I felt claustrophobic reading this. The focus feels distorted to me. I would be asking myself if this was my therapy or a process group: this is also a question I ask myself about my therapy so I recognise this as a projection of mine and might not be useful to you. I would be disturbed by him saying that he needed the hug. However, I wouldn't work with touch with a male therapist so, again, leave that as you will.