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Old Mar 25, 2011, 01:05 PM
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Originally Posted by beautyforashes View Post
"How shall we close today"?
My T usually just asks if we should look at scheduling another appointment. Or says, "when do you want to come in again?" Pretty boring but it works. I like your T's question. We sometimes hug at the end of a session, as I am on my way out, but this isn't part of how T wraps up the session.

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Originally Posted by beautyforashes
For those of you who do get hugs, did you have to ask for them, or did the T suggest it? I don't think I could ever ask for one.
No, I don't ask for one. Sometimes my T asks, "share a hug?" Other times there is no commentary on it. We just do it. And other times we don't do it. We do it when it is "right", if that makes sense. If I had had to ask for one, I don't think we ever would have hugged, as it didn't occur to me that a therapist and client would hug. It seems to make sense that the T would mention it first, as the client wouldn't know that was an option (at least if you were an experienced therapy-goer like me).
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