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Originally Posted by wing
“After all this time, do you think I could call you by your first name?”
Do you call your dr/therapist by first name? Was it awkward to ask?
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I have only ever referred to my psychiatrist as "Dr. LASTNAME". The same applied to all of my previous psychiatrists.
As for my current therapist, she told me to refer to her by her first name. That was unusual, since she is a psychologist with a doctoral-level degree. I had always referred to all of my past psychologists (with doctoral degrees) as "Dr. LASTNAME". In contrast, I used only the first names of all of my past therapists (social workers) that only had Masters level degrees.
Q: Were most of your private therapists (including current) psychologists with Ph.D. or PsyD, or similar? Or other therapists with Masters level or other degrees? Do/did you have a preference?