A client or a patient?

antimatter

Hmmm you know, now that i think about it, my current t simply says "I have another person at x time... " or i have a meeting or "someone i just saw today had the same issue and ..."
i guess T is in the humanistic frame - though she is the first out of the (counts in head) 7 t's i've seen now.

Lol!
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My old T calls everyone clients...I'm not sure about new T though. I haven't heard her refer to others either way yet, that I recall.

I prefer the term "patient" actually. I am a nurse in a hospital and have worked in hospitals for the last 12 yrs of my life, and if you're not a staff member then you're a patient. I guess it just feels normal to me to hear that. Plus, to me the term "client" feels so void of emotion. It sounds so business like and the feeling I get from the word client is one of indifference and separation as opposed to patients where I feel like there is a feeling of caretaking...either being cared for or offering care.

I think that most T's are trained to call/see their patients as clients though. Maybe it has something to do with the boundaries of the T/client relationships? Not sure.

It doesn't bother me either way though.

My T says patient. I am becoming increasingly impatient with his vacation.

Antimatter--THAT WAS HILARIOUS!!!!!!!!!

Antimatter: The platypus was hysterical. I almost wet my pants

Thank you for the positive feedback I really needed that! It's strange, but when I'm really obsessive/compulsive about contacting T (etc.), this creative part comes out and helps me cope. And so do you all!
Love you folks!

"My T says patient. I am becoming increasingly impatient with his vacation."
lol I agree with you Miss.
and now i am becoming so with T's new strong position on what to do with my life and how she will obtain it. i guess i am a patient, since she is a Dr. and the clinical director of the clinic. she just doesn't say it. she does say "waiting room" *cringe*, the rest of us all say "lobby".

Antimatter, loved the platypus humor!

I am a client of my therapist's. I would cringe if he used the word "patient" as that sounds so medical. He is not really very aligned with the medical model. I don't think of him as "treating" me. He is accompanying me on my journey not treating me for an illness. My PNP, though, calls people her patients. My ears pricked forward the first time I heard her say "patient", but I'm OK with it. I see her for a very different reason than I see my T. She prescribes me medicine, so yeah, I guess she operates out of the medical model. If I were in a hospital, I would assume the healthcare providers would think of me as a patient. Something about hospitals....

None of my Ts have called me either, but I feel that patient is a bit more sentimental (I know that's not the right word probably but my mind is drawing a blank as to what word should be placed there.) Client seems like they are only seeing you because they HAVE to and are getting paid for it, but patient seems more like someone they are trying and want to help. Just my opinion though

Austin-T was saying something yesterday and said "clients or patients, whatever you prefer" and kept on blathering on.