Space Therapy

What is a Space Therapist?

• A person who talks to you about a particular living space and helps you discover, through conversation, how to make it most comfortable for you
• Someone who can analyze a space and diagnose challenges while offering solutions to make the atmosphere more functional
• One who can reframe the emotional issues of space
• Helps a person understand his/her space and living patterns
• Intentionally matches lifestyle with home or work space
• Makes sense of familiar and unfamiliar spaces

We begin with an interview of about 2 hrs.  Questions will be asked about your house or personal office; frustrations, needs, and how you wish to live and work in these spaces.  Each adult (children may be invited to also engage this process) will do a core values naming - clarifying how you wish the space to support you.  The interview and the core values provide the information needed to offer considerations for your 'space transformation'.  A written ‘map’ supplies information about the intention of each room under consideration as well as suggestions for change.

Responses from Space Therapy Clients:

• Looking at our core values was something we had never thought about before but it helped us look at our space and our lives in new ways
• The initial questionnaire was fun and interesting
• We were energized and excited to get to work on our space transformation
• The coalescing of ideas about house and home into a system with order and meaning allowed my feelings to be better understood
• The document will be referred to many times in the future

What changes are happening due to the consultation?

• We have already begun by moving furniture
• We will be painting most of the house and adding pictures/art that will bring beauty into our lives
• We will ‘destuff’ the kitchen by clearing the counter
• I will create a room of my own
• The entrance from the garage will be made more fun
• Our outdoor rooms will be given shape

Comments about the consultant, Susan Eaton Mendenhall

• Susan’s ability to help us develop our core values was astonishing
• Her professionalism is beyond reproach
• Susan’s calmness and honesty brought energy and excitement to us.
• She brings comfort, safety, and fun to the process.
• We are so delighted with her and her work.

 “My written document is like the owner’s manual for my space.”