Where we do what we do

I have always been interested in the hows and whys of therapists’ offices. How and why they decorate them s they do. Where they locate the office. Home vs office away from home. Even what they call it — office, consulting room or as I have seen at least one Italian analyst describe as his studio. I played with collecting data to write about this very thing some years ago and sent  a survey to around 20 therapists of different theoretical persuasions. Other things came along to catch my attention but I did learn from my small sample that depth therapists thought about their offices interns of how the space feels to be in and those more behaviorally oriented expressed more concern about parking and access to public transportation. I have strived to have my own office be a calm inviting space. soothing and comfortable. This is how it looks now: This past week in Slate was a piece about Mark Gerald’s wonderful portrait series of his colleagues in their offices, “In The Shadow of Freud’s Couch. Do take a look.
Source: Jung At Heart - Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Source Type: blogs