Prof. Dr. phil. habil. Sabine C. Koch

Head of the Research Institute for Creative Arts Therapies, Professor of Empirical Research in Creative Arts Therapies

Research Institute for Creative Arts Therapies / RIArT – Research Institute for Creative Arts Therapies, Department of Creative Arts Therapies and Therapy Sciences

Telephone: 0 22 22. 93 21-1803
Hours: by appointment

Biography

Research focus and interests

Projects & Awards

Third-party funded projects

2009-2011 // Head of the BMBF project “Body language of dance and movement,” in cooperation with T. Fuchs, Heidelberg (phenomenology), and C. Müller, Frankfurt/Oder (linguistics); (total amount: 495,000 euros)

2011-2015 // Heidelberg node of the EU project TESIS “Toward an Embodied Science of Intersubjectivity” (T. Fuchs): multicenter study on the effects of dance and movement therapy in autism and schizophrenia (4 million euros)

2016-2022 // Heidelberg Center for Motion Research (HCMR) – Cooperative interdisciplinary research laboratory for movement studies; Responsible: Prof. Dr. Katja Mombaur, Robotics, Institute for Scientific Computing (Heidelberg University); Coop.: Prof. Dr. Sabine Koch; Third-party funder: Zeiss Foundation

2018-2020 // EASE Grant “An embodied approach to the study of experience”, Research Network Chile, Slovenia, France, Germany on Embodiment & Neurophenomenology; REDES; Together with: Dr. María Isabel Gaete Celis (Universidad de Chile, Medicine), Prof. Dr. Michel Bitbol (CNRS, Paris), Prof. Dr. Dr. Thomas Fuchs (Heidelberg University), Prof. Dr. Sabine C. Koch (Alanus University; CATs); Prof. Dr. Sebastjan Vörös (University of Ljubljana, Arts); Responsible: Camila Valenzuela Moguillansky, Universidad Diego Portales, Santiago de Chile. Third-party funder: Comisión Nacional de Investigación Científica y Tecnológica (CONICYT), Chile

2019-2020 // Digital Assessment in Dance Movement Therapy, DAAD Research Grant with The University of Melbourne, with Kim Dunphey and Felicity Baker; first stage researchers Ella Dumaresq, Lily Martin, Josephine Geipel & Simea Schönenberger

2019-2020 // Creative Arts Therapies for oncology patients in acute treatment together with: Prof. I. Schmidt-Wolf / M. Neumann, A. Kamra (Bonn University Hospital) Responsible: Prof. H. Gruber, Prof. S. Koch, Prof. I. Schmidt-Wolf; Third-party funder: “Spendenparlament Bonn”; Art therapy: maria.meixner@ukbonn.de

2010-2026 // PhD Program Creative Arts Therapies, Cooperation Project with University of Witten/Herdecke. To be launched in early 2021

All articles are available on Researchgate.net: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Sabine_Koch4

2024-2026 // EmbodiNet: Research Network Embodiment (DFG; with T. Fuchs & P. Bauer)

Awards

1996 // Fulbright scholarship to study Creative Arts in Therapy in the USA (Creative Arts in Therapy; MCP Hahnemann Univ., Philadelphia)

2007 // Research Award 2007 of the ADTA in New York for “The Joy Dance” (Koch, Morlinghaus, & Fuchs, 2007)

2013 // “Excellence in Education” Award 2013 of the ADTA (for the concept of the master’s degree program in Dance and Movement Therapy in Heidelberg)

2014 // Research Award 2014 of the ADTA in Chicago for “Rhythm is it” (Koch, 2014)

2023 // (together with Kim Dunphy): Research Award 2023 of the ADTA in Denver for “Reliability and Validity of the Dunphy Outcome Framework (DOF)” (Dunphy, Lebre, Schönenberger, Geipel, Dumaresq & Koch, 2023)

Publications

ORCID ID: 0000-0001-5161-2697

ResearchGate profile

Journal Articles (Journal Articles, Peer-Reviewed)

