I have thought about this about hugs and even if I sometimes feel/have felt I could hug my T I´ve ended up at thinking I don´t want to. My reason for that is if I´d hug my T at one occasion and then some sessions later I perhaps realise I don´t want to continue therapy or I feel I´m disappointed in something the T did or said I would feel very awkward about having hugged her.

I think hugs should be allowed if the client feels a need for a hug as an ending to a session or similar but in my own case I feel it could damage the dynamics between me and the therapist.

I don´t like to be friendly with her during our walks to and from her office because of the similar reason that if I´m disappointed in her or I just don´t like her at the moment I feel it´s awkward having to chit-chat as we were colleagues, friends or similar.