I'm sorry, SAWE. It does seem weird, like when a bunch of our Ts decided to change email rules a while back! I wonder if they decided touching could lead to lawsuits against Ts? Maybe this happened and they got scared? I don't think this is at all the same as with poetgirl, though. My former T told me she wouldn't hug me because of my BPD which really doesn't make sense. I know she thought I wouldn't be able to handle hugs, but she was wrong.

It sounds so nice that you could touch hands, though, and put her hand on your cheek. She let you do that. Maybe hugs are too much of bodies touching? Yes, it does sound like you are okay with this new policy. I hope it doesn't carry over to other Ts though!!