hit snooze?

[stopdog]

I think invasion of space is more accurate.
Snooze would not have helped. I get all wound up grading.

[critterlady]

Originally Posted by Chopin99

My T knows I post on a therapy forum, but I've never told her the name of it.

Same as Chopin for me.

[Sunne]

T said he would never google me, as that's an invasion of privacy. So I doubt he would go routing around on a message board to find his clients. If he did, I wouldn't really care too much. He already knows almost everything anyway.

Now that i think about it T would probably gain more Insight on clients as we seem to be more honest here . .)

My T knows that I am on a 'psychology forum' and that I feel actual friendship for people on here. We never discussed which one.

T knows I read here. She does not know I post here.

[stopdog]

Hey ttgb.
I would be more worried about people in real life recognizing me than the therapist. But most people (in fact only 3 know) would never think of me going to see a therapist. They might think I need one, but I doubt they would think I do actually see one.

[sittingatwatersedge]

Originally Posted by Chopin99

My T knows I post on a therapy forum, but I've never told her the name of it.

same here. I do worry sometimes about her reading what I post here, but mostly because she'd already have heard it by the time I got to her office & I'd have to come up with yet more personal stuff to talk about to fill that hour beyond what I'd braced myself for, lol

[murray]

I think my T is far too busy doing other things, as he seems to have a very full life. However I do worry about other people recognizing me because of my situation and the number of people IRL who are aware of it- yuck I hate that btw.

Anyway, I doubt that most T's would read and look for their clients.

[LoneWolfie]

I have mentioned the name of the site to my psychiatrist but honestly I think she has better things to do with her time than search forums looking for what patients might be posting.

Besides I write/journal a lot during the week and she gets all the writing either a hard copy that I drop off or by email.

[healed84]

I know that T knows about PC, he has tweeted links to articles on PC (their practice has a FB page). However, I have never told him that I am on a message board at all. I also post on a smaller mommy message board and that kind of think just hasn't come up. If he does, I would tell him. I doubt, he would come over here looking purposley for clients, if he did.. Oh well, lol.

[bamapsych]

I print some of my posts and take them to therapy. One day my T asked if it was from PC. I almost freaked out lol. So yes she knows I post because ever since that day I freely tell her about anything I post. she, along with most other t's, is the curious type to begin with. I dont think many t's would get on here to purposefully look for a client, but we can never be sure

[amandalouise]

Silverglitter...yes my therapist knows I am on psych central and does read what I post. she sent me here thinking I might find others at integration level of DID. we have had many discussions about the both of us being here on psych central.

I actually like having my therapist know Im here because my life has been full to the brim with keeping secrets of being abused as a child. i dont need my adult life to be built on secrecy too. I want and strive for a positive life where I can be completely honest with myself and those in my life, so if I had a therapist who I had to keep my online life a secret from I would not keep seeing that therapist.

theres also the fact that in my mind a therapist is someone who I can tell ****Anything and everything ****** to. my problems my joys and everything in between...if i cant talk with my therapist then who can I talk to right. Im just not the kind of person that keeps secrets, things, issues from my treatment providers.

[bluemountains]

My t doesn't know I post here, but she knows I like the computer for down time. I don't think she would visit this site because I know she is busy with her family and likes to turn off work except for emergencies. I also doubt she would look for clients because it would be like finding a needle in a haystack. We only work on what I want to work on, so she would not mention pc unless I did.

Originally Posted by SilverGlitter

I was in the middle of making a thread about feeling really awful and only really feeling okay in my t's office, but then I started getting paranoid because something I typed meant my t would definitely know it was me if she read it. Does your t know that you're on PC? My t doesn't, and I think she's far too busy to spend time on here (hopefully, because if she read all my posts - she'd identify me) but I was wondering if anyone else had told their t that they're on here?
Do they then go and look around on here and read your posts? How did they react to knowing you are on PC?
I'm not really planning on telling her but I was just wondering what other people's experiences have been.

I told my T I post on a "forum" and that you guys get mad at me for the (mean) things I say to her/reactions I have to her.

She usually just laughs because she knows I didn't mean them..meanly? (Usually). I strongly doubt she cares enough to come search for the forum, she is very very busy.

No, my T doesn't know I post on PC. It just doesn't come up in my therapy. I doubt he would bother to look anyway. He has much better things to do with his time than to spend his free time still doing work-type things. He'd much rather go fishing after hours.

[lostmyway21]

No he doesn't.

I've never mentioned it. The only thing I've said on here that she doesn't already know anyway, is that I am afraid to ask her for a hug but very much want to - so if she saw that and somehow figured out it was me, I'd be glad. LOL