I've never had one hug me on the first meeting and we only shook hands when me met. After that it is just hello and goodbye. I've seen probably 6 all together.

My last counselor did get to where she would hug me after asking if it was okay, but that was after we had been seeing each other for a while. And she did give me her cell number after a while.

My current counselor is a male and I don't see me becoming open to hugging him. I have had trouble with sex addiction in the past and don't feel it would be appropriate or helpful for us to hug. The T I'm seeing now has not given me a cell number (unless it is the same as his appointment number, which it could be) or and email address. And I don't want to become too dependent on him so I would never contact him except to change an appointment or an emergency.