[lunatic soul]

Is your T working in medical centre or hospital or his/her house or somewhere else?
Does it bother you?

My T started to work at medical centre and it makes me stressful and paranoid, I hate places like that, too much people around, I want to be all alone with him as it was before.

[ScarletPimpernel]

My T works in an office building. She has her own office within the office space (which consists of a waiting room, receptionist's space, another T's office, and a few other rooms. Her office is in the corner and has a floor to ceiling window. It's real nice. I like it. My only complaint is when the Pdoc comes once a month or if students/interns come, the place is too busy for me.

My Pdoc is in a health clinic. I hate where it's at. So many people walk by. Doctors use the hall to get to other spaces, and the behavioral health section is share with the quick clinic. It sucks. She used to have her own space within the building, but they need more rooms.

[sidney1771]

My T has a small building in a medical area. She has a lobby, two comfortable offices, a playroom (she works with children also), a small workroom, and a private kitchenette/office. All that it is missing is a shower. When I needed some structured time out of my house, she had me spend days at her office. It was quite, very comfortable and private. Best of all, tons of toys to play with when I needed a break from reading. I've napped on the sofa from time to time. Highly recommended.

When my t was still in the same city as me, her office was in a shared space that several t's used - one waiting room, and then the inside door opened into a hallway and down the hallway were several offices. T's was down near the end, as I recall. At the moment, I am missing seeing her in person so very much. eta: there was no secretary/receptionist which I really liked.

Since she moved 1300 miles north, her office is in her home, which of course I've never seen.

[Soccer mom]

My T. rents office space in a building that has many businesses. She doesn't have a secretary. You walk in her waiting room, sign in and wait. Her office is connected and then the "therapy room". So, you walk in one door and out another. I have only seen another client once and that's because she was going to the bathroom as I was leaving. I love that I don't see other people and am totally alone waiting for her so I can think. She's the only T. there as it's her own practice.

His office is in a small office building -- just a one-story place. It is a therapy group with three pdocs, two psychologists (he's one of them), and I think 5 other therapists of varying credentials. It has a really nice lobby area with the most comfortable leather couch I've ever sat on (and I've fallen asleep in it several times), a couple of TV's that play "oldies" which is kind of fun to watch, a children's area with a few toys, etc. It's a nice office. His personal office is decorated to his outdoorsy tastes with lots of pictures of his family. I find the whole place pretty comfortable.

[roimata]

A small two story suite with about 15 rooms and a straightforward layout. There's no off-limits areas or whatever. The tenants are anywhere from pp social workers to lawyers, there is no front desk or secretary or signing in. I'm uncomfortable being at some other mental health clinic where they have secretaries and paying at a window. It's way too impersonal. Where she chose to rent is ideal for me.

[ThisWayOut]

most recent T was at a community clinic with very few chairs for their "waiting area" and closets as therapy offices. T before that was another community clinic, but specialized in SA and state child abuse investigations. Their waiting room was almost always full (thought heartbreakingly so when there were very young kids. I was one of the few adult clients in the waiting room at any given time). They also frequently had detectives, people from child protective services, and the local sheriff's office come through the waiting room. Even with all the activity though, I was only ever really uncomfortable one time when a woman was yelling at someone over the phone...
T before that was in a small office with 3 T's total (my T was the intern,the two others were his supervisors so I knew them and they knew of me). The waiting room was comfy until they stuck a receptionist desk in it and added the receptionist...
(I've pretty much always been to community mental health centers, so others in the waiting room has not bothered me much at all. I've never been alone in any of the waiting rooms actually...)

[TheWell]

My therapist and group therapist are both part of the same practice. It's all in one building that is completely the practice. My Med Doc is there too. They probably have around 40 people who work at the practice.

I'm very comfortable there because I've been going there for five years.

[nottrustin]

She has her own private practice but meets in two different locations. One day a week she her office is located in a two story colonial style building. The building has a few office spaces mostly therapists and a massage therapist. Then one day a week she meets in her home office. So where we meet depends on what day of the week my appointment is on. The home office is a lot cozier than the other office.

I love my new therapist's office. She is in practice by herself and has no office staff. It's a small, exclusively expensive office/store space. Why do I like it? It's quiet, low traffic and hidden. I walk into her waiting room and there is NEVER anyone in it. NEVER! She spaces out her clients by 30 minutes. She's a retired college professor who provided supervision for psychiatric residents in the area of psychoanalysis at a major Midwestern University, and currently, she provides consultation/supervision for relational analysts in the local community, as well as, lecturing and providing supervision for the local med school. So, she only has four or five actual clients on her caseload at a time. I was lucky enough to call at a time when she had an opening for a new client. She works only three days a week so I always have the same time/session during the week. I like that I don't have to wonder if I she's going to be able to squeeze me in that week. The hour I started with is my hour until I decide to stop therapy or she has to stop being a therapist for some reason. It works for me.

