I want to know my T better. Should i tell her this?

what will she say if i tell her this? I told her that i was guilty that i checked her linkedin profile and she said that its understandable as i wanted to know her better but we didnt talk about that after.

she may say its not ok to know about her very much, some T's are very quiet about their personal life and some are not. i don't think anything bad would happen by saying it but you gotta realize there is a chance she will tell you no

Why would you? What you would gain from telling the therapist? I don't think it is wrong to tell a therapist this sort of thing - but I really don't know what benefit you would derive from such a thing.

I have talked with my T about what I do and do not know about her and about what I do and do not want to know about her. I find it helpful in getting to know my own "social sense of self," if that makes sense. She has told me some things I have wanted to know, but not everything. Sometimes I can tell that she is probably giving me the very short and/or uncomplicated version of what I asked about, but I feel okay with that. She tends to err on the side of not sharing about herself, but she is somewhat flexible.

I think talking about this kind of thing has helped clarify for me what the therapeutic relationship is and what it isn't. I told her a while back that some clients probably wish they could be friends with her, but that I didn't. It took me a while to figure out why I felt that way (and why I said it out loud to her!), but it actually provided a really important insight to me about what I need from her. This is why I think nothing should be off-limits to talk about in therapy.

i know a bit about her and she has answered personal questions if directed them at her. I know her dogs name, her favorite sport and her fav book,
which is incidentally one of my favs too. I have also asked her,
her thoughts about some political topics etc.

I never ask my T's anything about themselves because I don't want to risk the hurt I would feel if denied. I know a fair number of things about longtime T from her disclosures, which I appreciated. I have a few random tidbits from my new/current T that I have latched onto.

I would tell her but what if she doesn't give you the answer you want! Knowing things about our t can be difficult too. I wonder what you might need from your t when you tell her and will she be able to provide that for you?

R is a blank slate psychodynamic therapist.

Everything I found was available online on google. I just wanted to know more about him. But I've held back on how much I've seen. I've only told him about viewing his linked in, facebook account and therapy page. As well as seeing his old twitter account from 2013 (which later coincidentally vanished ). He didn't "tell me off" but we joked about what he'd posted about George Osborne.

But I've seen photos of him on his wifes facebook account doing ordinary things like reading with his baby, eating pizza. I've read his tripadvisor reviews. I've found his wife and brothers instagram accounts. I wanted to see what the rest of his house looked like as he works from home and I've only seen one room- I found pictures online before he bought it. I know his previous address and have seen how he decorated as there are still photos online. In the UK every company's records are freely available-so I've seen how much he's earned from his practice.

It makes me feel ashamed- but I will bring it up eventually as it feels obsessive but I just wanted to feel closer to him.

There is nothing available online for my therapist except her linkedin page.
She is not on fb, she isnt married and is pretty young. Just a few research papers which don't interest me much