just wanted to follow up on this thread that i had started a while back, and to let y'all know that.. (drumroll please) my therapist and i hugged! it was absolutely wonderful!! way better than i ever would have expected.. it's was warm and comforting and safe and loving and most importantly - incredibly healing. it really reached me at this core level, and seemed to heal (in a way that words can't) a lot of my hurts and insecurities. we hug every time i leave now, and all i can think is, "why didn't we do this sooner?!" in fact, when we first hugged, i actually said, "wow, that was so nice.. what took us so long?!" and she said, "yeah, i know!!"

so anyway, just wanted to encourage any of you that are thinking about it.. ask your therapist if it's ok and then go for it!