Koch, S. C., Stange, S., Ernst, N., Kinnen, J., Juhart, M., Schöder, M., Schwab de Ribaupierre, U., Merschmeyer, B., Schmidt, G., Eydam, A., Rhalff, K., Klees, S., Junker, J, & Huess, H. (2024). The healing power of theatre: Drama therapy for strengthening the resilience of children after the German 2021 flood disaster. The Arts in Psychotherapy.
Koch, S. C. & Estel, S. (2024). How creative arts therapies work. Psychotherapie im Dialog (PID): Thieme.
Dunphy, K., Lebre, P., Dumaresq, E., Schoenenberger-Howie, S. A., Geipel, J. & Koch, S. C. (2023). Reliability and short version of the Dunphy Outcomes Framework. Advancing the art and science of Dance Movement Therapy. The Arts in Psychotherapy
Koch, S. C., Pombe-Alama, U., & Cress, U. (2023). Theatre and psyche: The healing effect of as-if. Comparatio
Podolski, O., Whitfield, T., Schaaf, L., Cornaro, C., Köbe, T., Koch, S. C., & Wirth, M. (2023). The impact of dance movement interventions on psychological health in older adults without dementia: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Brain Sciences, 13(7), 981.
Estel, S., & Koch, S. C. (2023). Therapeutic factors of dance movement therapy in the clinical context. A participatory multicenter study [Therapeutic factors of dance movement therapy in the clinical context. A participatory multicenter study]. Die Psychotherapie, 1-9.
Bracco, L., Cornaro, C., Pinto-Carral, A., Koch, S. C., & Mourey, F. (2023). Tango-therapy intervention for older adults with cognitive impairment living in nursing homes. Effects on quality of life, physical abilities and gait. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 20(4), 3521.
Gruber, H., Hertrampf, R., & Koch, S. C. (2023). Art, music, and dance therapy in psycho-oncology. Psychotherapie im Dialog 24, 64-68.
Arnaud, C., & Koch, S. C. (2022). The art of managing stress – effectiveness of creative arts interventions for stress reduction and stress management: a systematic review. GMS Journal of Arts Therapies, 4, Doc09.
Koch, S. C. (2022). Embodiment as symbolic and semantic grounding – directional movement, meaning and language. GMS Journal of Arts Therapies, 4, Doc08. DOI: 10.3205/jat000023, URN: urn:nbn:de:0183-jat0000233 This article is free at https://doi.org/10.3205/jat000023
Daniel, S., Wimpory, D., Delafield-Butt, J. T., Malloch, S., Holck, U., Geretsegger, M., Tortora, S., Osborne, N., Schögler, B., Koch, S. C., Elias-Masiques, J., Howorth, M.-C., Dunbar, P., Swan, K., Rochat, M. J., Schlochtermeier, R., Forster, K., & Amos, P. (2022). Rhythmic Relating: Bidirectional Support for Social Timing in Autism Therapies. Frontiers in Psychology, 13, 793258. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2022.793258.
Schoenenberger-Howie, S. A., Dunphy, K. F., Lebre, P., Schnettger, C., Hillecke, T., Koch, S. C. (2022). The Movement Assessment and Reporting App (MARA) for Music Therapy. GMS Journal of Arts Therapies, 4, Doc03. DOI: 10.3205/jat000018.
DeWitte, M., Orkibi, H., Zarate, R., Karkou, V., Sajnani, N., Malhotra, B., Ho, R.T., Kaimal, G., Baker, F.A., & Koch, S. C. (2021). From Therapeutic Factors to Mechanisms of Change in the Creative Arts Therapies: A Scoping Review. Frontiers in Psychology, 12, 678397. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2021.678397.
Valenzuela-Moguillansky C., Demšar E., & Koch S. C. (2021). EASE – an embodied approach to the study of experience. GMS Journal of Arts Therapies 3(4). DOI: 10.3205/jat000013.
