Does your T 4ever to you as a client, patient, or something else?

My T uses "client." He is in private practice in a non-hospital setting. I work in a hospital and we use "patient" there. Everyone does, not just the MDs. I prefer "client" regarding myself, as I think of patient as someone who is sick, and I don't see myself as ill. There are types of therapy that have the client assume "the sick role," so perhaps if this was the type of therapy the T did, the word patient would be used.

I bet she sees me as a burden and someone trouble. I bet she hates me. That why she terminated me.

It's taken me days to understand the title of this thread. Thought it was about 'forever friends'

I didn't understand the title either...

I have had t's use both....I prefer client. Even with my pdoc, I have corrected him when he said "patient".

I always wondered about that because I go to a college counseling center, and so technically I don't pay my T. I wasn't sure if that qualified as a client. But then one day she was saying something about the waiting room for health services patients and the waiting room for counseling clients. I think she purposely said those words whole talking about it to have a small positive impact.

Same here. I would not like to be called a patient.

I'm happy to see the majority of t's mentioned on this thread say client or no label at all. That's what I like. I don't like consumer at all, but I understand the idea behind it was to be respectful, so it doesn't bother me as much as patient. My former t had a PhD and he said patient. Since most t's listed here don't, it helps confirm my sense that my former t had a big ego and felt it was okay to put himself above his clients.

Sorry, it should say 'refer'. Gotta love autocorrect!

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