[ladyjrnlist]

What you T's office looks like? What do you like or not like about it?
If this has been done before, sorry. I just thought it's be a lighter note. Here's what mine is like.

Small office, he runs it himself. Rents space in an insurance company's building.
Lots of books on two bookcases. Most books are about the brain in some way or other. There's a white teddy bear on the top shelf of one that he bought for me to use during sessions.
One loveseat (where I usually sit) and two wingback chairs across from the sofa.
His desk in the corner. The room is lit by lamps, no overhead light. Two small fountains making white noise on a side table behind the chairs. Two large fake plants. Windchimes moved by a fan. Lots of "soothing" type sound. It actually irritates me so he turns it off. LOL.
I think he overdecorated a bit, but it's nice overall.

[granite1]

EARTH TONE STRIPE CARPET T wears black shoes

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Originally Posted by granite1

EARTH TONE STRIPE CARPET T wears black shoes

I definitely can relate. I stare at his shoes/rug often.

Black leather couch, throw pillows, framed prints of bridges, nature scenes, lamps, recessed lighting (which I detest), private office with no staff, lots of potted plants..I think they all use the same decorator

[scorpiosis37]

Her office is decorated in earth tones: yellows, browns, and greens. She has a three-seater leather sofa which is where I sit, directly across from 2 armchairs. T sits in the armchair to my left. In between the chairs is a little table with a clock on it (I like always knowing how much time I have left!) Behind the chairs is T's brown wooden desk, which is messy and cluttered with papers, books, etc. She also frequently has piles of stuff on the floor by her desk. I often wish that she kept her office a little neater because messiness can feel claustrophic. I also wish she would sit on the couch with me, because I feel safer the closer she is; but I've never asked for that. T's office is private, in a building of other private offices, which I appreciate. I like that I don't have to interact with a secretary or any other office personnel, nor do I have to see other clients in the waiting room. I simply let myself in, and wait for T to come get me. She always has music playing in the little waiting area, which comes from another clock, but that clock always has the wrong time. I wondered about that at first, but then figured she must do it so that clients don't become anxious if she is running a few minutes behind. There is a lamp in the corner of her office, but I can't say that I've ever noticed much by the way of decoration; she has a few abstract pictures on the wall, but nothing that stands out. If I were to describe my T's office aesthetic I would say that it looks like the office of someone who reads Reilke poetry, drinks tea, shops at farmer's markets, is spiritual, and down to Earth.

As Granite pointed out, I also notice my T's shoes! She wears these hideous, grey clogs that make her feet look big, like clown-feet. If I could change one thing about my T, it would be her shoes. I would LOVE to give T a shoe make-over! Alas, sadly, that day will never come and I will forever be doomed to spend half my sessions staring at those clogs-- and wondering if her dog will ever eat them so she will be foreced to buy new shoes... but, with my luck, she'd probably just buy another pair of clown-shoes!

[Suratji]

I love my T's office but I can't share too many details because I go on 'feel' more than specifics. Very comfortable. It is only 1 mile from my house. The building is only offices for individual therapists and they have parking right in front. The waiting room is soothing and nice with calming music. I love walking into her office from waiting room. I sit on couch facing door and she sits on nice chair. She has a small table between her chair and another chair. There is a desk in the corner and bookshelf against wall. Also, sand tray off to the right of the couch.

Nice wall hangings and artwork but I can't remember what they are. It just 'feels' really good.

[Elli-Beth]

It has an Italian/Mediterranean look that I love except for this hideous safari animal print cover on the couch. He thinks it matches because it's in the same color family but NOT! It's a small home office with a Tuscany mural in the waiting room.

My T wears hippie/monk sandals with socks that never quite match, which would normally drive me nuts, but they really do go with his personality.

