I love what your Cat T said.... she SO knows her stuff. She sounds a lot like mine so far. Making it safe for you there, recognizing what you are feeling and where and knowing it it is okay to feel anything. Plus she has come from a family of dysfunction and it just seems to me that that is a bonus because she probably was or is a client herself. Good luck, take it slow as you need, and relax.
Besides a WHITE couch? I don't know anyone who actually uses a couch would choose white unless it was in a magazine photoshoot. lol