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Old Jun 08, 2018, 10:49 AM
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Originally Posted by TheLonelyChemist View Post
Although legally the term "client" should be used, I prefer "patient" as it is more humane to me. Lawyers, telecom companies, etc. have "clients" and not "patients", and as therapists are not medical doctors but treat psychiatric patients, are blurring the lines in my opinion. Not to criticize them, I know the difference they can make.
Am I reading you correctly that you think there's some legal reason to say client instead of patient? There isn't, neither of those terms are restricted in any legal way. And some therapists are medical doctors, though it's less common for psychiatrists to do therapy than it used to be.