I (M35) have been seeing my therapist for almost 3 months and it has been going really well. This is my first time seeing a therapist an he has been helping me through a lot of really hard stuff.
Yesterday, my wife (F35) saw my therapist’s name when I was showing her something in my insurance portal and made the connection that he went to her high school. He is a few years older than us but had a sister in my wife’s class that she knew. They knew each other pretty well but weren’t close friends and haven’t connected since high school other than liking social media posts. She comes from a smaller town an hour away. The community is close knit so my therapist most certainly knows who my wife is as well.
This honestly doesn’t weird me out considering HIPAA and I trust my therapist. We’ve been covering some deeply personal and intimate things that I have never shared with anyone before and I really don’t want to risk throwing off the progress I have made with him so far.
Would it be best to share this connection with him or not mention it unless it comes up naturally?
My only concern is if I don’t bring it up I might awkwardly try to avoid exposing it at certain times just because I don’t want to derail the conversation in that moment. I also have the slightest fear he could suggest referring me to someone else which I really wouldn’t want. However, I really don’t see that as a plausible scenario.
I know I am overthinking so please save your time in calling that out.