[OliverB]

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How would you react?

I don't mind really much.

[DP_2017]

Not an issue for me. He's still human. I would not treat him different than anyone else. Actually might be nice to know someone

[maybeblue]

It would be a huge issue for me. I end up telling my therapists everything...history of abuse, sexual fantasies, things about self hatred, history of self harm, everything. I don't share those things with co-workers. It would be awkward to see someone every day who knew all that about me, but I expect that a brief conversation about boundaries and reassurance of confidentiality would get me past that.

A much bigger issue would be my medical/therapy file. Most clinics keep the files in a central location and anyone who worked at the clinic would have access to those files. There are generally rules at those places that you don't just go digging around in those files because you are curious, however just because there are rules doesn't mean people don't. At the clinic where I worked once there was a separate, locked location where "special" files were kept. It was especially for this purpose...if an employee or an employee's child saw a therapist at the clinic, that file would be kept separate.

I don't know how close you were with the therapist or how much you shared with him or her, but it would be something I would ask about if it were me.

[OliverB]

Originally Posted by DP_2017

Not an issue for me. He's still human. I would not treat him different than anyone else. Actually might be nice to know someone

Thank you for answering

It's great to know there is people who wouldn't have problems with it. I doubt I will but just in case...

Originally Posted by maybeblue

It would be a huge issue for me. I end up telling my therapists everything...history of abuse, sexual fantasies, things about self hatred, history of self harm, everything. I don't share those things with co-workers. It would be awkward to see someone every day who knew all that about me, but I expect that a brief conversation about boundaries and reassurance of confidentiality would get me past that.

A much bigger issue would be my medical/therapy file. Most clinics keep the files in a central location and anyone who worked at the clinic would have access to those files. There are generally rules at those places that you don't just go digging around in those files because you are curious, however just because there are rules doesn't mean people don't. At the clinic where I worked once there was a separate, locked location where "special" files were kept. It was especially for this purpose...if an employee or an employee's child saw a therapist at the clinic, that file would be kept separate.

I don't know how close you were with the therapist or how much you shared with him or her, but it would be something I would ask about if it were me.

Thank you for the insight

I was just a teen (17yrs) when I saw her. Actually, I barely remember what we talked about. Now I am in my early 20s. Since I am not an "almost child" anymore and I naturally have strict boundaries, I think I would treat her as if I didn't know her (but not on propose, I only know her name, no more. She knows much more about me but I expect her to not disclose anything to anyone; those confidentiality issues...)

[nottrustin]

My pdoc use to work in the same facility I do. It was never an issue for us. We could keep the two relationships seperate. When we ran into each other and say the "hi how are you?" We would respond in the same way we would with other coworkers. The best part was if I needed to speak to her as my pdoc I could use the company's internal email system to ask her to call me when She had a chance rather than go through the annoying process of going through the secretarial staff. She went to another facility a re years ago and I followed. We always briefly catch up work.

[starfishing]

Had this happen a couple of times, and it was bearable but definitely not what I would have preferred. The worst was when ended up working alongside someone who was still my therapist at the time. We had to interact pretty extensively at work, and the work relationship continued after therapy was over, which was complicated. She handled it as well as I think was possible, but I still disliked the experience.

On the other hand, I once worked with a psych NP I had seen as a patient in the past, and that was a total non-issue, because in prescribing medication we really hadn't delved into any complicated emotional territory.

[healinginprogress]

I wouldn't want to work in the same place as my T. Too much personal exposure. Pdoc isn't the same, and I don't think I would have the same hang ups.

[mcl6136]

I live in a small town and cannot go to the grocery w/out running into someone. So it's more of the same but in a big anonymous city, this is one of the perks -- NOT running into a T or an Ex. So I would not like it in that instance.....

[fille_folle]

I sort of did. She wasn't officially my T. She owned the group home I was in. She hired me to be her assistant at her agency a few years later.

[downandlonely]

I think I could handle it. I do group therapy now instead of individual, and I feel like that doesn't go as deep.

[nottrustin]

Originally Posted by healinginprogress

I wouldn't want to work in the same place as my T. Too much personal exposure. Pdoc isn't the same, and I don't think I would have the same hang ups.

In my case pdoc does some therapy in the sense that she wants to know what T and I are working on. She offers her perspective on things. So she knows most of my history.

[bobcat21]

I wouldn’t mind it at all. I liked my former T I just hope it wouldn’t be awkward for my former T that would be awkward.