Manders, E., Goodill, S., Koch, S. C., Giarelli, E., Polansky, M., Fisher, K. & Fuchs, T. (2021). The Mirroring Dance: Synchrony and Interaction Quality of Five Adolescents and Adults on the Autism Spectrum in Dance/Movement Therapy. Frontiers in Psychology, 12, 717389. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2021.717389
Dieterich-Hartwell, R. M., Haen, C., Kaimal, G., Koch, S. C., Villanueva, A., & Goodill, S. W. (2021). Developing movement experiences with refugees to the United States who have undergone trauma. International Journal of Migration Health and Social Care, 17(1), 75-91.
Dieterich-Hartwell, R. M., Goodill, S. W., & Koch, S. C. (2020). Dance/Movement Therapy with Resettled Refugees: A Guideline and Framework Based on Empirical Data. The Arts in Psychotherapy, 69, 101664.
Koch, S. C. & Bräuninger, I. (2020). Dance and movement therapy in oncology. Overview of the state of research. Der Onkologe, 26(9), 826 – 836. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00761-020-00790-x
Caldwell, C. & Koch, S. C. (2020). Bodyfulness. An essay on the role of somatic attention as a healing element. Körper – Tanz – Bewegung, 1/2020. DOI: 10.2378/ktb2020.art12d
Koch, S. C. (2020). Indications and contraindications in dance movement therapy. Learning from practitioners experiences. GMS Journal of Arts Therapies, 1(1).
Koch, S. C., Riege, R. F. F., Tisborn, K., Biondo, J., Martin, L., & Beelmann, A. (2019). Effects of Dance Movement Therapy and Dance on Health-Related Psychological Outcomes. A Meta-Analysis Update. Frontiers in Psychology, 10, 1806. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2019.01806
Koch, S. C., Wirtz, G., Harter, C., Weisbrod, M., Winkler, F., Pröger, A., & Herpertz, S. C. (2019). Embodied self in trauma and self-harm: Effects of Flamenco therapy on traumatized in-patients. A pilot study. Journal of Loss and Trauma, 04/2019. doi: 10.1080/15325024.2018.1507471.
Goshen, I., Huss, E., & Koch, S. C. (2019). Creating an Embodied Phenomenological Typology for Describing the Qualitative Experience of Traumatic Space from Continued Bombings. Journal of Loss and Trauma, 04/2019. doi: 10.1080/15325024.2018.1507471.
Koch, S. C. (2019). Body memory remains preserved in dementia. Psychotherapie im Alter (PIA, special issue Creative Arts Therapies; Ed. J. Sonntag & M. Welten).
Koch, S. C. (2019). The essential Colwyn Trevarthen. The Arts In Psychotherapy, 65, 101669.
Caldwell, C., & Koch, S. C. (2018). The Moving Cycle as a Phenomenological Body Psychotherapy Method. Journal of Consciousness Studies, 25 (7-8):242-255 (Special Issue on Embodied Memory Formation).
Schäberle, W., Hofinger, S., & Koch, S. C. (2018). Escrima in therapy. Philippine stick fighting art in dance and physiotherapy. körper – tanz – bewegung, 1/2018, 6(1), 11-17.
Mastrominico, A., Fuchs, T., Manders, E., Steffinger, L., Hirjak, D., Sieber, M., Thomas, E., Holzinger, A., Konrad, A., Bopp, N., & Koch, S. C. (2018). Effects of Dance Movement Therapy on Adult Patients with Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Randomized Controlled Trial. Behavioral Science, 8, 61.
Trilesnik, B., Koch, S. C., & Stompe, T. (2018). Psychological health, acculturation and religiosity of Jewish migrants of the former Soviet Union in Austria. Neuropsychiatry.
Martin, L., Oepen, R., Bauer, K., Nottensteiner, A., Mergheim, K., Gruber, H., & Koch, S. C. (2018). Creative Arts Interventions for Stress Management and Prevention – A Systematic Review. Behavioral Science, 8(2), 25.
