Psychotherapy researchers Butler and Strupp on the embodied nature of interventions

“[Therapeutic interventions] cannot be reduced to a set of disembodied techniques because techniques gain their meaning and, in turn, their effectiveness from the particular interaction of the individuals involved.”

from Butler, S., & Strupp, H. (1986). Specific and nonspecific factors in psychotherapy: A problematic paradigm for psychotherapy research. Psychotherapy: Theory, Research, Practice, Training, 23, 30—40.