Secret powers: Acts of Googling in the therapeutic relationship.

Objective: The ease of online searching has diminished people's expectations of privacy and the ability to control access to information about oneself, which can alter basic assumptions about the therapy relationship.

Method: This grounded theory study explored psychotherapists' experiences of searching online for patients and being searched for by patients, among 28 clinicians of primarily psychodynamic orientation.

Results: Many therapists search online for information about patients, but often minimize or rationalize this action and do not share it with their patients.

(What) do you believe?: Therapist spiritual/religious/non-religious self-disclosure.

Objective: Spiritual/religious/non-religious (S/R/N) identity development is often neglected in psychotherapy training and represents an area where psychotherapists feel they lack competence. Such feelings can become even more pronounced when it comes to S/R/N self-disclosure. This study explores the decisions therapists make regarding self-disclosure, which impacts the psychotherapy process.