[SpiritRunner]

It is small, with smoky pale blue walls, her angle-shaped desk in one corner as you walk in the door, the couches/chairs at the other end past some filing cabinets. The cabinets are inside the door to your left and then is the longer couch, an end table, then a big chair at the other end of the room, a smaller couch, then another end table. A bookcase then between her desk and the couch and her chair is by that end table and bookcase. The chairs are all chocolate brown and there are paintings of flowers on the wall. Only clock is a small one on the table by her. Some small sculpture thingies on the file cabinet and pictures and a rock collection on her desk. She also has stuffed animals for kids since she sees some kids too in another corner between the chair/couch.
I sit in the chair at the end of the room, with the only window behind me.

[BlessedRhiannon]

Her office is smallish - it's a suite in an office building. Room is probably 12ft x 12ft...maybe a little smaller. Beige, soft sofa along one wall, oriental type rug in the middle, with a glass and brass oval coffee table, two chairs with green leather cushions across from the sofa. Between the chairs are three stacking tables - she always keeps the smallest one pulled out and keeps her laptop (Mac) on it. There's a big window with vertical blinds that takes up the whole wall across from the door. There's a plant in the corner next to the window. Along the same wall as the door, there is a file cabinet and in the corner is a bookshelf. On the wall with the chairs is an intricate, metal wall hanging. On the wall at one end of the sofa is a mirror, and behind the sofa is an abstract painting. Behind one of the chairs, in the corner is another file cabinet. There's a coat rack next to the door. I could go in to detail of what she keeps on her coffee table, bookshelf, and top of her file cabinet, but I'll spare y'all! Her bookshelf drives me crazy because it's not well organized (books appear to be shelved haphazardly). I always sit in the farthest corner of the corner of the couch, with the coffee table and basically the whole room between me and T.

[*doodles*]

Very modern, cute. It's a small office, just her. The waiting room when you walk in, then her office is kind of L shaped, with her desk being in the corner, the sitting area off one L end and books, files, etc on the other. In the sitting area, she has 2 big chairs and a couch. She sits on the couch, I sit on a chair. I can describe in detail her rug and couch pattern lol

[suzzie]

my t shares a renovated historical house with some other ts. her office has a blue and white circle rug, a dark, curved door with light streaming in under it, two chairs and a table by a window, some books on shelves, a desk. theres probably more but thats all i remember.

[Transcending1]

My T's office also has separate entrance/exits doors. This is an awesome feature because I have no interest in seeing his other clients. I ran into another of his clients on one occassion and she gave me the dirtiest look.

[Amazonmom]

Big office, large rectangular room that used to be the living room of the house my T shares with her hubby for office purposes. Two couches, two large stuffed chairs, her rocking chair T uses to sit in during her sessions.

The large collection of orchids, other plants in the windows. two desks, a computer, toddler toys. Books books books. The fireplace has quilts and blankets she uses when the furnace dies. It's like being in a really comfy living room. I appreciated the toys the two times I have had to bring my kid to session! The day the furnace died she actually wore jeans and wrapped herself in a blankie

[disguise123]

ex T:
Room in a old house.
Small room.
Painted lilac.
Smells of patchloli
(yuk gag)
Two small grey chairs.
Box of tissues.
otherwise empty.
She spoke in soothing tones, praised me too much and blamed my mother for everything.
(so that didnt last long)

[Dani]

I hate my T's office. It's small and I always feel so closed in. There's her desk against the wall and she always sits in her chair facing away from the desk towards me. And there's two other chairs also in the room. I also hate that the reception area is just right outside her office and I can hear everything that's going on outside the office and it's very distracting.

My T has another office in another town about 30 miles away and it's much bigger with a chair and a couch. And her office is far away from the reception area so it's very quiet. The only thing I don't like about that office is there's no windows. But I'm actually thinking about asking her if I can just start seeing her at that office from now on because it's more comfortable for me.

