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Posted by sassyfrancesca on November 25, 2008, at 9:08:00
Mine does....if anyone is interested, I will give it to you.
Smiles, Sassy
P.S. I'd love to see what another t's site is like (curious!)
I've practically memorized my t's......
Posted by onceupon on November 25, 2008, at 9:08:56
In reply to Does Your Therapist Have a Website?, posted by sassyfrancesca on November 25, 2008, at 9:08:00
Posted by Phillipa on November 25, 2008, at 13:23:36
In reply to Does Your Therapist Have a Website?, posted by sassyfrancesca on November 25, 2008, at 9:08:00
Sassy just names of therapists in area and specialty. Found one I had there. Love Phillipa
Posted by sassyfrancesca on November 25, 2008, at 14:02:13
In reply to Re: Does Your Therapist Have a Website? » sassyfrancesca, posted by Phillipa on November 25, 2008, at 13:23:36
((Phillipa)))....My t has a website, and I would LOVE to see what the other Babblers have for a t, etc.
Hugs, Sassy
Posted by Wittgensteinz on November 25, 2008, at 15:27:32
In reply to Does Your Therapist Have a Website?, posted by sassyfrancesca on November 25, 2008, at 9:08:00
My T doesn't have his own site. There are various photos, articles etc. of his on-line though. When I first started seeing him, there was a site of a university where he had been a professor, on which he still had his own page, but it's since been removed (I guess because he's retired from teaching).
I think I'd be hesitant on sharing photos/web-sites in relation to my T. I write quite freely here, but confidentiality is still something I need to keep in mind.
Witti
Posted by Abby Cunningham on November 25, 2008, at 17:00:40
In reply to Does Your Therapist Have a Website?, posted by sassyfrancesca on November 25, 2008, at 9:08:00
No, mine doesn't. Neither my pdoc nor my psychologist have websites. They value their anonymity to the extreme. My pdoc had a facebook account which was private of course and I ran across a book review she had written on ReadingSocial, which was public, and she freaked out and took down her facebook account!!! I was NOT looking for her - found the book review because I was searching for reviews on that particular book. I saw that somehow it said "(my name) wrote on (her name's) wall" but I didn't! I would not want her to see that I had read anything about her; she is so secretive about anything in her private life. So no she would not write anything or advertise. I would be interested in seeing your T's website though!
Abby> Mine does....if anyone is interested, I will give it to you.
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> Smiles, Sassy
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> P.S. I'd love to see what another t's site is like (curious!)
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> I've practically memorized my t's......
Posted by Dinah on November 25, 2008, at 17:12:13
In reply to Does Your Therapist Have a Website?, posted by sassyfrancesca on November 25, 2008, at 9:08:00
My therapist doesn't. But if he did, I'd probably be reluctant to share it.
Did you watch the TV show "The Wonder Years"? One day I was watching some reruns, laughing at Kevin's older brother Wayne, and asked "Can Wayne possibly be that bad?" I suddenly realized the true genius of the show. Wayne might not have been that bad. The family was seen through Kevin's eyes. As Kevin got older, the family members got more two dimensional and layered, but did they change or did Kevin get older and see them differently?
Kevin was telling his truth, but it wasn't necessarily *the* truth. It was totally honest to his experience, so in that respect it was more truthful than home movies would be.
I figure my therapy is the same. I pride myself on being reasonably perceptive. But I see my therapist through my eyes, no way around that. An impartial observer might see something totally different than what I describe on Babble. My therapist almost certainly would.
I want to be able to be totally truthful here on Babble, in that I want to be able to tell *my* truth. But it wouldn't be fair to associate my therapist's name with my brutal honesty about the therapy I experience. It wouldn't be fair to him or to his other clients, should any happen across Babble. Because they'd have their own truth about him, based on their own experience of him.
Plus of course I want to protect his privacy. And mine.
Someone on Babble once said that we could know them or we could know their names. :) I tend to think there's a lot of truth to that.
That being said my therapist is not particularly internet savvy and I discovered today that he had never googled himself!!
