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Originally Posted by justafriend306
Someone else may have pointed this out but looking at his daughter's facebook page isn't googling him himself. This is an invasion of his entire family's privacy. It is unfortunate you felt compelled to do this.
At the end of the day you need to not forget that he is a person too. He has a family, hobbies, activities, and a relatively normal life away from his office. Just like anyone he will have his own foibles too. I think placing our therapists and psychiatrists on a pedestal or looking for reasons to remove them from such is unreasonable.
Try to put what you know behind you. Realise what happens in their own life likely has no affect on your therapy. Start over with your therapist as though you were just getting to know them from the beginning and in this way build a new professional relationship.
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I am in the field - a mental health clinician - and don't agree. Facebook, and the internet in general, is public information. With that, it is assumed that anyone can, and at some point will, see what you post. Information one doesn't wish to share can easily be protected by privacy settings. Therapists and their families are no different from anyone else with an online presence and shouldn't be treated as such. The boundary crossing happens when we bring this into the therapist's office and make it something more than it really is. OP, you did nothing wrong and have absolutely no reason to be ashamed. I have done the same thing in the past. I googled and Facebook searched a therapist. I even found them on a dating site and looked at the profile - which they could see. That was super awkward. I didn't bring it up and neither did they, and I still see them now, 7 years later. From a professionals point of view, it's totally ok and nothing to be ashamed of. If anything, I'd think more about how this is all affecting you. Please don't punish yourself or worry about what others on here think.
Jun 10, 2018, 11:07 AM
This is an old thread. You probably should not post your reply to it, as the original poster is unlikely to see it.
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