I like the distance and derive great comfort from the coffee table between the therapist and myself. I would move her further away from me if I could. In my memory it is further away than it is for real. So about the distance in a coffee table. I doubt if it is 6 feet but it might be. I have trouble remembering the office from week to week. I remember it as dark and each week I am kind of surprised that it is sort of light.