I don't really know what my therapist allows or not. We do hug often at the end of each session, but I don't know if he would hold hands or kiss on cheeks. I don't desire either of these gestures. To me, the hand holding is more intimate, as it is for an extended period of time. The hug is brief, transitory. Hand holding lasts a while, and would mean you have to sit closer. It would be very awkward and uncomfortable for my T and me to each have to lean forward from where we sit across from each other in order to hold hands. A pain in the back! Sitting side by side and holding hands seems too intimate for our therapy. We achieve quite a bit of closeness with no touch, and I don't think the hugs have heightened that. Maybe the therapists who don't allow any touch want their clients to learn to be close without touch.