ABSTRACT
Behind closed doors, in workshops, at conferences, and in supervision meetings, therapists are talking. What are they talking about? Therapists who live in small communities are talking about what happens when they go to the same church as their clients or when they run into them in an AA meeting, at a parent-teacher conference, on the tennis courts, at the funeral of their own spouse, or, unexpectedly, at a wedding. Therapists are talking about how to navigate the newer forms of media: How does it affect their therapy relationships if they have an online blog or a Facebook page? What about e-mailing with clients? Is it acceptable to go to a client’s special event? What happens when therapists write personal memoirs? Behind closed doors, therapists do talk. They tell each other which personal questions they’ve answered or what feelings they’ve shared with clients. They are hungry to learn from each other, to become better at knowing what to do in these situations.
