She also told me that she is also open to hugging in certain circumstances outside of the final session, if that is the case then she may let me hug her as a practice to get me to hug people when my family comes over for Christmas dinner (they have come over the last 3 years and I have never hugged anyone in any year), but I might be too scared to ask right now. What I may end up doing is give her a Christmas card (since she did tell me that she does accept cards) and just hope that I get a hug after it.