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

Interpersonal coordination forms the natural bridge between the self and others. It arises
from the dynamic and complex set of embodied processes that involve nonverbal behaviors …

This chapter addresses fundamental issues of change in psychotherapy: how to measure,
monitor, predict change, and provide feedback on treatment outcome. The chapter starts …

Objectives: A methodological obstacle for the assessment of psychotherapy process
concerns the compatibility between nomothetic versus idiographic approaches. Using …

Background: Studies with heterogeneous samples in naturalistic treatment settings suggest
that movement synchrony (MS) between therapists and patients correlates with therapeutic …

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

Objective In social interactions, humans tend to naturally synchronize their body movements.
We investigated interpersonal synchronization in conversations and examined its …

Premature termination is a problem in psychotherapy. In addition to the examination of
demographic and clinical variables as predictors of dropout, research indicates the …

Early change is an increasing area of investigation in psychotherapy research. In this study,
we analyzed patterns of early change in interpersonal problems and their relationship to …

The pilot study investigated with a matched-subjects design whether nonverbal synchrony is
a diagnostic feature for depression and whether it mediates between depression and …