My t and her husband share a suite. They also do some public stuff together. I also have therapist friends, a couple, who share a suite. I don't know that it's that unusual. This doesn't invalidate any of your feelings about it, TN, I just wanted to say so for context. There are lots of practical reasons why it might be convenient - for my friends it's just easy because they share priorities about location, price, scheduling, marketing, they can support each other's practices and easily negotiate decisions that come up.

I can see how the picture thing might feel inconsistent and obviously the only satisfying answer can come from him about this. But I wonder if it's about where he sees the boundaries of the therapeutic space. Some might think that inside the room and the hour is the client's, outside it is not. If so, this needn't mean he's reluctant to deal with material that comes up outside - but maybe it's therapeutic fodder, rather than a circumstance he'd change/control, like photos in the room.