Lange, G., Leonhart, R., Gruber, H., & Koch, S. C. (2018). The Effect of Active Creation on Psychological Health: A Feasibility Study on (Therapeutic) Mechanisms. Behavioral Sciences, 8(2), 25; doi: 10.3390/bs8020025.
Hirjak, D., Koch, S. C., Wolf, R. C., Kubera, K. M., Kelbel, J. K., Fuchs, T., & Thomann, P. A. (2018). Effects of body psychotherapy on neurological soft signs and negative symptoms in schizophrenia spectrum disorders: A randomized controlled trial. Frontiers in Psychiatry.
Kortum, R., Koch, S. C., Gruber, H., & Radbruch, L. (2018). Art therapy in palliative care. A narrative review. Part II: Applications. Zeitschrift für Komplementärmedizin, 10(1), 42-50.
Kortum, R., Koch, S. C., & Gruber, H. (2017). Art therapy in palliative care. A narrative review. Part I: State of research. Zeitschrift für Komplementärmedizin, 9(6), 52-60.
Koch S. C., & Rautner, H. (2017). Psychology of the embrace: How body rhythms signal the need to indulge or separate. Behavioral Science, 7(4), 80.
Dieterich-Hartwell, R., & Koch, S. C. (2017). Creative Arts Therapies as a temporary home for refugees: Insights from literature and practice. Behavioral Sciences, 7(4), 69.
Koch, S. C., & Bergmann, T. (2017). Hooked to Rhythm: Transitions and common foundations of music and movement. Musiktherapeutische Umschau, 38(4), 370-381.
Hahnefeld, R., & Koch, S. C. (2017). Happiness in the heart and in the legs. Effects and therapeutic factors of swing dance. Zeitschrift für Sportpsychologie, 24(2), 77-82.
Koch, S. C. (2017). What helps, what works? Effects and therapeutic factors of dance and movement therapy. Zeitschrift für Sportpsychologie, 24(2), 40-53 (special issue Dance Therapy Hogrefe).
Koch, S. C. (2017). World Congress Integrative Medicine & Health (WCIMH) 2017: Part one. BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine, 17(Suppl 1), 322. doi 10.1186/s12906-017-1782-4.
Koch, S. C. (2017). Arts and health. Active factors and a theory framework of embodied aesthetics. Arts in Psychotherapy, 54, 85-91.
Wiedenhofer, S., Wagner, K., Hofinger, S., & Koch, S. C. (2017). Active Factors in dance therapy: Health Effects of Non-Goal-Orientation in Movement. American Journal of Dance Therapy, 39(1), 113-125.
Wiedenhofer, S., & Koch, S. C. (2017). Active Factors in dance therapy: Specifying Effects of non-goal-orientation in movement on health. Arts in Psychotherapy, 52, 10-23.
Hildebrandt, M., Koch, S. C., & Fuchs, T. (2016). “We dance and find each other”: Effects of dance/movement therapy on negative symptoms in Autism Spectrum Disorder. Behavioral Sciences, 6(4), 24; doi: 10.3390/bs6040024.
Martin, L., Pohlmann, V., Koch, S. C., & Fuchs, T. (2016). Back to life. Effects of Embodied Therapies on Patients with Schizophrenia. European Psychotherapy, 13, 2016/2017.
Koch, S. C., Gruber, H., Kortum, R., Reichelt, S., Martin, L., Warth, M., & Radbruch, L. (2016). Creative Arts Therapies in palliative care – A review. Hospizzeitschrift, 2016/1.
Koch, S. C., Mergheim, K., Raeke, J., Riegner, E., Machado, C. B., Nolden, J., Diermayr, G., Moreau, D., & Hillecke, T. (2016). The Embodied Self in Parkinson’s Disease: Feasibility of a Single Tango Intervention for Assessing Changes in Psychological Health Outcomes and Aesthetic Experience. Frontiers in Neuroscience, 10, 287. doi: 10.3389/fnins.2016.00287
