The author answers Robertiello with respect and documents his answer. He extends the answers to the question of conformity in analytic training institutes which, he infers, turn out brainwashed candidates who are unable to think as freely or boldly as Robertiello. The reason for rebellious assertions that would abandon the couch, the author feels, lies not with Freud nor a particular prop such as the couch, but in our training procedures that demand extreme conformity of the candidate.