Posted by Blossom on March 30, 2006, at 8:56:58
In reply to Re: I kissed my therapist (really)!, posted by Emily Elizabeth on March 29, 2006, at 23:53:20
> Why did you call him "uncle"? Do you usually call him that?
>
> EEI don't call him that in therapy, but if I send him emails, I do occasionally call him that. I don't think he understands why I call him that. It started a while ago when he told me that sometimes female Asian clients have a hard time opening up to him, so he tells them to think of him as an uncle, since I guess in that culture it's easier to talk to a male if he's a relative, or something like that. (I'm not Asian, by the way.)
So now it's just a sort of playful term of affection that I use sometimes. I think he actually likes it. Anyway, he's never told me not to call him that.
Blossom
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