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Emma Sulkowicz: From Mattress to Therapist’s Couch

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Famous for dragging a mattress around Columbia University after allegedly being sexually assaulted, Emma Sulkowicz is now play-acting being a therapist.

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Andrew Burton

Emma Sulkowicz has a disarming bedside manner.

She doesn’t introduce herself when I arrive at her Healing Touch Integral Wellness Center in Philadelphia, but smiles warmly as she thumbs through my unfinished paperwork—a list of questions like “What concerns bring you into the office today?” and “Are you experiencing physical pain?”—and...

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