Why do analysts use the couch? | Nathan Kravis

Reclining in order to talk to a therapist is a powerful experience, says Nathan Kravis. But the reasons remain unclearIn 1991, the New York City subway was plastered with enormous couch posters, part of an ad campaign by the Archdiocese of New York. They bore the caption (some in English, others in Spanish), “Some people find the same peace of mind sitting in a pew. Come home at Easter. The Catholic Archdiocese of New York.”As a young psychiatrist and candidate in psychoanalytic trai