I told him he could of course rely on me to tell him what's out there. But that I thought every therapist should google themselves on a fairly regular basis so they know what their clients are seeing.
Posted by llurpsienoodle on November 25, 2008, at 20:32:38
In reply to Re: Does Your Therapist Have a Website? » sassyfrancesca, posted by Phillipa on November 25, 2008, at 13:23:36
hmmm
My T didn't even know what craigslist was, or how to do academic research using google. I was proud of him when he abandoned his desktop computer and bought a new laptop. He said it took 4 hours to figure out how to connect it to the wireless internet. That should give you some idea. website? hah!boys and their toys...
-Ll
Posted by JayMac on November 26, 2008, at 0:08:18
In reply to Re: Does Your Therapist Have a Website? » sassyfrancesca, posted by Dinah on November 25, 2008, at 17:12:13
I completely agree with you Dinah.
I may get some recourse from this, but I firmly believe it is unnecessary to share my T's information with anyone. This is to protect HER privacy and MY privacy. She has a very unique name. Regardless of whether or not she has a website, I do not want other people to know her private information available. She advertises on the internet, her address is listed, and if you search hard enough you can find her family members' names. I do not find it appropriate nor HELPFUL for anyone to know this information.She and I have spoken numerous times about how I've googled her many times over. Something to consider: She said that there's a difference between finding out information on the internet and having a conversation with someone and having them reveal something about themselves. To converse is to reveal and to connect. She told me that she would never google me because she wants to hear about me FROM ME. Nevertheless, I COMPLETELY understand the desire to google our Ts. I understand this all to well.
I find it fun to casually talk about my T, but I specifically do NOT mention details where someone would know it were her. I think it is inappropriate to speak of such personal information as if it yours to freely share. I believe, and engage, in freely speak of her and our relationship. I can talk about who she is in relation to me, but I would never jeopardize our relationship by revealing intimate details.
I find it fascinating how our Ts all differ. In the previous thread about our T's characteristics, etc., I found it interesting to read about other Ts, but I wrote about her in such a way that defines who she is TO ME. I portray who she is relative to me. To show someone her website or her advertisement or her writings, would create a certain dynamic (between me and you all, and between me and my T) that I deem hazardous. In a way, I would feel unloyal to her.
This is all IMO. I am purposely protective of her, of me, and our relationship. How I see her is not how the casual observer sees and most definitely how anyone else sees her. If I were her, I wouldn't want my patients casually throwing around my name and encouraging other people to find my website/information/books/etc. on the internet.
You may or may not feel the same, but I find it necessary to give my opinion.
JayMac
Posted by JayMac on November 26, 2008, at 22:00:19
In reply to Does Your Therapist Have a Website?, posted by sassyfrancesca on November 25, 2008, at 9:08:00
Sassy,
I didn't mean to kill your thread. I know I came across rather harshly. I want you to know I value your thoughts, opinions, and presence.And to everyone else who posted about this topic: I highly value your thoughts, opinions, and presence as well. I felt a deeper need to give my opinion than to go along with it is said on Babble.
I don't dislike ANY of you. I value and appreciate ALL your support. I just want to clarify. I hope there are no harsh feelings.
Hugs to all,
Happy Thanksgiving!JayMac
Posted by Dinah on November 27, 2008, at 20:11:43
In reply to Re: Does Your Therapist Have a Website? » sassyfrancesca, posted by Dinah on November 25, 2008, at 17:12:13
Yes, I hope my message didn't come across as off-putting either. It was just something that came to mind because my therapist is really really ok with my having this place to vent about therapy. But that's with the assumption that it's anonymous. Or at least anonymous enough. Anything else and he might be mad at me.
Posted by sassyfrancesca on December 1, 2008, at 7:38:55
In reply to Re: Does Your Therapist Have a Website? To All. » sassyfrancesca, posted by JayMac on November 26, 2008, at 22:00:19
(((JayMac)): Not to worry sweetie; I took no offense. I know my t wouldn't mind me telling anyone of his website...I mean..after all....it is public.
Hope you had a Happy Thanksgiving also!
Hugs, Sassy
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