[deflatedballoon]

Does anyone ever wonder what their T is doing outside of work? Sometimes I find myself sitting and wondering what my T could be doing after work, or on the weekend. I dream up scenarios of her leading this perfect, fulfilling life- even though she probably has a bunch of her own life challenges, goes home, cooks dinner, does mundane activities and goes to bed etc like the rest of us. Sometimes I wonder if she ever thinks of me outside the therapy room. Say if she sees something that reminds her of something we spoke about. Does anyone else do this? Also, do you think Ts do think of clients outside of sessions?

[ElectricManatee]

I wonder what my T is doing outside of work sometimes. I also imagine what she's doing at work when I'm not there. My T has mentioned a few times when she saw or heard something that made her think of me outside of session, just little stuff triggered by things she knows I like. I also had some stressful, uncertain medical things a few months back, and she mentioned that she was thinking (maybe worrying slightly?) about me until I called and left her a voicemail telling her what the outcome was.

I think generally therapists should probably try to set aside each client when time is up, but I also think it's normal for thoughts to filter in occasionally. I don't think your T stops caring when you leave the office, and I bet you do cross your T's mind occasionally.

[DP_2017]

Always, even when he does tell me what his plans are. I wonder how fun his friends are and what they do together, what his family is like and how often they hang etc.

He is a introvert though so I know he spends a lot of time by himself but still.... watching tv, walking, cleaning, etc the thoughts are endless

my husband is a therapist. he thinks about his clients outside of workl.
i know what my therapist does outside of work. she likes to cook, and go for walks, plays with her two cats, she writes, she exercises. But she spends most of her time working. She says she thinks of me every day whether we talk or not.

[snowangel17]

Originally Posted by Starry_Night

my husband is a therapist. he thinks about his clients outside of workl.
i know what my therapist does outside of work. she likes to cook, and go for walks, plays with her two cats, she writes, she exercises. But she spends most of her time working. She says she thinks of me every day whether we talk or not.

This must be very nice to know. My T would never tell me this even if it was true.

[WarmFuzzySocks]

My therapist has said a few times things like, “I was thinking about you the other day and I thought of/wondered...” or “I saw/read (whatever) and it made me think of you.” It’s always related in some way to what we’re working on.

I know she does normal life stuff like cooking, phoning her grown kids, weeding the yard, hanging with friends because we chat about those kinds of things sometimes as we transition into a session.

I am a therapist and I think about my clients all the time. I brought it to supervision because I was worried it was too much and my supervisor assured me it was a good thing.
At weekends I usually have assignments to do for my masters, I have notes to catch up on. Sometimes I get calls, texts to answer.a therapists work is never done when they leave the office.
My own t goes to plays and concerts a lot, she would accuse me of trying to keep busy and distracted if I went out as much as her.

[Erebos]

Never occurred to me to wonder what my T does outside of work.
It barely interests me what we do in session.