I guess I’ve seen too many old movies or old TV shows. I was expecting to lie down on a lounging-type of couch/chair and talk to a therapist. I’ve never seen a therapist with one.

Anyone get to do this?

[DP_2017]

My T has a couch now, I COULD do it if I want to but my dog usually takes the couch lol.. besides T and I have been doing sessions on the floor since May. It works very well for me.

[stopdog]

I would never recline. I did not even like sitting on the woman's horrible couch (she only had the couch and her own chair - there were no chairs for clients). I would have preferred a lectern where I could stand behind it.

[WarmFuzzySocks]

I would never.

I actually have a pretty visceral response to the idea. Shudder.

[bobcat21]

I thought the exact same thing when I first met my T. I expected a couch I could lie on but instead it was a chair and she was sitting in a office rolling chair. I also thought ( I know this sounds funny when I think about it) I expected her to be smoking a cigarette or a pipe while listening to me ( I know they never allow smoking) but I just imagined it.

[TrailRunner14]

I could not imagine reclining or lying on a couch.

Vulnerable.

Too vulnerable.

I love the floor.

Grounding and common ground.

[satsuma]

No, I wouldn't like to either.

Would you like to do this?

I think it is associated with the more traditional kind of psychotherapy, which I don't think would work well for me.

Oh, I don’t know. Maybe if I felt comfortable with a T.

I sure wish I had a really big, cushy, comfortable chair to lean back and sink into at least.

[doyoutrustme]

Lazy boy. So smart because I can easily switch back and forth

[amicus_curiae]

Originally Posted by key tones

I guess I’ve seen too many old movies or old TV shows. I was expecting to lie down on a lounging-type of couch/chair and talk to a therapist. I’ve never seen a therapist with one.

Anyone get to do this?

Yep. My fourth terrific shrink/therapist had a kind of one-armed Victorian chaise lounge with a raised head. I reclined during our first appointment and for the next ten years.

Other shrinks had couches for clients, but I just sat in the most comfortable chair in the room, thereafter.

I sit on a couch. Could lie down. But never have. Feels to vulnerable

[healinginprogress]

I sit on a couch. I laid down a handful of times but I wouldn't say in a comfortable sprawled out manner. It waas an overwhelming topic and sitting took too much effort. Plus, much easier to avoid eye contact.

[lucozader]

No and I wouldn't like that - I would feel very vulnerable and strange. It's a very old-school Freudian way of doing things, I don't think many Ts still have that kind of set-up.

[toomanycats]

sometimes I lay on the couch, but it's just a regular couch. I mostly just make myself comfy. I kick off my shoes and sit cross-legged on the couch

[ChickenNoodleSoup]

Reclining I wouldn't like to do, that seems weird to me. However, I feel much more comfortable when I lie on my side than when I sit. So I'd definitely do that. I already do, but it's hard when all you have is a chair. I need the change to how I normally talk to people, if I sit and talk like with everyone else, I will shut off emotionally to concentrate on talking, which I do not think is useful in therapy.

Most of the time I sit in the middle of the couch. Funny how I used to sit on the right side, then for awhile I sat on the left side, now I sit right in the middle. I do lay down sometimes, but that's only when she drums for me. Also, recently she got this big, furry, totally soft pillow and I lean back into that because it's so comfortable.

[feileacan]

I lay down on the couch. I have tried sitting and I don't like it. I don't like to watch my T and laying on the couch is much more comfortable.

[maybeblue]

My therapist has a recliner, but it's at an odd angle...not facing his chair. So I avoid that and sit in the somewhat uncomfortable chair that is mostly facing him, but also faces the poster I hate. If I ever get up enough nerve to try hypnosis, I'd probably sit in the recliner. I'm not there yet.

[Argonautomobile]

And expose my soft underbelly?!

When my thetapist had an office we used to both sit on the floor or lay on the floor.