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In order to guide the environment design of counseling room applying embodied cognition theory, this paper analyzes the clients\u2019 embodied interaction process in counseling room, interprets the spatial environmental design elements of counseling rooms from the emotional dimension, clarifies the design elements of psychological field based on the Gestalt psychological effect, analyzes the relationship of psychological theoretical findings, design goals and design content, and proposes emotional space design strategies for counseling rooms from the aspects of emotion arousal, emotion experience, emotion identification, and emotion co-construction. 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