Posted by mair on September 23, 2004, at 20:24:47
In reply to Re: How do you address your therapists? » Pfinstegg, posted by gardenergirl on September 23, 2004, at 18:55:11
How would you feel about a patient who kept calling you Ms. ____ or Mrs. ____ or, in the near future, Dr.______? I guess what I mean is how would it sound to you?
I was raised the same way in terms of how I addressed adults, but I want that familiarity with professionals I deal with. It sort of makes me feel like I'm on equal footing.
My T and I will sometimes talk about my former T/pdoc and she'll refer to him as Dr. so-and-so, although she's friendly enough with him to call him by his first name, and she knows I've always used his first name.
Mair
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