My T will sometimes talk to me, sometimes let me get myself together a bit first. The tissues are always next to where I sit, so it's only an issue if they run out (she's gone to get me more before). Pretty much the same with my marriage counselor, though I'm more likely to apologize to him if I'm really weepy, and then he'll say, "It's OK" in a really caring voice. Usually the tissues are next to me in there, but a couple times recently, they were someplace else, and MC actually moved them to be next to me at the start of the session! Not that I cry every time, but still. A couple times in the past, he had them on his desk, and I had to ask him for them, which felt more awkward.

Neither of them, or any T or p-doc in the past, has tried to hug me or physically touch me in any way when I was upset. MC will do this thing he calls "hugging from across the room" and/or "holding with his voice," but nothing actually physical.