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Posted by looking4hope on April 22, 2005, at 18:25:16
just curious how your T has their office set up and how you decide where to sit...
my T has a couch with two recliners facing the couch. it is kind of a small office with 3 bookshelves around the room. since day 1 i have instinctively sat in the middle of the couch and he sits in a recliner. i wonder what would happen if i changes seats one day.
Posted by happyflower on April 22, 2005, at 18:35:25
In reply to What does your Ts office look like, posted by looking4hope on April 22, 2005, at 18:25:16
My T's office is very nice! He has nice art work on the walls and has 2 wing back chairs to sit on ( very comfortable) and he has a office chair with a huge desk. Plus there a kids small table with chairs and various games all over (for kids) except I never asked if he wanted to play a game with me! lol ( he might do it, knowing him) lol
Posted by Poet on April 23, 2005, at 12:21:10
In reply to What does your Ts office look like, posted by looking4hope on April 22, 2005, at 18:25:16
Hi looking4hope,
She has *her* chair, a love seat (where I sit) and an extra chair that matches hers.
Her office has lots of plants and natural light. Floral print pictures on the walls. She never uses the ugly florescent overhead lights, she has two table lamps and a floor lamp. Which always have crooked shades, I think she does that on purpose so I will straighten them. I straighten the pictures, too.
I haven't straightend the messy built in book shelves, but the day is coming...
Poet
Posted by gardenergirl on April 24, 2005, at 0:24:45
In reply to Re: What does your Ts office look like, posted by Poet on April 23, 2005, at 12:21:10
Hmmm, two wing chairs with a table and lamp in between. He sits in one. I sit on the couch directly across. His desk, computer, and stuff are to my side along with a very full bookcase. He has some art on the walls that was done by someone he knows. Really big pieces. It's kind of dim in there.
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Posted by Dinah on April 24, 2005, at 10:07:43
In reply to Re: What does your Ts office look like, posted by gardenergirl on April 24, 2005, at 0:24:45
Art deco right now. All angles. Skyscraper window takes up all of one wall. Long and narrow. Leather sofa and captain's chair one wall. Captain's chair and small table for his neverceasing coffee on the other. Desk and bookshelves on opposite walls closer to the door. Thank heavens the pictures of his wife and daughter now face the desk. His daughter used to face the sofa, and it was hard to talk frankly with a teenager looking on. He was going to hang a piece of artwork of a woman with piercing eyes facing the sofa, but he hasn't done it yet.
Don't like it.
His old office I loved. Same sofa and chairs. Dark wood against sunset pink walls. Soft natural light coming through old poured glass windows. The sheer pinkish curtains gave the light a pinkish glow as well. Rather odd taste in art that is not there in the new office, but gave a glimpse of who he was which is also not there in new office. Safe and warm.
Posted by Daisym on April 24, 2005, at 12:00:06
In reply to Re: What does your Ts office look like » gardenergirl, posted by Dinah on April 24, 2005, at 10:07:43
Mine has two offices -- one is in the top floor of an old victorian so it is literally up in the trees. It has windows on three sides -- those old fashion kind that fall out instead of sliding up. It is a long, narrow rectangle -- his rolltop is at the far end, length wise against the wall so you really can't see it and there is a huge plant along side it. His chair is in the middle and there is a great rug on the floor, over the carpet that has patterns to get lost in. There is a couch that runs along the narrow wall and it is flanked by two end tables with tiffany lamps. There are pillows on the couch and a soft blanket. The younger parts of me love that office. The roof slopes, like attic roofs do but it doesn't feel cramped, just small and safe. He calls it the treehouse office.
The other office I've grown to like. It is upstairs in a very old building, with hard wood floors and big doors. The hallways remind me of old Catholic schools. The office has very nice matching wing chairs and a matching couch, all moss green. He has another rug and pillows and stuff. There is a book shelf off to one side, which is a mess and small desk in another corner. It is in this office that he keeps stuff out -- the box I gave him and other little odds and ends. He also has an antique table with the sides folded down and a lace doiley on it. I love that table. It reminds me of my grandmother's house. This office only has one big window but it has high ceilings so doesn't feel dark or cramped. And this has more unusual artwork, though I cam't remember what it is right now. Isn't that funny? I guess I look at the ceiling more.
I haven't been to either place for a week. I miss them, I guess is why I wanted to write all of this. :(
Posted by Dinah on April 24, 2005, at 15:16:21
In reply to Re: What does your Ts office look like, posted by Daisym on April 24, 2005, at 12:00:06
How do you or he decide which one to use?
Posted by daisym on April 24, 2005, at 17:23:52
In reply to Re: What does your Ts office look like, posted by Daisym on April 24, 2005, at 12:00:06
Depends on the day of the week...he schedules two afternoons in the treehouse and spends his other time in his "main" office. I happened to live in the city in between so it is the same distance for me.
The one thing I've never asked that I've always wanted to is where is he when we have phone sessions on Fridays. He isn't in his office(s) so I assume he is at home. Does he have a home office, is he in the kitchen, or what? Weird thing to be curious about, but I never remember to ask.
Posted by Dinah on April 24, 2005, at 17:28:30
In reply to Re: What does your Ts office look like » Daisym, posted by daisym on April 24, 2005, at 17:23:52
I know the answer to mine. When he calls from home he's outside. :)
He complains that his cell phone reception inside is no good, and he always uses his cell phone.
I had a neighbor a few years back who used to spend hours outside his back door talking on his cell phone. I'm trying to remember if he was a therapist. I know both of my back fence neighbors right now are therapists.
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