Hey you guys,

Regarding couches i found the following item of interest in a NY Times article:

Analyzing the Analyst's Couch

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By MERYL GORDON
Published: March 19, 1992

BUYING a couch is an emotionally charged activity for most people; it's such a big item, for one thing, such a life-style totem.

But for a psychoanalyst, picking out the Freudian bed on which patients will reveal their fears, fantasies and free associations is more complicated. The couch plays such an important role that it appears to have a psyche of its own. Thus the analyst's choice of shape, color and style can prove very revealing.

"This is not just furniture," said Dr. Kerry Sulkowicz, a Manhattan psychiatrist who bought his "low-key" office couch of light gray wool four years ago. "This couch is central to your professional life and to your identity as an analyst

....As a not-so-subtle form of flattery, many new psychoanalysts buy the same couch their own analyst has. "It has to do with identifying with your analyst," Dr. Sulkowicz said.

If you want to read the whole article go to:

NY Times Article on Analyst's Couch