Posted by shrinking violet on August 31, 2004, at 11:32:02
In reply to Re: Hugging and different schools of thought. » Skittles, posted by Dinah on August 31, 2004, at 1:52:11
My T is a clinical social worker, and we've hugged about 3x in the past year that I've been seeing her. The first two were quick semi-hugs; the first after a particularly hard incident after which I felt betrayed by her, and on my way out she called me back and held out her arms. The next was a full-embrace after I broke down in session for the first time, and the next one was similar to the first. Each hug was initiated by her; I would be afraid to ask for one, even now knowing that she does tend to give them.
I think it depends on the T (personality, training, style, etc) and the client, and the client-T relationship; each of those factors are vastly different from person to person and relationship to relationship.
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