My T, pdoc, and addictions doc are all in the anti-touch school of therapy and that's fine with me. I think I've only shaken my T's hand once and that was when I first met her 10 years ago. My pdoc did touch my shoulder once, when we were kind of joking around about the possibility of my having a brain tumour (long story don't ask) but she immediately apologized. I really prefer the no touch approach, and would view anything else as a violation of my boundaries.

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