Facebook Friends

This is true and actually is very common. I have a friend who is a T who does this and also know many other people from teenagers to adults who do as well. It is really the only way to keep some semblance of privacy online.

I'm FB friends with a T I saw 10 years ago, for about a year, before moving out of state. Of course, we didn't become FB friends until long after termination, since it wasn't really much of a thing when we ended.

I could imagine wanting to be FB friends with my current T after termination, but I don't know that I'd want to enough to bring it up.

I agree . I think it´s normal to have an" undercover" FB account. I once got an email from a T, with a FB icon on it and a different name, but a picture of the T. Busted

Did you end up saying anything to him/her about it.

No. Maybe I should have Hmm..not good I guess.

ETA: I wasn´t in T at the time it was after termination. Perhaps I would have made some comment about it..I think.

I know my T would never allow us to be FB friends even after I stop seeing her. I'm okay with that because overall I think it's best for me. Otherwise I'd get too obsessive, especially after termination. I think it would make me much more sad to see her separate life that I can't be a part of. Even after I say that, I would be FB friends with her if I had the option. Perhaps it would work for some Ts and old clients, but I think FB makes the relationship different from what it was previously; it's more of an equal relationship that way since you can both learn about each other's lives, and less focused on just the client.

Although for me personally anytime I go to see a Therapist I want to know things about them, it makes them more lifelike for me.

I don't do Facebook.

That is a good point- it's kind of like when you see a teacher out of context and suddenly realize that they're a real person and have a life outside of school. FB does allow for a sense of realness about who a T is, when it's hard to imagine them in that way just in the office.

That is a good point (and there were a few times where I saw teachers out in public when I was in school), although I have never really saw a Therapist the same way as a teacher (when I was in school I never wanted to know anything about my teachers).

Nope. Didn't even cross my mind to check. I think it's a horrible idea too - largely based on those who have friended their therapist on these boards with some very poor outcomes.