omg sunny... yeah, ahem, the inside of the thigh pressed carefully !!! hahahahahahaha... holy bat crap... almost spit out my drink. But i would imagine that body work would be done the same way accupressure and such are done... not like you'd be talking away and T would reach over and grab your thigh! Although that is a much funnier scenario. Hey T, i gotta few other um, release points i wantcha to check out... hahahahaha

gee i hope it's not an "argument" not here anyway... just interested in opinions... and i'd be really interested in any other sort of articles or books about this. i'm wondering if anyone knows of good sources of info discussing both sides.

of course if it's used at all it has to be on a per case basis. i just think about the more strict T's that wouldn't dare shake hands to those who hold clients while they cry. i'm sure some do worry about lawsuits, i wonder about that. i never really hear of medical lawsuits here much. i wonder why it seems, from what i read, then that training says no, but everyone seems to see a "per case" benefit possibility.

i'm also not just talking about serious deliberate touch either *necessarily* although thats cool too.. practice hugs? My T shook my hand when we first met... and he did touch my hand when i asked him to (i have a collagen disorder that makes my skin feel kind of velvety, among other issues). He took my hand and felt it as i had asked.. nothing was made of it and i didn't find it made any impression. But if you all remember Pink's post about her hand being touched, very different experience, and very valid and important IMO. Different T's, different clients, diffferent orientations... different everything. Now T doesn't shake my hand and there have been moments when i am sure he was considering it and decided not to... those puzzle me, i think he thinks he would scare me away.

i wonder, if there doesn't seem to be a way to have a hard and fast rule... why don't they just teach that?