Posted by Noa on January 4, 2003, at 8:29:05
In reply to Re: Sigh » Noa, posted by Dinah on January 3, 2003, at 22:57:30
Dinah, thanks. Your therapist is moving offices--nearby? You are still going to see him, I assume. So, it means getting used to a new office? I know! My previous therapist (different city) moved a couple of times. First, we met in a city clinic (he was on fellowship there), and although we usually had this one office, a lot of times, we got switched around (I think because he was low man on the totem pole there), so the room was not that big a player, although the building held a certain place in my mind.
Then, in his private office--I don't remember much about the first one, but then we moved and I remember having to get used to it. But it was better--it had a nice bay window, and he had the chairs set up near the bay windows so I could look outside while we were talking.
BUT, then he changed his furniture. The new furniture was spiffy, that is for sure, but I missed the old chair I sat it. There was something about how comfortable it was, and something about how I used to play with the fabric on the arm or something--I really don't remember what it was, but it was something. But the main issue was that the new (spiffy) chair, though quite lovely, leaned back in a way that made me uncomfortable. So, I asked if I could sit on the couch, which of course was fine--it just positioned me accross the room. But since he now had a spiffy new swivel chair and ottoman, he just turned in that direction. Only problem was it took me further from the bay window. I could still see the outside, but not as much.
Ok, so present therapist also moved offices within his suite. It took a little getting used to but main issue was the chairs. At first, he brought in some new chairs, but said he was just having them there on a trial basis depending on how people liked them. Again, like with the previous therapist's new chairs, they were nicer, more fashionable than the old chairs, but again, they leaned back in a way I did not like. Apparently they did have an adjustment feature, but it didn't work well. So, one day, I came in and the old chairs were back! And have been there since. I don't LOVE these chairs and they are getting ratty, but it is comfortable enough.
ONe detail in both therapists' offices that has been significant is the oriental rugs, believe it or not. You know, when I am pondering, where are my eyes? On the rug, of course! So, I develop a kind of a relationship, you could say, with the rug.
I think the rug in my old therapist's office actually made its way into a dream I had!
Yes, my therapist's office is really a safe place. Thanks, Dinah, you sparked me to think about things I hadn't really put into words before.
PS--this just came to mind: have you seen the commercial for The Great Indoors? the one where the woman is in the shrink's office, relating a dream she had. I guess she shifts around a bit--she is sitting on what looks to be a black leather sofa--and the shrink observes, "this dream seems to make you really uncomfortable". She answers, "no, it's not that, it's just that I can't stop thinking that this couch would look so much better over there by the window." This cracks me up no end!!! I think this (and the other Great indoors commercial in the hotel room) are really funny, but especially the shrinks office one.
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