After the first few months, she always held my hand, held me, and hugged me. It was an either or thing on who initiated touch each session dependent on where I was at that particular moment. Now, I would not need that kind of intesity utilizing touch in therapy if I ever went back continuous therapy. I will say that I missed it for a while after termination when difficult issues came up, but I was and still do call on those memories to comfort me if needed. Previously in my life nothing good could hook together or come to mind to provide comfort. I was a repository for bad memories and my physical body was keeping score. It was extra painful to have a mind and body that failed me. For me, touch hastened the therapy process.

Before, I never knew about touch in therapy, but now I would never go to a therapist who did not at least offer hugs at the end of a session.