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I always think that a psychiatrist (who is a medical doctor) has patients but a therapist has clients. My therapist is of the humanistic school, which emphasizes thinking about mental health in terms of what is normal and healthy rather than what is abnormal and pathological. I think the term patient calls to mind a person with medical problems, and this is not how a humanistic therapist sees people.

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I agree with sunrise. Client is a more pro-active term while patient lends to the idea of dependance and lack of involvement in my mind. I recently came across a new word though - analysand for someone in psychoanalysis. That sounds kinda fun. Thought maybe there could be a another word created called therisand for those in therapy. What do you think?