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Originally Posted by ruh roh
I'm intrigued to see so many people tell a therapist not to touch them. Is this something a therapist would do on their own unless told specifically ahead of time not to? I had always assumed they would keep their hands and arms to themselves, so it never occurred to me to make this explicit at the start of therapy. I just can't imagine my therapist doing something like this, so is she not normal? Do they need to be told that's not okay?
Mine works with a lot of s/a cases so maybe that has something to do with it? Just trying to get a handle on what that must be like to have to tell a therapist not to touch.
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My T does not initiate touch with any client. They have to ask for it. She says she does that for everyone and wants to respect peoples boundaries and personal space. I have touch issues and my T knows this because my last therapist (the one with the rock) was always touching me when she wanted to and didn't stop when I told her to. I am glad my current T respects peoples space. I am glad that she will initiate a hug at the end of our sessions because it bothered me to ask for it. I feel like if I have to ask for a hug then I must not be worthy of it. My T understood when I told her this.