Posted by cricket on July 5, 2005, at 16:18:53
In reply to Re: What do you call your Therapist?, posted by Tamar on July 5, 2005, at 15:09:41
Thanks Tamar for the response. It is tricky and I think therapy is similar to teaching in that way.
It reminds me of an amusing therapy story. I came to therapy and my therapist's door was open but he was on the phone (very typical) so I sat down in the waiting room as I always do. It looked like he accidentally double booked that session because two minutes later this young woman (cell phone pressed to ear, scarf billowing out behind her in the breeze of her wake) comes right in and plops herself down on his couch. My therapist gets off the phone, brings her right back out to the waiting room where he makes her sit beside me as he apologizes to me about double booking and if I can come back in an hour, he will only charge me half price.
So the point of this story is that I think this young woman would be one of the ones who use his first name with attitude.
Anyway, Dr. T does sound formal, especially since I am only a few years younger than my therapist. And there may be some distance that I am trying to maintain by using it. And last session he was complaining that he sometimes felt like this was a Victorian marriage :) so perhaps it's time to give it up.
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