Posted by Verloren on December 21, 2009, at 6:08:00
In reply to Re: T acts clinical, posted by southernsky on December 15, 2009, at 0:06:34
I've never noticed whether it bothered me or not, but now I just realized my T also leaves her first and last name when she leaves a vm. It doesn't bother me cause I figure she's just being profession and also in case someone else might be taking down my msgs. She leaves off the Dr. which I guess is why it never bothered me.
Sometimes when I call her I leave my full name too even though my name is pretty uncommon. LOL!I always had trouble saying my T's last name so I shortened it and just referred to her as Dr. XXX instead of Dr. XXXXXXX.
After a while I asked her if it was okay that I nicknamed her like that and she said "yes, and thanks for asking". Although she never refers to herself as the nickname, she will respond to it.I don't feel right calling her by her first name; seems to personal. I call all my other Dr.s by Dr. This or Dr. That, so it's a matter of consistency for me.
My T is not very clinical, tho I guess she could be. She's not afraid to laugh if something is funny or admit when her comments/advice might not be the most clinical.
-Verloren
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