Does your T say your name?

Mine too! With exasperation and disbelief.

What I wrote kind of called for that, I admit

I'm saying that NOT using the client's name is manipulative. Or just plain weird. It's also distancing, which is antithetical to intimate disclosure.

When I visit my dentist, we greet each other by name and shake hands. When I visited therapists it was just awkward and bizarre start to finish.

In my case, it's usually dismay or disapproval.

Oh, or disappointment. The 3 Ds.

She does occasionally, and it is generally a signal that she is about to say something very serious or something she really needs me to hear. It's just the two of us in the room, so there really isn't a need to say each other's names. I've never said hers (to her). She only says mine when she wants to emphasize a point.