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Dec 11, 2014, 11:54 AM
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Have you ever Googled your Therapist and learned certain things about them that you wish you hadn't. I can remember with a previous Therapist that I Googled her name and learned certain things (which I think ultimately led to her terminating things with me), that for my next and current Therapists I haven't done any Google searching on. Has that been the case with anyone else on here.
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Dec 11, 2014, 11:57 AM
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No, but I can't really think of anything that would bother me that much. It is not like I have that high of a bar of expectation about therapists to begin with.
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Dec 11, 2014, 11:59 AM
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I haven't found anything that made me wish I hadn't. He knows that I've googled him and and Facebook stalked him (he didn't care either, just was like "Oh! What did you find?" - more curious than anything LOL).
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Dec 11, 2014, 01:14 PM
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Dec 11, 2014, 01:14 PM
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I tried but I don't think my T has anything on the wwwexcept her bio on her current office homepage. She's a mystery. I'm guessing she's made herself impossible to find lol.
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Dec 11, 2014, 01:22 PM
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Not really.
I have found information what hurted me so I print it out and gave my t to read saying he is a liar. |
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Dec 11, 2014, 01:27 PM
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Hell yes. I don't want to get into details but it turned out to be triggering and I had to bring it up next session to get over it, and admit how far I went with the google stalking.
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Dec 11, 2014, 01:45 PM
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He's really open so I didn't really find anything I didn't already know.
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Dec 11, 2014, 01:49 PM
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I googled out my previous therapist, I saw few pics of him and his girlfriend, with his family, I also found several notes from his high school...I really wish I hadn't been that curious. I'd prefer not know about his life at all. I could not see and talk to him withoit a kind of hesitation and I viewed my relationship to him a bit damaged.
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Dec 11, 2014, 02:11 PM
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I accidentally found a 5* review my T had written about his son's company, pretending he was a random customer.
I didn't particularly like thinking of him as dishonest. |
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Dec 11, 2014, 03:37 PM
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Yes. I had already gotten the sense that her faith was important to her, but I found out that she was reallllllly devout online. It bothered me, but I'm glad I found out. It explained some of her hesitancy around certain issues, and I made sure to clean up my language. In other words, our days were numbered.
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Dec 11, 2014, 04:17 PM
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I don't really have regrets about anything I found out. I wish I would have been able to wait for her to tell me things at her pace. I looked her up mostly in the beginning. I wanted to know how she is so I didn't have to waste emotions on someone I thought would only hurt me.
But the one thing I feel guilty about is having pictures of her and her family. I hate her professional picture. It doesn't look like her anymore. And she won't give me a picture because she never takes solo pictures. So I keep the ones I found so I can remember what she looks like (I can't remember anyone's face on my own  ).
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Dec 11, 2014, 04:49 PM
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As far as whether I regret googling my therapists or anyone for that matter, the answer is no. Why would I and why should I? I think, when you decide to google someone, you have to be willing to accept whatever you will find whether you like it or not. If you decided to go ahead and google anyway, you shoul've considered the potential negative impact of the search results. Googling any service povider is not a bad idea because you may find the reviews their former clients wrote about them, and while not all reviews are trustworthy, they can still provide some important information you may want to consider. |
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Dec 11, 2014, 05:19 PM
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I google my T before I meet them... I typically don't google them after because they're not interesting enough. At least not so far.....
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Dec 11, 2014, 05:57 PM
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Dec 11, 2014, 06:09 PM
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Lately I find myself sitting on the desire to look up T on Facebook. I've never really wanted to before - previous T, yes, but not T...
I don't want to want to... Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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Dec 11, 2014, 08:00 PM
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I hate Google. A (not very funny) true story. In 6th grade my child had an assignment in computer class. They looked themselves up on Google, and through a combo of her first name being tattooed on his arm and their in-common surname, she pulled up her dad's latest mug shot and arrest record. What a warm and fuzzy memory!
 I have looked up DD's previous T to see if she was working nearby, but no luck. I'm beginning to think she uses an assumed name! I have not checked out my T. I guess the mystery is better than any cold facts I might find. |
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Dec 11, 2014, 08:20 PM
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my t has a website and psychology today profile and business facebook that i liked so i see his updates n stuff. thats all i know abt his online presence.
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Dec 11, 2014, 09:24 PM
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Dec 11, 2014, 09:29 PM
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I googled her a lot in the start. She has almost no presence online and certainly nothing scandalous.
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Dec 11, 2014, 09:56 PM
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I did google my therapist but honestly it is amusing me now. She engages in a hobby that I also engage in, and I talk about it but she hasn't said that she does it too. She feigns ignorance about it. It's cute.
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Dec 12, 2014, 06:35 AM
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I google everyone, just to check....
Nothing about t, just her website with her pic of someone who looks a bit like her  It's up to T's to ensure that have things locked down tight. At my old job as domestic violence worker, we had to google ourselves every week to check we couldn't be located. I google my kids to check the same. |
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