Is this "creepy" or ok?

My therapist allows my anxiety dog to come to sessions with me and he seems to really enjoy him too. Before my dog was my anxiety dog, he was a therapy dog for yrs and visited people in nursing homes, schools etc.... and during that time, because I love photography, I began photographing my dogs with various ppl we would meet on visits. When they both retired a few years ago I saw how therapeutic it was to look back and see the impact of the lives they touched and I've continued doing it when chances come up. My dogs are 14 and 15 now and reality is setting in with me on them.... anyway

so is it creepy/boundry crossing to ask my therapist if he is ok with allowing a photo of him and my dog? Normally Id never ask, I just take but here I wanna respect things and I feel asking is best but I wont even ask if its outright creepy.

Has anyone ever taken a photo of their therapist and the therapist was ok with it?

I don't think it would hurt to ask. Especially if you mention you've taken pics of the dog with other people in the past.

I agree with LT, sounds perfectly nice and ok to me, with or without the backstory, though it helps to know that too

But you have to be prepared for the possibility of a "no"

i am expecting no, lol. i always do

i am always prepared for/expecting no from people

I don't think it is any huge deal.

my therapist and i have dozens of photos together. she doesnt mind. not creepy

i've never ask for together, but that is cool she allowed that.

Doesn't sound creepy at all.

My ex-T offered a picture with her once.

Yes, this! Mention the dog pics.

You could also show her some of your other pictures so she can see how much it means to you, and it could also be fun

I have a picture of my T I took one day, hiding my bear. I asked and she was OK with it. We played marble run that day and I took pics of that first, she even suggested angles, and then I asked for one of her. I scrapbooked it and showed it to her. Must admit I think she was a bit awkward, but wouldn't most of us be!!

Thanks for the feedback everyone. I will probably ask via email. I still have trouble talking about awkward stuff in person. That way it is easier to explain too, sometimes I lose my words when I am talking in person

It's fine to ask. He can say yes or no.

I know I'm too afraid of the no to ask - I wish we intentionally took a photo together but I don't want the complication of asking. I do have a few pictures of us at workshops but there's also a bunch of other people there (and someone actually took a picture of us arguing).

If it's important to you and you can take a no, asking sounds good. It's his responsibility to say yes or no based on how he feels and thinks about this as part of your therapy together. It's definitely not creepy but your therapist may or may not think it's a good idea.

oh i agree, like i said, i expect a no.

its fine with me. it's not the most important thing in the world but i just would like to be able to if i could. i will probably be too scared to read his reply right away even though i am almost sure it will be no

Why don't you try asking in person, even though it scares you?
Therapy is a great place to try stuff like that.
And then talk about being scared to ask and fearing a "no."
I don't think asking for a photo is creepy. Taking a photo without permission would be creepy.

idk i am not ready for that yet. not brave enough and he said emails are ok. he will bring it up in session anyway, that is how it has gone for all emails so far. i just feel better doing it this way right now plus its easier to explain why and ya i'd never take without permission, well not in this case lol

I'm not sure if you can double post and I can't find how to edit a post but anyway I emailed, he replied and said this

"I would be happy to be part of this photo project you’ve created. Actually it seems like an honor to be included"

just wanted to pass along the update

Wow, that's great! Thanks for the update.

I don't think it's creepy at all . . . especially since the dog will be part of the photo shoot. However, I would advise you to be prepared for possibly getting a "no" from the therapist on this. I'ld say the chance of a yes is about 60%.

I'ld phrase the question along the lines of you wanting to build a photo record of things you experience with your dog, now that doggie is getting on in years. And I'ld limit it to one or two pictures.

It's not creepy. You are not crossing boundary by asking. You cross boundary only if you do something without permission but not when you ask.

You didn't see my update He already agreed. this is what he said

"I would be happy to be part of this photo project you’ve created. Actually it seems like an honor to be included"

And it should of been on Friday but he was sick so it will be on Tuesday most likely. Thanks for your feedback though

Glad to here that.