The very first thing T told me yesterday was that the Ts in the group she works for had had their monthly meeting and a new policy was announced:

Starting immediately, no more hugs. Period.



I thanked her for telling me like that instead of saying no to the next one, that was very helpful; I asked if it was hard for her to have to tell all her clients this and she told me that there are not many of them that she does hug but I'm one of them so she was telling me.

She said, they told us it was permissible to shake hands (I thought, gee, thanks). So at end of session she held up her hand, as if for a high 5. I put my palm against hers, we closed our fingers over each other's hand, and I held her hand against my cheek.

This is pitiful folks, what is the deal with the hug. It never got in the way of our therapy.