I think you know I do the same. Yes touch can bring up a lot, but I started therapy as my issues were around touch. She never touches me without permission and sometimes she doesn't use touch at all, but generally there is a lot of touch in my therapy. The difference I have is that touch has always been allowed. I've read your threads often and have wondered if mine too would withdraw the use of touch. I think I would find it very strange if I was in your position. We work very much on the lines of Peter Levine and Babette Rothchild. I felt much better when I read the case studies that go with the book, The Body Remembers.