Outside of office sessions?

I haven't and that's okay. T's office is in a busy area, so walking is hardly an option. Other than that, I was very comfortable in his office, it was some kind of safe space. I liked being there. I think I would be too distracted to talk if we went outside the office.

CBT t and I went for coffee, to a book shop and dropped by a meditation centre as part of an in vivo exercise. It was a useful outing and I opened up more, though we didn't get much exposure work done.

She also took me to a meditation session, which was great because I wouldn't have been able to go without her.

My psychologist has taken me outside for a walk twice one time we kicked around a soccer ball and the other we just walked but the second time I had a panic attack after five minutes of being outside so we went back to his office. Both times he was the one to request going outside.

I've had 2 sessions with current TV at a karate studio so if could punch punching bags and scream. There was nobody else in the building. I definitely benefitted in a huge way from those two sessions. I would love to do more of them.

I have not. A few times I thought it would be nice to go for a walk as it would take some of the pressure off. Her home office is in a small residential neighborhood. One of my kids did have a counselor that would pick him up at school and drive to McDonalds or something like that. Part of his deal was his shyness and confidence. Part of the deal was he could order whatever he wanted but he had so speak up and order.

With my long term T over the course of many years we had two impromptu times when we left the office to have a session outdoors. Once we went to an art store, and another time we went to a park.
I did have several sessions with a T who routinely met clients in public places for sessions, including busy cafes, cars, hotel rooms etc. She had very poor boundaries in general and I stopped having sessions with her because she was never on time (often several hours late) and was utterly unreliable. The stories I heard from other clients about some of her other boundary crossings were really disturbing. She caused a lot of damage to many vulnerable people.
I think she eventually shut down her services and left the country because after multiple complaints the ethics committee was going to revoke her license.

My first session was at Ts home, we were drinking tea with some cookies and talking for 2 hours. It was okay for me, as I said it was my first session and I didnt know how it should be.

What about you Petra5ed?

I've thought that I'd like to sit somewhere outside and have our appointment but after reading these responses and thinking it over a little bit more, I think I might find it too distracting. I could see myself being frustrated afterwards that I wasn't able to get out everything I wanted to say. This happens to me a lot, it seems, so I try to stay focused in the beginning and rush through all that I want to tell him. Then I am more relaxed after I've spilled my thoughts. Now, if I didn't have anything pressing to say or that I wanted to work on... I'd love nothing more than to take a walk with him, have some coffee, or even a meal together. That's more what friends would do and I don't think that we can ever be friends.

My foster mom is now mentally and physically disabled, and in a nursing home. There was a period of time where it felt important to me that my T meet her, but I couldn't bring her as her building is not wheelchair accessible. She offered to use one of my sessions to come to the nursing home. In the end, we didn't do it, because the importance faded and I didn't see a real purpose for it.

My T does yoga and meditates and has encouraged me to try the same. I'm too self conscious for yoga, and meditation is not coming easily for me, so if I could ask for one session out of her office, it would be for her to accompany me to a meditation center or yoga floor to help me feel less nervous. Yeah, I guess you could say like basically "holding my hand." I would actually enjoy a session where she just tried to talk me through a meditation. But I don't dare ask...although I bet she'd do it. She's actually Emailed me meditative practices when I've been on edge.

Actually, I'd REALLY love for T to go for a horseback ride with me. I've told her before I do my best talking in the woods from the back of a horse. LOL

The therapist I saw before this one worked from her home and we always had sessions outside, in different places. She had a large piece of property with covered and uncovered areas. We would sit or walk. I didn't want to go inside her home because her husband was there and he creeped me out (I never told her that though).

I liked it so much I thought I could never see a therapist who worked only in a regular office; but here I am, seeing one in a business building and I love it. There's something about it being my space for that hour, with no distractions, that works for me.

I have a really hard time even picturing my T out of sessions in his regular life, let alone having a session out of the prescribed therapy room. I can't wrap my head around not having therapy like that.

It's funny because I'm also always frustrated by what I don't say. Our last chat he was asking me if I had anyone else I could talk to at the same depth with, and I thought to myself, depth? I feel like I've just touched the tip of the iceberg of what I want to say to my therapist, LOL. I agree venue could affect how much you can say. Yeah, would be nice to have normal interaction

I wouldn't want a session out of the agency clinic room. It would feel weird.

My therapist and I had a session walking to and from and sitting together in the park. He chose to do that because there was a lot of noise in the building and we couldn't hear each other, but it really helped me. It was more relaxed and I enjoyed going to the park with him. I think it did wonders for our therapeutic relationship and wish he did it again (not as a normal routine, but every now and then, like maybe twice a year) but some things he's said in the meantime sound like he wouldn't do it again.

Out of curiosity what did he say?