Posted by Dinah on July 5, 2005, at 14:00:57
In reply to Re: Hey you, posted by happyflower on July 5, 2005, at 13:52:34
I've read that there are those therapists who use what their patients call them as a diagnostic. If they're a PhD and the patient calls them by their first name, then it's a message that they don't wish to consider their therapist as being more important than they are, or some such nonsense.
I think that's slightly sadistic of those therapists who do that. In today's society, it's most proper to call people what they want to be called. And for someone with a doctorate, it's especially considerate to let the client know what they prefer.
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