My T's office is in her home, so it's really private - once you're buzzed in, she has a seating area, with 2 comfy chairs at the end of the hallway away from her office, with a really big plant that kind of conceals you from her office doorway. If she has clients before me, her office is at the top of the stairs, so they come out and go right downstairs, so there's no awkward interaction.

My pdoc. Totally different scenario. He works in a psych hospital, and all the pdoc's have thier offices along the outside wall. There are chairs outside their offices on the other side of the hallway. People who work there are always walking up and down and I feel like they're staring at me, wondering what's wrong with me. I try and bring a book, and keep my head buried in it.

My addictions Dr. is also awkward. She works out of a different hospital. Psychiatry and addiction services share a waiting room that's in the entrance to the unit where the offices & treatment rooms are, so there's lots of traffic. The downside is I've been going to this hospital for treatment since 2006, so I know a lot of the staff, and my Dr's other patients. So when they see me, they want to make small talk, which I find incredibly awkward. Fortunately my appointments are usually 8:30 in the am, so there aren't as many people around.

--splitimage