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Originally Posted by Waterbear
The use if touch in therapy certainly was a deal breaker for me. Not just hugs but generally, a touch of the hand etc.
I read what you said gowleycat and thought 'ouch', I know for me if my T implied or I thought I had to meet requirements to have touch then I would manipulate my situation to achieve those requirements. Maybe that wasn't what you meant but how I read it.
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Oh, I just meant that my T wasn't closed off to hugs, he just wanted to make sure it was safe and appropriate
When his dad died I asked if I could give him a hug. He smiled teary eyed and refused because hugs in therapy need to be FOR the client's needs and not the therapist's He wasn't trying to get me to jump through hoops, he just wanted to keep things safe. That's way better than a T who refuses altogether.