Facilitating dyadic synchrony in psychotherapy sessions: Systematic review and meta-analysis

D Atzil-Slonim, CS Soma, X Zhang, A Paz… - Psychotherapy …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Objective: This paper highlights the facilitation of dyadic synchrony as a core
psychotherapist skill that occurs at the non-verbal level and underlies many other …

How getting in sync is curative: Insights gained from research in psychotherapy.

S Zilcha-Mano - Psychological Review, 2024 - psycnet.apa.org
We are all constantly going in and out of sync with the people we meet in our lives:
significant others, incidental encounters, and strangers. Synchrony is a ubiquitous …

[HTML][HTML] Validation and application of the Non-Verbal Behavior Analyzer: An automated tool to assess non-verbal emotional expressions in psychotherapy

P Terhürne, B Schwartz, T Baur, D Schiller… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Background Emotions play a key role in psychotherapy. However, a problem with examining
emotional states via self-report questionnaires is that the assessment usually takes place …

Movement-based patient-therapist attunement in psychological therapy and its association with early change

B Schwartz, JA Rubel, AK Deisenhofer… - Digital Health, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
Objective Attunement is a novel measure of nonverbal synchrony reflecting the duration of
the present moment shared by two interaction partners. This study examined its association …

[HTML][HTML] Assessments and measures in psychotherapy research: going beyond self-report data

B Schwartz, J Uhl, D Atzil-Slonim - Frontiers in Psychiatry, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Good clinical decision-making during case conceptualization, treatment selection, and the
adjustment of the therapeutic strategy over the course of treatment can improve the …

[HTML][HTML] Clients' emotional experiences tied to therapist-led (but not client-led) physiological synchrony during imagery rescripting

J Prinz, E Rafaeli, J Wasserheß, W Lutz - Entropy, 2021 - mdpi.com
Imagery rescripting (IR), an effective intervention technique, may achieve its benefits through
various change mechanisms. Previous work has indicated that client–therapist physiological …

Emotion dynamics of clients with test anxiety before and after an imagery-based treatment

J Uhl, S Eberhardt, B Schwartz, E Rafaeli… - Journal of Behavior …, 2024 - Elsevier
Background and objectives Imagery-based techniques have become a promising means in
the treatment of test anxiety (TA). Although previous studies have demonstrated the …

[HTML][HTML] The effect of Guided imagery on perioperative anxiety in hospitalized adult patients: A systematic review of randomized controlled trials

MA Anamagh, MS Kouhpayeh, S Khezri, R Goli… - Surgery in Practice and …, 2024 - Elsevier
Objective Guided imagery is a relaxation technique that uses mental visualization to help
individuals relax and focus their minds. This systematic review examines the effect of guided …

Facilitating dyadic synchrony.

D Atzil-Slonim, CS Soma, X Zhang, A Paz, ZE Imel - 2023 - psycnet.apa.org
Psychotherapy is more than a verbal practice, since much of a therapist's skill set is also
nonverbal. Therapists' ability to identify and express nonverbal communication, their …

Digitalisierung und maschinelles Lernen in der Psychotherapieforschung und Praxis–Potentiale und Probleme

MI Hehlmann, W Lutz - PPmP-Psychotherapie· Psychosomatik …, 2023 - thieme-connect.com
Im Zuge des weltweiten Anstieges der Bedeutung von psychischen Störungen 1, werden
frühzeitige Interventionen und wirksame psychotherapeutische Behandlungen für ein …