Martin, L., Koch, S. C., Hirjak, D., & Fuchs, T. (2016). Overcoming Disembodiment: The Effect of Movement Therapy on Negative Symptoms in Schizophrenia – A Multicenter Randomized Controlled Trial. Frontiers in Psychology, 7, 483. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2016.00483
Koch, S. C., Gaida, J., Kortum, R., Sieber, M., Bodingbauer, B., Manders, E., Thomas, E., von Arnim, A., Hirjak, D., & Fuchs, T. (2016). Body image in autism: An exploratory study on the effects of dance movement therapy. Autism Open Access, 6, 2. doi: 10.4172/2165-7890.1000175
Fleischmann, A., Sieverding, M., Hespenheide, U., Weiss, M., & Koch, S. C. (2016). See Feminine – Think Incompetent? Effects of a Feminine Outfit on the Evaluation of Women’s Computer Competence. Computers and Education, 95, 63–74. doi:10.1016/j.compedu.2015.12.007.
Koch, S. C., Mehl, L., Sobanski, E., Sieber, M., & Fuchs, T. (2015). Fixing the mirrors. A feasibility study of the effects of dance movement therapy on young adults with Autism Spectrum Disorder. Autism, 19(3), 338-50. doi: 10.1177/1362361314522353.
Koch, S. C., Steinhage, A., Haller, K., Kende, P., Ostermann, T., & Chyle, F. (2015). Breaking Barriers: Evaluating and arts-based emotion regulation program in prison. Arts in Psychotherapy, 42, 41-49. doi:10.1016/j.aip.2014.10.008
Koch, S. C., & Eberhard-Kaechele, M. (2014). Therapeutic factors of dance and movement therapy. Reply to Tschacher, Storch & Mund, körper – tanz – bewegung, 2(4), 3-15.
Fuchs, T., & Koch, S. C. (2014). Embodied Affectivity. On moving and being moved. Frontiers in Psychology, Vol. 5, 508, doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2014.00508.
Koch, S. C. (2014). Rhythm is it: Effects of Dynamic Body Feedback on Affect and Attitudes. Frontiers in Psychology, Vol. 5, 537, doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2014.00537.
Hirjak, D., Wolf, R. C., Koch, S., Mehl, L., Kelbel, J. K., Kubera, K. M., Traeger, T., Fuchs, T., & Thomann, P. A. (2014). Neurological abnormalities in recent-onset schizophrenia and Asperger-syndrome. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 06 August 2014, doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2014.00091.
Koch, S. C., Konigorski, S., & Sieverding, M. (2014). Sexist behavior undermines women’s performance in a job application situation. Sex Roles, 70(3-4), 79-87.
Koch, S. C., & Fischman, D. (2014). Enactive dance therapy. Systems-theoretical approaches in movement therapies. körper – tanz – bewegung, 2(1), 3-11.
Koch, S. C., Fuchs, T., & Summa, M. (2014). Body memory and movement quality. The influence of light vs. strong movements on body memory. Memory Studies, 7(3), 272-284.
Koch, S. C., Kunz, T., Lykou, S., & Cruz, R. (2014). Effects of dance movement therapy and dance on health-related psychological outcomes. A meta-analysis. The Arts in Psychotherapy, 41, 46-64.
Goodill, S. W., Raeke, J., & Koch, S. C. (2013). Dance and movement therapy: Expanding, rising, moving forward. Medical dance therapy and training. körper – tanz – bewegung, 1(2), 11-17.
Koch, S. C., Caldwell, C., & Fuchs, T. (2013). On body memory and embodied therapies. Body, Movement and Dance in Psychotherapy, 8(2), 82-94.
Koch, S. C., Kunz, T., & Kolter, A. (2012). Indications and contraindications in dance and movement therapy. Zeitschrift für Musik-, Tanz- und Kunsttherapie, 23, 87-105.
Koch, S. C. (2012). Unity of perception and movement: Beginnings of consciousness. Funktionelle Entspannung – Beiträge zu Theorie und Praxis, 39, 8-19.
