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Originally Posted by atisketatasket
My therapist recently moved to a new office suite that she shares with one other therapist. There are two offices:
1) a small, L-shaped office. The desk is in the short part of the L and the client and therapist sit in the long part. Disadvantage: the therapist is between the client and the door because the lack of space.
2) a much larger square office with a number of places to sit--a group of couch and armchairs, two smaller sets of chair pairs. Disadvantage: half of one wall is floor to ceiling windows and a door looking out on the parking lot. (The door is just an emergency exit.) There are shades on the windows but not on the door. Anyone who walked by could see in.
Which would you rather meet in? (I hate them both, but prefer the smaller office.)
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if this was me i would go for the big one. windows and doors can be covered with a screening that allows people to look out but not look in. people with vehicles do it all the time to protect their babies and privacy and so do hospitals and so on. grayhound bus's have this screening as do trains on the private cars.
i wouldnt let windows and doors prevent me from obtaining mental health services. instead i would kindly suggest for confidentiality sake a screening.
as for the small room i would see my therapist in a closet if need be. what matters to me is my own mental health and what i come to therapy to work on. im not there to decorate the room lol Im there to talk about me and my problems.. also having a therapist between me and the door is not a factor. when i want to leave i just say so and leave, im not the kind of person just up and walk out a door leaving the therapist sitting there wondering what the heck just happened. (which could leave the therapist thinking i quit and wont be back so they are free to schedule my day and time with someone else who needs that time.)