My T just moved into new office space within the same building. It's much bigger than her other space. She has an office for paper work, a waiting room and then a large "livingroom" type area for therapy. I didn't think the move would bother me but it did! It's a beautiful open space with windows facing a grove of trees (the windows are on the second floor so no one can see in LOL). She does a lot of group work so she has a huge couch (new and very stiff), a love seat (from old office and very broken in) and two chairs. I'm used to the love seat but it bothers me now because when I sit in it my back is to the door, but I can't sit on the stiff formal couch. The decorating is tasteful and relaxaing. She also has a wooden dinning table with chairs behind the therapy area because she does a lot of work on eating disorders/mindful eating. It's a nice space but I do miss the other cozy office.

[sittingatwatersedge]

T's room is much taller than it is long or wide, which gives the sensation of sitting at the bottom of an aquarium. On the far wall opposite the door, a window - her chair & mine are grouped here. Also on that wall, a large crucifix but placed too high up on the wall to be seen easily.

By the door, one blank wall with a long table below it; on this table the famous broken clock sits, it doesn't tell time, it just twitches pathetically.... I would love to pull out the battery for good, but it's not my clock...

On the other sides, one couch, several plaques that irritate me ("Live", "Laugh", touchy feely stuff like that - not many laughs from me in that room) and some with quotes or maybe prayers, that are quite long and in tiny fonts, you couldn't read them unless you really had time on your hands lol

No desk, bookshelves or cabinets; one sort of busy carpet I could draw you a picture of. some primitive pottery, some modern chrome stuff - T shares an office with another T, and I don't know whose decor is whose.

[elliemay]

Well, he has a huge leather sofa, and a leather chair. There is a nice rug on the floor.

It's a smallish office, with very very little room to pace - something I find to be frustrating sometimes.

There is a bookshelf and a large cabinet where he keeps drug samples, etc....

His desk is a mess.

It's in a dentist's surgery, which feels a bit incongruous and I always feel glad that I'm not phobic of dentists, or I wouldn't be able to see T! I also wonder about the effect of all the 'have a perfect smile' and cosmetic surgery leaflets on therapy clients who are already feeling rubbish about themselves.

The room itself has two bookcases (where some of T's husband's books sit smugly with his name on them, and their 'his' and 'hers' doctoral theses are irritatingly next to each other... yes, I have issues!). Some weird vases that slot together but never have flowers in. A spiky carpet- the bits get in my tights as I sit on the floor, but it's quite good for pulling the bits out. I asked T the other week if she'd get a new carpet when I'd made this one entirely threadbare. She said she hoped we would be done before then!

A couple of non-descript pictures on the walls, and a nice photo of some amphitheatre stairs. A filing cabinet which doesn't stand straight and drives me mad. Some weighing scales which make me anxious. A glass table and office chair. Two blank chairs for T and client. Some cushions that are good for pulling threads out of. A giant clock for T (not that she takes any notice of what it says!). There used to be a little clock for clients on the table between the two chairs, but I broke it and they never replaced it. White slatted blinds which fold and are good for fiddling with.

Things have changed since I brought up ongoing issues with T of being able to hear the client before me, which made me very very uncomfortable on her behalf. Weird 'soundproofing' textured carpet blobs along one wall, and they recently switched the position of the desk with the chairs, so they're further from the door. T thoughtfully texted me just before my session to warn me it was all different! In the new set up, the client's chair faces both windows (which are behind T) which I found quite distracting the one time I sat in the chair.

And music. Ugh. In the waiting room to contribute to soundproofing. But for the first couple of weeks it played what T claimed was 'lounge music' but was more like circus music and made me very agitated. Could even hear it inside the room. Last time I went they'd changed it to something more 'backgroundy' and you couldn't hear it in the room, but if that happens again, I'll switch it off and tell T I don't care who hears me (and frankly, I speak so quietly in therapy that half the time T can't hear me, let alone people outside)...

[WePow]

My T's new office is closer to downtown and I HATE the traffic. It is also on the same road as a major hospital, and I am triggered by sirens if they pass. But T is also triggered so we sit together looking at eachother empathetically and wait for them to pass. Oddly, that makes me feel closer to my T emotionally.

