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[quote=Anonymous]I second OP’s concern.  A few years ago I took my middle school aged kids to see a talk therapist to manage stress in school, peer relationships etc.  The therapist would spend the last ten minutes debriefing with me about the kids, how things were going at home etc. Then it progressed to me asking if I should schedule my own sessions with the therapist to discuss home dynamics with more detail. That led to me going into a lot of personal details specifically about my relationship with my spouse. After a few months of individual sessions the therapist suggested scheduling a session with spouse and me to discuss the kids.  It felt uncomfortable and I declined.  On the one hand it had been my idea to schedule separate sessions with the therapist, which I shouldn’t have done because that takes away focus from the kids.  But I also think the therapist likely should have thrown down a flag to say we are here to focus on the kids.  I’d be uncomfortable if the therapist saw DH with me, then had a separate session with DH  to “discuss the children” after all the personal discussions I had with the therapist about DH.

My takeaway is that one therapist per person, or one therapist per couple (but not individually), is the way to go.

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