Posted by LibraryGirl on December 12, 2008, at 10:04:34
In reply to so my therapist offers me a hug and I say..., posted by raisinb on December 11, 2008, at 19:30:31
Wow, lol, what a response, but a totally honest one, and that's never a bad thing.
May I ask what her response was to your response? I'm just curious... Have you talked about it further?
My former T (my first T) started giving me hugs after about six months with her. Another past T I had had very strict boundaries, no touching, no hugging, no personal info, etc., and she was such a distant personality (and maybe I relied on that with her, to stay that way) that if she did offer a hug I think I'd run from the room. My current T offers hugs regularly, after every session; I've only been with her for a month and she's done it from the first time I've seen her. She hugs other clients too, which sort of unnerves me when I see it, but ah well.
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