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What is your T's room like?

Well, he doesn't have a room. It's a 4-story building in downtown Philly... and the therapists move back and forth between rooms. All the rooms are basically set up the same. Ugly paintings on the wall (I pointed out to my T that a couple of them came from IKEA), each room has the dreaded couch on one wall, two chairs opposite each other, one chair on the side of those two, a little table for a clock and tissues.

What do you like about it?

The window. In each room, the window is behind me. When I don't feel like looking at T, I will turn around and look out the window at the city.

What do you dislike about it?

I dislike the paintings. I feel like some of them are anxiety provoking. We talk about that... I interpret what's in them.

What I really dislike, though, is that when I used to go on Tuesdays, we did always use a particular room. My T told me that I didn't have to wait for him in the waiting room. That I can just come upstairs at 5:00. I liked that. Now that I have switched to Friday, I can't do that anymore because he isn't always in the same room on Fridays. So I have to wait in the waiting room for him to come down.

Does it matter to you what the room is like?

No-- if it did I'd be in trouble because because we aren't always in the same one. I have my likes and dislikes, but ultimately I could have therapy with him in a cave and I'd just be happy to be with him.

Have you told your T what you think of the room?

One time I said, "That painting is from IKEA." And he said, "I don't decorate in here!"

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