Seoul City Develops 'Maeumjeongwon,' a Five-Sense Healing Counseling Space

Soundproofing, Concentration, and Stability Secured Booth-Type Counseling Rooms
First Applied in 5 Locations…Plans for Future Expansion

Seoul City announced on the 5th that it has developed and begun distributing the 'Maeumjeongwon' design for citizen stress counseling spaces.

Maeumjeongwon is a design optimized to enhance the effectiveness of psychological counseling services such as stress management. It is designed with a focus on three essential elements of counseling spaces: soundproofing, concentration, and stability.

Many existing psychological counseling facilities operated at family centers in each autonomous district have been pointed out as sources of dissatisfaction with counseling services due to inappropriate design. Typical issues include glass walls that allow outsiders to look in and weak soundproofing that lets counseling content leak outside.

The Korea Trauma Association evaluated the effectiveness of stress counseling rooms applying the Maeumjeongwon design and found that the emotional index and anti-stress index of citizens who received counseling increased, while stress, depression, and anxiety indices decreased.

'Maeumjeongwon' is a booth-type space that can be installed in existing counseling facilities without major construction, available in two sizes: 3.5 pyeong and 5 pyeong.

Seoul City has initially applied the Maeumjeongwon design to psychological counseling rooms at five locations: two at Seoul Youth Center Gangseo Orang, one each at Dongdaemun-gu Family Center, Guro-gu Family Center, and Seoul Senior Counseling Center. Seoul City stated, "Following a demand survey for the installation of 'Maeumjeongwon' in all 25 districts, we received applications from 24 locations across 11 districts," and added, "We plan to continuously expand the installation of Maeumjeongwon."

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