Antimatter, loved the platypus humor!

I am a client of my therapist's. I would cringe if he used the word "patient" as that sounds so medical. He is not really very aligned with the medical model. I don't think of him as "treating" me. He is accompanying me on my journey not treating me for an illness. My PNP, though, calls people her patients. My ears pricked forward the first time I heard her say "patient", but I'm OK with it. I see her for a very different reason than I see my T. She prescribes me medicine, so yeah, I guess she operates out of the medical model. If I were in a hospital, I would assume the healthcare providers would think of me as a patient. Something about hospitals....