I'm with you, Mazer. My male therapist only shakes my hand, at the end of the session when I'm walking out. When I feel really %#@&#! and am having a hard time crying et al, sometimes I feel like I want a hug from him--or at least a squeeze around the shoulder, or even a two-handed hand shake as someone else mentioned. I'm sure there are very good and valid reasons not to touch clients--but sometimes it just seems like it would be the nice thing to do for him to do that. Then I just feel like crap driving home.