[Eliza Jane]

This is dumb, but it bugged me. I wrote my former T of many years an email with a holiday greeting. She replied, but she misspelled my name! Let’s say my name is Aimmee and she wrote Dear Amy or Allyson and she wore Dear Allison. I was surprised. I saw her for years (and obviously my name was spelled correctly on the from part of the email.) It’s amazing how every little thing a T does can impact us!

[Glowworm80]

I totally understand why this would bother you. It would very much bother me too.

[Siennasays]

My T actually called me the wrong name a few times over a couple sessions. The first time, I had been seeing her for a couple months and she all of a sudden started calling me "Amanda". I was like "it's Sienna". "Oh, sorry! Where did I get Amanda from?"....30 seconds later "So, Amanda"
Wtf?! It's just my name, don't worry about it!

I feel your annoyance!

[skiguy18]

Maybe you reminded her of someone else?

[LonesomeTonight]

It would have bothered me, too. But, I'm also an editor by trade. Many people (the reason I have a job!) aren't good at spellings of names, grammar, etc. So I wouldn't take it too personally. (Again, I do understand.)

[Glowworm80]

I’m extremely bad with names so I generally am very soft on people forgetting mine. Therapy is different IMO. Your T should know who they have coming into them before you go into their office! Yes, worse case they may have a jam packed schedule with 8 clients back to back on one day but that is 8 people! If you are bad with names double check your schedule before your client arrives! It’s HUGE to forget someone’s name in therapy and for me it would be 101 of building rapport, trust and so many other basic elements of therapy. My therapist forgot my surname once when looking for my file... that didn’t bother me as much as if it were my first name but it still stung a small bit!

[Anne2.0]

People mis spell my name all the time so I understand the annoyance. You get to feel it even though the task is to stop the over-interpreting if you do it, in the sense that your former T has not changed any of the work or benefits you received from your former therapy by mis spelling it.

[Lemoncake]

Not dumb at all! I brought it up with T when he did it once. He's learnt now. xD

Annoyed or hurt?

[seeker33]

I definitely understand, I'd be annoyed, too!

[Eliza Jane]

Thanks, guys. I knew you'd "get" it.

[starfishing]

I would be annoyed too. I especially hate it when people misspell my name on emails, because the correct spelling is right there in the damn email!

[SlumberKitty]

I also would be annoyed. I know it's a relatively small thing, but a name is such a personal thing.

[NP_Complete]

My name can be misspelled easily, but one particular way commonly. People misspell it all the time and I usually cut them some slack (even when it's in an email and my god people can't you just look!), but if my therapist misspelled it, I'm pretty sure I would feel really hurt. Luckily, never once, even in our first email exchange when I was looking for a therapist, has he misspelled it. And I've noted the fact. Having your therapist get your name right is important!