There is much debate in therapy about hugging. Some therapists are happy to offer a hug at the end of a session or during moments of emotion but other therapists see hugging as a boundary crossing. Myself, I think safe hugs are enormously healing.
To hug or not to hug
If only you would hug me
You look so safe, so warm
But hugging is forbidden
Not hugging is the norm
I think sometimes you’d like to
Your heart is warm, not cold
You never take me in your arms
Your boundaries always hold
You warn me of the danger
That careless hugs can cause
I curse the regulations
Of these therapeutic laws
A hug says I’m not dirty
A hug says I am pure
A hug says I am loveable
Acceptance and a cure
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