Because I saw a pdoc who treated me medically, I always knew he referred to me as his patient which was completely accurate. So, honestly, it didn't matter to me what my T referred to me as. Not really important to delineate that for me. I had other things on my mind.

But again, I really can never recall my therapist referring to "clients" or "patients" to me. If he referred to others, my mind has him saying something like, "I have someone to see later" or "I have appointments all morning" or "I once saw a person who" or something like that. I just have no memory of him ever using some "term". I was called by my name.