Once before we did touch, my T reached her hand out and placed it on my arm while we were disagreeing about my self-destructive behavior. She rested it there as she tried to connect to me and get me to listen to what she's saying. I remember feeling so shocked. I just stared at her hand on my arm. Now she asks me almost every time she touches but she didn't ask me then. But she mentioned it the next session. She just said something like, "I put my hand on your arm." I responded, "I remember." And that was the end of the discussion.