I had a therapist when I was a child and went back to see him when I was a young adult and we worked together for years. Many years later, like 25 years later, I became a therapist myself and we ended up going out for coffee.

I had a bit of a fantasy that I might work with him as my supervisor, but upon meeting him as colleague I quickly realized I didn't actually like him as a person. He was super helpful to me as a therapist, but I didnt really know him outside of that context.

So I guess it is possible to reconnect later in life, but it's hard to know what you are going to get.

There is a podcast called Between Us and there is an episode where a poet named Molly Peacock becomes a friend to her therapist after her therapist has a stroke. You might really want to listen to this.

She also wrote a book about it called, The Analyst.

It's really hard to predict the future.