How much do you know about your therapist?

how much do you know about your therapists personal life and are you at all interested in it?

He wrote a book in which he used some personal examples (even talks about the circumstances of ending a relationship years ago) so I know some things and his professional history is on his website. He doesn't really disclose much in session which suits me.
There's a bit of internal conflict, part of me wants to know things, part of me doesn't.

Long Term T- probably WAY to much. Abut her son his hide and their fertility issues, her significant other and his career and loss of wife and hobbies, her siblings and mom plus there family disfunctionality, her father and how he died. I could go on and on. But I have been working with her foe a long time and this is information that has come out gradually over time.

EMDR T very little. She is married, what state she is from, where she attended college and we are the same religion..
But we have only worked together for 5 months.

Basically nothing. I know she's married and that's about it. I'm not really interested to be honest.

I know very little, she is divorced, has a daughter about the same age as mine and that is about it. And I really WISH I knew more, but I want to learn things about her, from her, not from all the things I could possibly find out by searching online.

Very little. I like it that way.

I would like to know loads. it seems weird to know so little about the person who knows so much.

They told me stuff. I have no idea if it was true or why they told me.
I did not care.

A decent amount about this T. More than I’ve known about previous T’s. I know she had two daughters, 3 and 5 years old, and she tells funny stories about them during groups she teaches (I’m in a PROS program). I know she’s divorced and currently dating someone. I know where she went to college, a little about her experience there and what she studied (wasn’t psychology originally). I really like knowing details of her life, it helps me feel comfortable sharing my life with her because she doesn’t act like she’s perfect or her life is perfect, to me she’s just another human being who I can relate to and has a special set of skills to help me work through my problems.

I know too much

Very little. I'd like to know more, but not her whole life. Just little things like what's her favorite things, her birthday, etc.

i know a fair amount, at least compared to any other T i've had. i know she's married, her kids names and ages (though i am a preschool teacher so that could also be why), some of her past issues and other random tidbits. That being said, everything she has told me has been in response to something i've been talking about.

I know he's married
I know he has a kid - I think just one, and I think a son
I know he does long distance running for fun
And I know the city he lives in
I know he has a dog...or maybe it was 2...can't remember

That's it, and god I prefer it this way
My last T, I knew way way way too much about, and it really really got in the way ...amongst other crossed boundaries

way too much. he never refuses to answer anything i ask and i ask a lot of personal stuff

Longtime T (12 years): her husband's name and his occupation, her son's name and where he went to college, what state she is from, that she is middle of two sisters, her dogs' names, her political affiliation, that she broke her tailbone when she was a kid, that she lived in Alaska for a while, that she wore some sort of sailor dress almost daily when she was pregnant, and a couple other things that are none of you peoples' business

Current T (2 months): she has a dog, she had the same type of dog as me (except mine is a mini) when she was a child, her parents made her learn piano when she was a kid, she met some of her friends in a spin class, and she's a bit introverted, like me.

I know a few other things about each from Google-stalking. I'd like to know more. Mostly little things - like what they like to do in their free time, if/what books they read, tv shows they watch, music preferences, that kind of thing.

I know lots about T1. Deaths of family members, including one suicide. Where he lives, his family of origin, his children and grandchildren, where they live, mental health issues they have faced, legal stuff they have faced. Religion, church, where he eats breakfast twice a week. He doesn't like pets in the house, enjoyed having horses even though he doen't want any now, he had a snake in his basement. It's ok with me.

T3, I know some. She is definitely not forthcoming. She talks a lot about the place that she got her training in DID (my diagnosis); she's shared her treatment philosophies, that she has a group of peers that she does consultations with (online) about DID cases. She told me yesterday that she is now one of the "old people" in her family-that nieces and nephews consider her old when they gather for family stuff. That was in response to me saying that we are going to my daughters' house for Christmas and that it is weird to go to one's kids' house for holidays. Bigger for me than empty nesting. I would say that she shares personal stuff in context. She has gradually shared more; initially she was very closed with personal information. That's ok with me, too.

Don't know too much about my T except for a few of the general things he chooses to disclose such as he is married and he likes walking etc. I would like to know more and often wonder but never actually ask him as I just presume he won't tell me. I rarely put him on the spot where he has to answer or turn the question around. Maybe I should do that more

I don't know much. I know where she went to school (that's easy though, her diploma is hanging on her wall lol, but she's also told me), I know what her job was before she became a therapist, and sometimes she will tell me small anecdotes about her friends if they're relevant.
I do wish I knew more just because I care about her as a person and so I'm naturally curious. But I recognize that the more I know about her, the more I'd become attached to her and it would derail my therapy. Our sessions are about me, not her. So I don't ask her personal questions, I just enjoy the small tidbits she sometimes shares.