Abstract
ABSTRACT The objective of this study was to empirically enrich the so far theoretically elaborated concept of Moments of Meeting (MoM), that enable processes of change in psychotherapies as described by the Boston Change Process Study Group (2018). In order to describe dyadic verbal and nonverbal patterns in those Moments of Meeting on a microanalytic level, a verbal scenic narrative microanalysis (SNMA) and a nonverbal neuropsychological gesture coding system (NEUROGES) were applied in three single psychodynamic therapeutic sessions. The verbal psychoanalytic-hermeneutic selection of moments of meeting via SNMA showed notable connections to significant nonverbal markers especially in terms of synchronic turn-taking of gestures indicating MoM. Results indicate the importance of including the communicative function of resonant nonverbal behaviour as a facilitator for mutual understanding in the psychotherapeutic setting. Furthermore, the potential of ruptures, and their repair in the dialogue, are discussed as precedents for MoM.
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