My T keeps a 3 foot rule with all his patients, though now we have ( touchingly for me) moved closer on occasions ( once he let me shred something symbolic in his shredder lol and once we stood at the window together). There is absolutely no way he would hug a client. Before on PC we've speculated about my T- if he maybe crossed some line before(?) bc he is quite rigid about these kind of rules. I don't think so though- I think it is care to do no harm and confuse no boundaries. For me this works well, bc while hugs have been readily accessible in real life, the kind of safety and thought he puts into the environment is healing and unique.