How do you address your T?

A shortened version of his first name. I'm not going to call anyone "Dr. Lastname" maybe because it seems like how a child would refer to an adult. Well, I might refer to Stephen Hawking that way...

Silly nickname we made up

I call him by his first name.

My t is an lpc and I call her by her first name. my pdoc when I still saw him i called him dr c. (first initial of his last name) and when talking with t, I used to refer to him as "the little man" lol because he is short and sits behind a huge desk lol. Nothing against him or anyone of short stature, it was just always so funny to me seeing him sit behind that gigantic desk, it made him seem even smaller!

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Just kidding. I don't use her name, but adress her as "you" when talk about her.

Maybe I'm old fashioned or just an idiot, but I feel that all the years and study they did to get where they are, should be respected by a title....however, I don't do it much. I find that many doctors like to hear Dr. J, or Dr. M or whatever is the first letter of their first or last name. it kind of combines formality with informality. My T is an LMHC and I call her by her first name, but feel awkward like I should have a bit more respect than for my cat at home. Silly.....so I don't call T anything. Like StopDog said, it's obvious who's who when there's just the two in the room.

Mine has her PhD in Psychology. I use her first name on occasions when I address her by name.

I've never referred to her as anything in session, but I called her Dr. Lastname in her Christmas card.

I don't really care if it is overly formal to refer to her as Dr., but I am not going to ever call her by her first name, if I ever call her anything. She is my mental health professional, not my friend, so I will use her title.

My T is an LCSW. I call my both my T and my pdoc by their first names. When I check in at the front desk at pdocs though I say that I'm here to see Dr. Lastname.

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My T has a masters in psych. I've always called him by his first name.

I call my PDoc Dr. Lastname. He signs his emails by his first name. Not sure if that's an invite to call him by his fn. I would if I knew it was alright.

T is an LPC/NCC. I call her by her first name. The way you introduce yourself to me is generally how I call you.

I'd think that's a pretty fair assumption that if he signs his emails a certain way he expects people to address him that way.

I'm seeing a PhD psychologist now. Like several others have commented, I don't really address her as anything (glad I'm not the only one), but she's given signs that she expects clients to use her first name. In total, I've seen two PhD psychologists and two social workers with master's degrees, and none have expected me to address them more formally than that. It's always been a first-name basis.

I guess that feels most appropriate, given the potential intimacy with these people. I can understand people feeling odd either way, though. It is a very unusual kind of relationship.

My T is a PhD psychologist, and at the first session he introduced himself as "Dr John Jones" (I'm not using his real name), so I've always called him Dr. Jones. I don't usually use his name in session, but sometimes when I greet him I'll say "Hi, Dr Jones". He doesn't usually call me by my name in session either. There's a wee bit of transference/counter-transference going on, so I think we're both more comfortable keeping a bit of formality. Calling him "John" seems way too intimate for me so I'm fine with Dr. Jones. On the rare occasions I get a scheduling email from him, he always signs it with his initials (JWJ).

I call my T by his first name even though he has a PhD. I call my pdoc, a medical doctor, Dr. X (last name). There is so much intimacy between me and t, as a natural part of therapy, I think it would be awkward to call him by his last name.

All T's I've called by their first name, because that's how they introduced themselves. That includes LPCs, an LCSW, and a PsyD. The PsyD has her voicemail as Dr. First Last. And when we were wrapping up and I brought my dad along, she introduced herself as "Dr. Last, but you can call me First." For reference, all my Ts have been about 10 years older than me, give or take a couple years. The psych nurse practioner was quite a bit older, but even she introduced herself by just her first name.

Therapist/social worker. I call her by her first name.

My T is a Psychiatrist, and I address him as 'Doctor'. Even if he was okay with me using his first name, and I'm pretty sure he would be, I would still continue to call him Dr *last name* because I feel he has earned that level of respect from me.