I call my therapist Dr. -----. And this eventually became creepy because he answers the phone without Dr. but with his full name instead, and when other patients leave, they call him by his first name--even the shortened form of it. Once he called to talk to my husband and said this is------using his first name and I said -----who? It bacame an example I used once to bolster my claim that I DO respect his boundaries, never forget that he's not my friend, etc., that I couldn't imagine calling him by his first name. And I can't imagine it. And that makes me feel like I'm not as ...welcome...I guess, as his other patients...........maybe it's my fault...that I started out calling him that and always have....but he never, ever corrected/asked me to call him what the others do........even my husband uses his first name when they're talking, although he uses "Dr. ----" when we're talking about arrangements with him........Jeez.....