Every person has their own unique pace of engaging and relating. This pace needs to be cultivated and respected in a healing relationship. Creating space is another part of emotional safety in a relationship. Creating space means welcoming all parts of a person, known and unknown, comfortable and uncomfortable, spoken and unspoken. A healer may need to teach a client how to take space for themselves - to slow down, go inside, allow for emotional and somatic sensations, and know they will be respectfully held in time and space as they do so.
Accountability means that a person's actions are in line with what they say.
An accountable person will walk their talk. Accountability also includes an attentiveness to the other's needs and the impact of one's behavior on another. Appropriate boundaries are essential for emotional safety. In healing relationships, many boundaries need to be defined including use of touch. Presence means being able to offer your full attention to another while being grounded in yourself, holding no agenda.