PS. I wanted to add that I like the exclusiveness of the office because it is so "out of the way". I laugh when I go by the French Café and the expensive clothing shops, knowing they aren't things that would EVER bring me comfort or fun. . . .I spend my extra cash on therapy LOL

[Xenon]

She rents a room in what used to be a residential home, and has been transformed into a professional building where people rent offices. So it's laid out like a house, and she's on the second story in what was likely once a bedroom. There are a couple other therapists that rent offices there, but also other types of professionals. You just go up the stairs and there's a small landing with some chairs to wait on and four doors that open directly into the office rooms.

I didn't like it at first, because I sometimes hear people walking around or talking directly outside the door when I'm in session. It'd feel intrusive or insecure or something. I've gotten more used to it, but I'd still prefer an arrangement that felt more private.

[nervous puppy]

My old t was in a 3 story office building, 3rd floor. She worked in a group practice with many other t's and a couple of pdocs. The waiting room was fairly good sized and there were always other people there. her office was pretty large. It was well furnished and she decorated it with some personal things. It was comfortable. My new t is actually in the same building but on the first floor. She's the only one in the practice, and her office is small. I do like her taste in artwork, though. I feel more comfortable there.

[stopdog]

Both of them have offices in old houses that have been converted into business offices. They each have a room that is their office. No secretaries or office staff.

[LindaLu]

T has an office somewhere but we've always met at her home office. It's easier to get to. It's nice being in a neighborhood with people out walking strollers or dogs. Better than a downtown office or industrial park. Sometimes it's weird being in a home if a package is delivered.

My T has a therapy room in a purpose built wooden buiding in his garden. I like it. It's like a safe little cocoon.
My temporary T also has his office in a converted outbuilding at his home. It's also quite nice.
It is more convenient for me meet with Ts in their homes because I live in a rural area so I would have to travel further to find offices.
I had an initial session with a T once in a tiny room in a medical centre with no furniture except two chairs and a plug in heater on full blast. It was awful!

[Willowleaf]

Mine also is in a converted wooden outhouse at the end of the garden. It's quite big, but loads of pillows and blankets to make it snug if you want to.

my t has her office in a church, which i like except from all the screaming kids downstairs and constant people about. i love that there is a waiting room, and as soon as i walk into her room i feel safe.

my interim t has a home office, which i don't like. i don't like knowing where she lives and seeing all her posessions and her house; it's weird.

[musinglizzy]

My T owns her own practice, and rents a suite out of a beautiful, historic office building. Typical marble floors and a bronze statue outside of the man it's named after. It's really a beautiful building. My T employs no secretarial type staff, you simply walk into her suite and it's a fairly elegant (almost in a gawdy sort of way, but matches the building's character) waiting area. No check in! Three doors within the waiting area lead to three separate offices, people who work under her supervision (LSW, etc). Her office is the largest, of course, and is also her "therapy room." It's light and airy, and she's one to have her windows open whenever she can. She has window bird feeders, and it's very nice and comfortable inside. Although, she's a very comforting person to be around, so I think even if it looked like a slum, it would feel the same....simply because she's there.

[catonyx]

Mine is in a group practice. I don't mind the setting at all. There's a check in desk, waiting room, and probably 20 other Ts.

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[Polibeth]

My T is in an office building suite with two other T's. Her reception area/waiting room is small (and there's no receptionist). Her office is decent sized but has no windows. She says this is because she pays less rent than the other two T's and she has a fair number of ADHD clients to whom the windows are distracting.

[Mike_J]

My therapist has had 3 differant offices sense I have been seeing her. The first one was in an old eight story building down town, several therapy offices, lawyers offices, and other professional offices. It was OK, she then moved into a small office, she was in the basement, though it was a walk in basement but you had to go around the back of the building, the office area she worked in took up half the basement with the other half being an architectural firm, the main floor was a dentist, I didn't like that as much because she was often there alone and I worried about her. She is now in a building that is part of a larger professional complex, lots of dentists, optometrists, the building she is in has two dental offices (one always seems closed) and an empty office, and there is an engineering company that is in the basement (have never been down there, no reason to) of the three I like this the best, private but not too private.

we have our sessions in the back room of the house

[Sethsmummy]

She works at a community centre. There are other T's there and also people that help the poor, homeless or people in need.

[lostwonder]

Owns his own practice and building. Rents out space to other practitioners and has an office worker.