I'm surprised at the responses to this question. I'm in the south. My T calls me girlfriend all the time, which I relate to the fact that she's black so it's probably a natural word for her. One time when I was leaving, she said something like, "bye sweetie"... It was really sweet, and I didn't give it much more thought until now. Maybe that was a slip on her part? She is usually strict on boundaries... Recently she has got this habit of calling me by my first name when I say/ask something unrealistic. She will say, "now bamapsych!" and then we ususally both start laughing. I tend to call everybody honey.