| Abstract: | Sixteen therapists each saw a volunteer client for a single counseling session. During a videotape review the clients recorded their reactions and the therapists recorded their perceptions of client reactions to each therapist intervention. Client nonverbal behaviors (speech hesitancies, vertical and horizontal head movements, arm movements, leg movements, postural shifts, adaptors, illustrators, and smiles) were examined to determine whether they were consistently associated with client reactions. The results indicated that horizontal head movements were associated with client reports of supported and therapeutic work reactions and were also associated with therapist perceptions of therapeutic work reactions; vertical head movements were associated with client reports of supported reactions; and speech hesitancies were associated with therapist perceptions of therapeutic work reactions. The results are discussed in terms of implications for practice and further research. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved) |
