Would you share?

This evening my friend called me and asked if im still seeing a therapist...and i said yea. she asked whether i can give her my therapist info so she can start seeing her...i her hesitated but told her i dont want to beacuse my therapist is personal and that it may seem selfish of me but no....im not going to give her my therapist info.  she was like well do you realise that she has other clients? i said yes...but in my head im thinking her other clients are not you...she said ok fine im just gonna look on the list (we have the same insurance co. from school) and pick someone.  well the whole time im thinking HELL NO you cant have my therapist. lol. i felt kinda bad but after writing this i dont feel as bad. if she looks on the lists and hapeens to pick my therapist then whatever. But that particular info im not going to volunteer....that is just something too tooo tooo tooo personal...and she is semi close to me and i dont want to share that.  is this strange of me? would you guys share your therapists with your friends? 

It would really depend on the friend....  I think you made the right choice for yourself.  If one of your reasons for not wanting to share this information with your friend was a concern that the therapist may share information about you with your friend (or vice versa), keep in mind that anything you tell your therapist is confidential and he/she is strictly forbidden from discussing it with another patient.  Regardless, I think you made the right decision for yourself -  Kellie

Interesting, and how do you feel about it?  Just a joke.  I think though that this may be an issue you do need to think about.  If you're seeing a great therapist, why wouldn't you want to share that in the same way you'd share a great restaraunt, movie, book, doctor, spa, etc.  with a friend?  It isn't like the therapist is going to reveal anything.  So is there some competition/jealousy between you and your friend?  I wouldn't want my sister going to my therapist, but that's because I would talk about my sister in therapy (and I don't really like her!).  But I know my relationship with my sister is not healthy. Maybe this can be a topic for another session with your therapist--and then a talk with your friend? Take care, Sally

Assuming that this person was a friend, and not someone who I have problems with that I might discuss in therapy, I would give them my therapist's name.  Especially if I thought the therapist was really good!  I agree that you might want to talk about this with your therapist--you could be developing some unhealthy feelings towards her/him. Good luck!

I have a therapist that I got his name from a good friend whose sister goes to him.  I acknowledged her to my therapist saying I was glad she gave me his name.  He didn't even acknowledge knowing her!  LOL - so........I definitely wouldn't have to worry about him telling anyone anything about me or anyone else.  But if you were worried about that, I can see not telling your friend.  On the other hand, if you were worried about that, maybe you should check into another therapist.  You have to feel safe that he/she won't disclose any of your information. Lori