I'm not even sure what No. 2's boundaries are, because she gave absolutely no rules at the beginning. From her behavior, though, I'm pretty sure she doesn't encourage touch. She always answers between-session phone calls left on her voice mail (but since I never call in crisis, only to do something like ask for a change in session time, I don't know what she would do if I called about something else), but didn't tell me to email her until recently (and that was because I needed a document from her). It's possible she's just reacting to my obvious boundaries.
No. 1 started out announcing her boundaries, and has demonstrated repeatedly recently that she would love to relax them around me. I have not accepted.
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