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Behavioral Health and Therapy Office Moving

Counseling rooms, play therapy rooms and group rooms moved around your session calendar, with client files left entirely to your staff.

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Behavioral Health Office moving in the Sacramento Valley: Murdock's crew at work
  • Licensed & InsuredUSDOT 3421940 · MC 1416634
  • Locally OperatedChico + Yuba City
  • Sacramento ValleyChico · Yuba City · Sacramento

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Planning a Behavioral Health Office Move

A therapy practice is judged partly by what clients do not see: other clients, paperwork, strangers in the hallway. That changes how a move runs. We do not carry furniture past a room where a session is under way, we stay out of the waiting area while clients are in it, and we load only in hours with no sessions booked, which on request can mean a weeknight or Saturday.

The furniture is soft and personal. Each clinician has set a room for conversation, with a sofa or pair of armchairs, a side table with tissues, a lamp in place of overhead light and a white-noise machine outside the door. Play therapists add low shelves of toys and a sand tray with its miniature figures. We can photograph each room before it is packed and set it back from those photos, so a returning client walks into a room that feels familiar.

Everything with a client's name on it stays with your staff. Group practices in Chico, Yuba City, Sacramento and Roseville often have several clinicians sharing a suite, so the plan lists rooms by clinician rather than by number.

Who usually signs off
Practice owner or clinical director, with each clinician approving their own room
Timing that works
Room by room after each clinician's last session, with evening or Saturday work on request so no furniture passes a room in use.

What typically moves

  • Clinician sofas, loveseats and armchairsWrapped clean, tagged by clinician, and set back from a photo of the old room.
  • Side tables, floor lamps and tissue standsShades boxed separately; table tops padded so wood surfaces do not rub.
  • Sand trays and miniature-figure shelvingSand bagged out, trays wrapped empty, and figures boxed shelf by shelf in the therapist's order.
  • Play therapy toy shelves and art supply cartsBins closed and labeled by shelf so the therapist can rebuild the room without sorting.
  • White-noise machines and door signsCollected per room and set outside the same clinician's new door.
  • Group room chairs and circle tablesCounted and moved as one set so the group room is complete for its first meeting.
  • Waiting-room seating and reception deskSet last at the new suite, so the first client arrives to a finished, quiet lobby.

Access and scheduling

Counseling suites are often upstairs in older buildings, such as second-floor offices in downtown Chico and midtown Sacramento. Long sofas and narrow stairwells do not always agree, so we measure the stair turns and doorways at both addresses and flag any piece that will not make the corner before move day rather than on it.

Your office manager releases rooms as each clinician's last session ends. We can move one clinician's room on a weekday evening while colleagues still see clients the next morning, provided the route to the truck stays out of occupied halls. Office parks in Roseville, Rocklin or Folsom may want a booked elevator and our insurance paperwork before they confirm a date; the paperwork side is ours to supply. At the new suite we finish the waiting room last, so the first client arrives to a clean, quiet lobby with no cartons in sight.

Protection and handling

Upholstery is wrapped in clean pads and covered again for any stretch outdoors, since a dusty sofa undoes the point of the room. Wood arms, side tables and bookcases get corner guards. Cushions, throws and pillows travel in bags marked with the clinician's room, and lamps travel with their shades boxed separately.

Play therapy rooms take the most care. Sand is bagged out of the tray, the tray is wrapped empty, and the shelves of miniature figures are boxed shelf by shelf in the order the therapist keeps them. Psychological assessment kits are costly and restricted to qualified users, so clinicians pack those themselves and decide whether they ride with staff. Client files, notes and anything left on a desk are cleared by your team before we enter a room, and sealed record cartons are carried unopened to wherever your office manager directs.

Who does what

Some of this job belongs to other trades. The written plan names each one.

Telehealth cameras, lighting and practice software
Your IT contact sets up video visits and the scheduling system. We move the desk computers and monitors, unplugged and padded.
Psychological assessment kits and restricted testing materials
Licensed clinicians pack and transport them. Our crew does not handle those cases.
Wall-mounted sound masking or light fixtures
Anything wired in comes down and goes back up with an electrician. We move the freestanding white-noise machines.

Not part of our work

  • Opening or sorting client files, notes or sealed record cartons.
  • Telling clients about the move or answering their questions; that stays with the practice.

Around Chico, Yuba City and Sacramento

Therapy practices here often rent upstairs rooms in older buildings in downtown Chico and midtown Sacramento, single-story professional suites off Colusa Avenue in Yuba City, and quieter office parks in Roseville, Rocklin and Folsom. Older buildings bring stairs and tight turns; office parks bring shared elevators and tenant rules.

The crew that shows up

The Murdock’s crew lined up behind the truck on an orchard road in Butte CountyMurdock’s crew rolling a shrink-wrapped piece on dollies through a building lobbyThree Murdock’s crew members at the back of the box truck

Behavioral Health Office Moving FAQs

Another question? Call (530) 354-8089.

Can you avoid carrying anything past a room while a client is in session?

Yes, that is how we plan it. Share the day's session grid, and we route around booked rooms or pause until the hour ends. For suites where every route passes a therapy room, we schedule the move for an evening or a Saturday on request.

How do we move a sand tray and its miniature collection without losing pieces?

The therapist decides whether to empty the tray or leave that to us. Sand goes into sealed bags, the tray is wrapped empty, and the miniatures are boxed by shelf, each carton numbered in the order the shelves are arranged. At the new room we set the shelving first, then hand the numbered cartons to the therapist to unpack.

Our clinicians each arranged their rooms differently. Will the new rooms match?

We can photograph each room before packing and tag every piece with the clinician's name. At the new suite the photos guide where the sofa, chairs, lamp and side table go, and the clinician adjusts from there. If a new room is a different shape, walk it with us and settle the layout before move day.

Who packs our psychological assessment kits and testing materials?

Your clinicians. Test kits are costly and restricted to qualified users, so they usually pack and carry them personally, or seal them for transport in whatever way they choose. Sealed cartons stay sealed and go to the shelf the clinician picks. The shelving or locked cabinet the kits live in can move with the rest of the office.

Plan your business move

Tell us both addresses, the building rules you know about, and the dates you cannot move. We will send back a written plan and estimate.

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