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almeda24fan said:
I try to remember mine is a PhD and is a "doctor" so he can call me patient, client, friend whatever he wants...

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Many people have PhDs (e.g. moi!) but I don't think that really means they would use the term patient. A PhD is an academic degree not a medical degree. I don't consider a PhD psychologist any different in terms of what he should call clients than an MS mental health counselor. I think an MD or dentist has patients. Even my physical therapist calls the people she sees clients. Maybe it's just me, but if I were seeing a PhD psychologist and he called me a patient, I might ask him to call me "Dr. MyLastName."

I have a question. Does anyone here have a PhD level psychologist as your therapist? And if so, what does he/she refer to you as, a client or a patient? almedafan?