My T has cried with me and it's comforting to have her to connect with me in that way. I was severely abused and my T says I have a lot to cry about and be angry about. I usually am too embarrassed to cry and try to stifle it with all my might, but T tells me I'm trying way too hard not to cry. She'll say something like, "It's okay, hun, to cry with me. You're safe here with me. I'm so, so sorry this happened to you." She's really comforting and loving when I cry. She stays in her chair and let's me cry. If I needed her to sit next to me and be with me if it was just too much for me she would definitely do that for me.

As far as the Kleenex, she usually tosses me the box. Her chair is pretty close to the loveseat that I sit on, but for some reason the Kleenex is usually closer to her than to me. She ALWAYS hugs me like a momma bear before and after my sessions. She has no problem with touch, at least with me she doesn't. I feel sad for you guys who desire a hug or any touch from your T's, but your T is against it. I'm very huggy, even with strangers in the grocery store, and couldn't imagine not having that connection with my T. I didn't hug her the first session, because I didn't know what her rules were. But, at my 2nd session I asked if she gives hugs and she said she most certainly did. She knows of my desire to be held and I think she may pounce on me one day in the middle of one of my crying sessions and hold me tight like I desire. I see the look in her eye. LOL!