Creating Therapeutic “Space”: How Architecture and Design Can Inform Psychoanalysis

‘Any room won’t do.’ Clinical psychologists’ understanding of the consulting room. An interview study

“…If the environment changes in unpredictable ways, meaning becomes fragmented rather than continuous, and a sense of belonging and trust is difficult to achieve (Augé, 1995;Frykman, 2012;Larsen, 2012). Moreover, a meaningful and therapeutic space is co-created by clinicians and clients, and clients tend to attach to the place (Curtis, Gesler, Fabian, Francis, & Priebe, 2007;Domash, 2014;Wood et al, 2013). Such a perspective is however not acknowledged when systems for booking consulting rooms are implemented (Andersson Bäck & Linda, 2016).…”

“…In the social sciences, there is increasing interest in the meaning of places (Blank & Rosen-Zvi, 2012). Human beings ascribe meaning to places and simultaneously places produce meaning (Domash, 2014;Larsen, 2012). Clinicians encounter their clients in consulting rooms, embedded in therapeutic landscapes, and in these rooms meaningful narratives evolve (Kehoe, Hassen, & Sandage, 2016).…”

Despre energie altfel. Tipuri de spații arhitecturale contemporane ca suport pentru kinetoterapie

“…As with any architecture designed for a space with therapeutic valences (Domash, 2014), it is important to start from the user's needs, use principles of user-centered design, that is, both the patient and the medical staff. (Mazuch, 2005) A quality architectural space for kinetotherapy results from an interdisciplinary architect-physiotherapist-physician approach centered on the patient.…”