Usually I just talk through the crying, if it's just a few tears. If I'm sobbing, she will be silent and let me sob. We don't address the crying now, after more than a year working together; it is just my nonverbal way of 'saying' that something makes me sad I guess.

I always make sure the tissue box is right next to me on the couch before I sit down. I forgot once and got up to fetch it when I first started crying.

I find the way she does it is respectful and appropriate for someone with trauma issues like me. Sometimes I wish she would hug me, other times I would be scared by that, and it's just not something she "does" so I try not to worry about it either way. We have directly addressed her "policies around touch" because I specifically asked.

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