This is really interesting. And it sounds like it's been good for you, even though it's unsettling. When I moved to my T's private practice, there was a sofa in his office, but it was on the other side of the room from the two recliner chairs. I asked him if anyone ever sat on the sofa, and he said he sometimes saw couples. I guess he pulled the non-recliner chair to face the sofa on those occasions. But somehow I got the sense that wasn't where I was intended to sit--it felt too far away from his chair-- so I never did. I did lie down once when I felt ill, but there wasn't much talking going on.