Nonverbal behavior is a central factor influencing the therapeutic relationship. Despite broad
agreement on its importance, empirical studies assessing nonverbal behavior in counseling …

Abstract Introduction. Motion Energy Analysis (MEA) is a procedure that allows to
automatically assess the amount of persons' movement from video recordings. Recent …

Los métodos de medición basados en video son nuevos en la investigación de la
psicoterapia y brindan nuevas oportunidades para investigar los mecanismos de cambio …

Objective: The authors quantified nonverbal synchrony—the coordination of patient's and
therapist's movement—in a random sample of same-sex psychotherapy dyads. The authors …

It has repeatedly been shown that interacting persons synchronize their affective,
physiological, verbal and nonverbal responses, especially when they are engaged in …

Body movement synchrony (ie rhythmic synchronization between the body movements of
interacting partners) has been described by subjective impressions of skilled counselors …

The application of body movement analysis to the objective study of clinical problems is rich
in theoretical and clinical possibilities but fraught with methodological hazards. Most …

The last twenty years have seen the blossoming of video as a tool of enormous value to the
behavioral sciences. In the analysis of nonverbal behavior, especially facial expression, for …

Synchrony is a pervasive concept relevant to diverse domains in physics, biology, and the
social sciences. This article reviews some of the evidence both from natural and human …

Psychotherapy research [largely] neglects the study of gestures and body movements during
interviews... This situation is indeed remarkable when viewed from the standpoint of clinical …