my T used to have us katy-corner across a 5 x 8 rug and I HATED it!!! I felt like I was shouting across the Grand Canyon to him. We both had our feet up on footstools and there was like a couple feet distance between the footstools! HELLOOO OUT THERE! I told him almost immediately to buy one of those old old-fashioned love seats that are double intertwined chairs, seats facing each other! Finally he brought in another chair for his couples therapy, and I started sitting in the couples chair which was at the short end of the rug near him. Now sometimes we end up sharing the same footstool, or he will bring his footstool next to my chair and put his arm around me for a few minutes. Physically we're very buddy-buddy, but emotionally i'm not there yet, there's a wall.