Possible Clues:

• College department that might offer paid studies, informally
• "Totally had you going there!"
• 'Totally had you going there!'
• Dept. in the social sciences
• Freud's field, informally
• Hill/Roday detective show
• __ out (intimidate)
• Gipsy charlatans' couches replicate Freud's practice?
• Intimidate someone by making him feel uneasy