Author: Andy Farmer

I was looking at images of Sigmund Freud’s office recently—the “treatment room,” as he called it—where Freud conducted his psychoanalysis. The iconic photos show a parlor room in his house with the famous couch where patients would recline to receive therapy. Freud’s chair sits catty-cornered from the head of the couch, facing toward the opposite side of the room from where the patient faced. This arrangement, where the patient is staring upward into space and being guided by the disembodied voice of the therapist, was carefully arranged by Freud to establish the spatial experience he desired for his treatment goals. It made me step back and think about my own “treatment room.” How is my primary counseling space set up to fit my counseling goals? How is yours? Continue Reading →