I guess I could always come right out and ask my T for a hug. I mean, she told me why she doesn't hug me. She didn't say she would never hug me. Or I could just say, "If I asked for a hug, would you give me one?"

(Wouldn't ask marriage counselor for one because I've asked him for too much verbal reassurance lately and the fact that there's a touch of erotic transference in with the paternal would make it inappropriate. And I'm a little afraid I would start sobbing in his arms and he'd have to pry me off of him.)