“…In this regard, vocal similarity between therapist and patient has been found to be significantly predictive of a better working alliance and of clients’ perceptions of therapists’ empathy (Sharpley, Fairnie, Tabary‐Collins, Bates, & Lee, ; Xiao et al, ). Further, nonverbal synchrony (i.e., co‐ordinated body movements such as eye contact, body posture, facial expression, and head tilt) has been linked to a better working alliance, more positive emotions, a greater sense of treatment credibility, and more successful psychotherapy outcomes (e.g., Dowell & Berman, ; Ramseyer & Tschacher, , ; Sharpley, Halat, Rabinowicz, Weiland, & Stafford, ). Indeed, for patients with difficulties relating to others, such vocal prosody and behavioral synchrony may even help model proper social responsiveness, serving as an implicit therapeutic intervention.…”