I have a lot of history with main T around hot beverages!!!

He started off early on offering us coffee for our am appointments. Even though we did not do it all the time, it became a bonding ritual. Sometimes he would get it and later, I started to offer to bring it. We would take turns.

When I started opening up to him about past neglect/abuse , we agreed to structure therapy so we had the coffee ritual and he said I could ask for a hug. At the beginning of one of these sessions, I burst into tears when I thought he had forgotten. He didn't, it was just old stuff leaving me feeling like I should expect to be forgotten about.

So this beverage thing has gotten me through many difficult processing sessions.