Posted by mair on September 24, 2004, at 13:36:10
In reply to candle debate, posted by Aphrodite on September 24, 2004, at 12:29:26
1) as with some others, I think fresh flowers are wonderful. My therapist is an avid gardener and she always has something she's just picked in a small vase which sits on a low coffee table between where she sits and where I sit. Sometimes asking her about whatever flowers she's brought in has been a good way for me to get started. Plus, it's given me ideas for my own garden. I realized what her flowers meant to me when I started buying a few flowers at the grocery store at least once a week. I keep them on the window sill in front of the kitchen sink.
2) I would also recommend having a couple of different seating options. My therapist has a loveseat sized couch and a high back chair. I gravitated to the chair the first time I went to see her because I sometimes feel trapped when I'm sitting on couches; it's just harder to extricate yourself. I finally figured out, though, that she nearly always sits in the chair and nearly all of her other patients sit on the couch. I like it that she gave me the choice. I guess I'm just saying you shouldn't presume where your clients want to sit.
I think the candles would be a distraction for me, at least until I got really used to them.
Mair
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