You all have been very kind to me as I've struggled to deal with this arbitrary rule that was imposed on my T and me by "management". You folks are the best!! and I just thought I would give you the end of the story.

Yesterday I went to see T again, and right at the start she said she had some good news.

It seems that the therapists in this program (there are a lot of them) were meeting with The Administration this past week, and one of the Ts (she didn't say whether herself or some other) brought up how hard it is to just impose a blanket no-hugs rule on clients out of the blue.

T said that as soon as this was spoken, immediately all the other Ts chimed in and the result was a rescission of the rule!!!

The Admin gave them credit for knowing their clients, and for having the professionalism and clear judgment to assess problem situations, and reversed it.

Bottom line: that which is therapeutic won the day over all other considerations.
I hope I wasn't out of line, but I told my T I was proud of her & all of them (!) for standing up. Good job T!!!!