ABSTRACT
One of the key characteristics of pluralistic practice is a willingness to question all aspects of what happens in therapy, in terms of what the options are and what the client thinks would be helpful. The issue of what is involved in designing the best possible space for an individual client, or a set of clients using a service, is not a topic that has received sustained attention within the counselling and psychotherapy literature. Pluralistic therapists seeking to be flexible around practical arrangements therefore need to be willing to do the best they can with the fragments of evidence and professional knowledge that are available. The design of a therapeutic space also includes consideration to any waiting area that is used by clients, how welcoming it is, whether it includes information or artwork that might cue the client into a therapeutic process and so on.
