Posted by shortelise on September 24, 2004, at 15:21:11
In reply to How do you address your therapists?, posted by pinkeye on September 23, 2004, at 13:46:17
I didn't know what to call him for the first six months or so, then he called me and used his first and last names, so I started calling him by his first name - and I heard a woman leaving his office do so around the same time.
In hindsight, I wish we had talked about it at first. He calls me by my first name, and I sure wanted to do the same. He is younger than I am by a couple of years, and I do have trouble with "authority figures". I wish I had said in the beginning: as you call me by my first name, I'd like to do the same with you.
Btw, he's a psychiatrist, an MD, y'know.
ShortE
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