He has a skinny hallway leading to his office (he shares it with others but it is only a two story building). I H A T E that hallway. He had offered to walk me out but never did it. He always has clients waiting. And his main office has a skinny waiting room hallway with three chairs and nice new-age music. You can hear the music when you first walk into the "hallway of doom" and that is good because it is like I know my T is close and if some monster jumped out at me, T would hear me and come to my rescue.

He has his office proper and also a larger room for his group sessions. His office has a couch that is too soft and reminds me of the couch my mom and dad had - so I don't like it. But when I have to deal with deep emotional stuff and sit on the floor so I can focus and not worry I am going to be eaten alive by that couch, my T ALWAYS joins me on the floor. I like that and those have been the very best sessions. I would do that all the time, but I want to save that space for my special sessions since it is so magical and sacred really.

What I hate is when another client is there right before me and I sit where they sat. One of my OCD things is I H A T E that body feeling of heat leftover. I think there is trauma around that sensation. All I know is I have to feel to make sure I sit on the other end of the couch - the cool part. I wonder if my T even knows what I am doing or ever wondered. He never asks. The couch holds more heat than the chair did in his old office and it tends to be surrounding residual heat rather than just on the seat.

He also has toys and a window behind me. It is westward facing though so the sun distracts us sometimes at the start of session until T fixes it. He is just learning the office since he moved into it in the fall. He will get that figured out because his own mild OCD issues won't let him ignor it. Hee hee. I like it that my T and I share enough issues that he really can get me and I think I can kinda understand him too
:-)

Anyway, that is my T's office.

My t's office is in a medical office building. He shares his office with two psychiatrists. The waiting area is pretty good sized since there are always plenty of patients in and out of the office. Recently the psychiatrist who heads the practice had a large screen tv put in the waiting area. It is always tuned to the Food Network, so I'm always hungry by the time I get into my sessions.

He has several secretaries who take care of scheduling and insurance, etc. They are really kind and efficient. I like that my t doesn't deal with the office end of his practice.

His office is fairly small. He has a desk pushed up to the wall (he doesn't really use it). There is a loveseat and two chairs along with his own office chair. Two bookcases. He has his own photography from his fishing/camping trips on the walls. Lots of trinkets/gifts from patients set on the shelves. He keeps them all, from the Happy Meal prizes his young clients give him to the gifts from adults.

I'm very comfortable in his office. There are plans to move to a new office building this summer, so we'll see what that is like when he gets there.

[Sweetlove]

My T's office is in a private practice with other T's. He is the assistant director and clinical coordinator so his office is the closest to the receptionist.

It is a corner office which is pretty cool. There is a big brown couch alone one wall, a bookcase with lots of psychology and therapisty books, and his desk in front of a big picture window along the adjacent wall, then a big fish tank and cabinets along the next one, and two small chairs with a table along the last one. I sit on one end of the couch and he sits in his office chair that he turns to face me. He has 3 big paintings that I could paint from memory because of how much I stare at them. I love looking at the fish also!

It is fairly small but very organized and cozy..and I love it

[onlymedid]

T's office is pretty big. two bookshelves with games, books, dolls, stuffed animals, etc on them. One loveseat in between. Window behind the loveseat. She sits across from me on a chair. She has a small table she can move around so we can play games. did I mention she has games? She has lots of cool games! She has a desk in the corner and a little table with tissues on it. No clocks!!! which I love. Pictures her daughter drew on the wall and some really cool other paintings on the wall that I can stare at and zone out on.

[ladyjrnlist]

Wow. I wonder how the decor reflects our Ts? I think mine is reflected in his. Overdone, trying too hard, scatterbrained, yet calming, gentle, and trustworthy.

[cmac13]

Private practice office with pale blue walls, couch with pillows, mellow lighting but what stands out the most is from where I sit there is a large print above her desk which looks like a charcoal drawing and it was done by Picasso. It is a mother holding her baby very close to her.