The first one used it all the time - either so she could remind herself who was across from her or because she was trying to manipulate me in some way. I thought it was stupid. There were two of us in the room - I knew which one was me. I never used her name at an appointment. Not once. If she did not know who she was - it was not my problem. I did not find the use of my name to make anything meaningful. It did not make me feel like the therapist was listening or that I was important or special or anything. I figured she had it written down on her notepad - It is not like the use of it meant she knew it.