INTERIOR DESIGN
A revealing
portrait of therapy T
A new book is throwing open the doors to therapy rooms and asking what impact interior design can have
he design of therapy rooms has come under the spotlight in a new book. The brainchild of photographer
and psychotherapist, Caroline Jensen; and interior designer, Ingrid Unsöld; Room for Therapy opens the doors on closed rooms – exploring how therapy spaces around the world are furnished and arranged through a series of striking images. Jensen said: “The psychotherapist’s room is an important space. It frames the treatment that takes place within and processes that change lives take place within them. “Some therapists opt for a minimalistic
approach in order to give as much space as possible to the patient and the therapeutic process. Other rooms are crammed with a thousand objects.” Unsöld adds: “These are revealing
portraits of rooms in which individuals share their innermost thoughts and feelings. This is rare. “We are constantly fed with ideal images
of perfectly-styled and lit rooms. “We speak a lot about trends, colour schemes and materials and less about the
way the room in itself affects us and the way it makes us feel. “We don’t talk about the best way of
decorating and furnishing a room for change and these are questions I want to raise in this book.” Speaking to hdm, Unsöld explains:
“Most therapists decorate their own rooms and buy their own furniture, rather than bringing in architects or interior designers. “We found there are thoughts on how
interior decoration should function and what kind of feelings it should inspire, but we have not met anyone who has really taken the design of the room into consideration. “I would advise therapists to ask first what kind of therapy and method they want to work with and what they want to create in terms of feelings; then look at the room itself and how it can be adapted. “I’ve learnt that it’s not a one-size-fits-all
approach. It’s much more complex, but I would like to see more interior designers working more in these type of settings.” The book is available now from Dokument Press.
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