This is interesting

I wasn't thinking a client would post sui messages, but I can totally see a T monitoring a client's mood or looking for signs. Eg, client asking her friend to take care of her cat, giving away stuff, etc. Leading to overreaction by the T.

But a client shouldnt have to worry about their T looking them up, changing their habits and online preferences because of a therapist's need to look online. People may be ok with strangers seeing then in a bikini on FB, but totally creeped out by their T doing it after disclosing sexual feelings. It can ruin the safety of the therapy frame for the client.

People will have oersonal opinions on this, but I agree with the APA on this one.

I agree that if the therapist is doing it a lot, it is creepy and probably says a lot more about the therapist than the client.

I can understand clients wanting to google the therapist too, but I'm not sure it's always all that healthy to know too much about your therapist. I wish I didn't know that my therapist was religious because I have such anti-religion feelings right now. And I'm specifically not googling him anymore because I'm worried that I might find out he is a republican. And if he can do his job and accept my agnostic, feminist, liberal opinions in my sessions then does it really matter what his personal beliefs are?

Oh dear Lord! I hope my T keeps his mouth shut if he is a Trump supporter because I might jump out of my chair and smack him!

I doubt that any I have paid are that interested, but public info is public and if they look me up I don't really care. I don't have any social media presence because I don't understand the allure of it.