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Old Sep 12, 2015, 03:08 PM
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Originally Posted by spring2014 View Post
I think the LPC is wrong to call her clients as her patients . being called a patient is reserved for doctors and psychiatrists . unless the LPC is a psychologist then the client is a patient . my therapist refers me and the other people that she counsel are clients .it sounds more appropriate for an LPC or an LPCC to call their patients clients.
In my training as an LMHC we are encouraged to use the term client. The Counselling profession takes a "wellness" approach rather than using the medical model. Since the term patient implies the presence of an illness, we are taught that client is preferable. I prefer this myself since LMHCs (or LPCs) and social workers, unless they work in an inpatient or hospital setting, are not medical professionals. I'm not a fan of calling anyone without an MD "doctor" in a medical context. So PhDs referring to themselves as a doctor and calling clients patients kinda rubs me the wrong way. That's just my own stuff though and probably not how a lot of others think.