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This is the blog for the project 'Beyond Mirroring', which explores how counsellors and clients experience mirroring in remote counselling and psychotherapy. The project is conducted as part of the Doctorate in Counselling and Psychotherapy by Xiangyi Wang.

Beyond the Mirror: Counsellors’ and Clients’ Experiences of Mirroring and the Therapeutic Alliance in Online Video-Based Psychotherapy

What does it feel like to be truly seen — through a screen? In online therapy, we meet through a camera.We see each other — and often, we also see ourselves. But what happens to the feeling of being understood?Does it change when the connection is mediated by a screen? I am a doctoral researcher […]

Xiangyi Wang 19 April 2026 0

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