Koch, S. C., & Fuchs, T. (2011). Embodied Arts Therapies. The Arts in Psychotherapy, 38, 276-280.
Koch, S. C., Glawe, S., & Holt, D. (2011). Up and Down, Front and Back. Movement and meaning in the vertical and sagittal axis. Social Psychology, 42(3), 159-164.
Koch, S. C., & Fischman, D. (2011). Embodied enactive dance movement therapy. American Journal of Dance Therapy, 33(1), 57-72.
Koch, S. C. (2011). Movement analysis in dance therapy: Semantics of movement qualities, rhythm and shape according to Laban and Kestenberg. Acta Universitatis Carolinae – Kinanthropologica, 47, 2.
Winther, H., & Koch, S. C. (2011). From crocodile to woman. Multidimensionality and dynamics of movement from the perspective of the dance therapy form Dansergia. Zeitschrift für Tanztherapie, 2/2011.
Koch, S. C. (2010). Developmental diagnostics and intervention with the Kestenberg Movement Profile (KMP). Motorik, 33(1), 19-25.
Koch, S. C., Bähne, C., Zimmermann, F., Kruse, L., & Zumbach, J. (2010). Visual Dominance and Visual Egalitarianism. Individual and Group-Level Influences of Sex and Status in Group Interactions. Journal of Nonverbal Behavior, 34(3), 137-153.
Koch, S. C. (2010). Comments on Beilock and Hohmann: “Embodied Cognition” – An approach for sport psychology. Zeitschrift für Sportpsychologie, 17(4), 145-147.
Koch, S. C. (2009). Embodiment: Lived-body being as a bridge between cognitive science and creative arts therapies. Zeitschrift für Theater und Dramatherapie, 1, 46-64.
Koch, S. C., & Weidinger – von der Recke, B. (2009). Traumatized refugees: An integrated dance and verbal therapy approach. The Arts in Psychotherapy, 36, 289-296.
Sieverding, M., & Koch, S. C. (2009). (Self-)evaluation of computer competence: How gender matters. Computers & Education, 52, 696-701.
Koch, S. C. (2008). Dance/movement therapy with clergy in crisis. A (group) case study. American Journal of Dance Therapy, 30 (2), 71-83.
Koch, S. C., & Schuetz-Bosbach, S. (2008). Embodiment. Dynamic movement feedback. International Journal of Psychology, 43(3-4), 393-393.
Koch, S. C., Müller, S. M., & Sieverding, M. (2008). Women and computers. Effects of stereotype threat on attribution of failure. Computers & Education, 51 (4), 1795-1803.
Koch, S. C., Morlinghaus, K., & Fuchs, T. (2007). The joy dance: Specific effects of a single dance intervention on psychiatric patients with depression. The Arts in Psychotherapy, 34(4), 340-349.
Koch, S. C., Zimmermann, F., & Garcia-Retamero, R. (2007). El sol – the sun. Does the grammatical gender of objects have implications for their semantic content? Psychologische Rundschau, 58 (3), 171-182.
Koch, S. C. (2007). Defences in movement. Video analysis of group communication patterns. Body, Movement and Dance in Psychotherapy, 2, 29-45.
Koch, S. C., & Bräuninger, I. (2006). International Dance/Movement Therapy Research. Recent Results and Perspectives. American Journal of Dance Therapy, 28, 127-136.
Zumbach, J., Reimann, P., & Koch, S.C. (2006). Monitoring Students’ Collaboration in Computer-Mediated Collaborative Problem-Solving: Applied Feedback Approaches. Journal of Educational Computing Research, 35, 399-424.
Koch, S. C., & Bräuninger, I. (2005). International Research in Dance/Movement Therapy. Theory, Methodology and Empirical Results. American Journal of Dance Therapy, 27, 37-46.
Koch, S. C. (2005a). Evaluative Affect Display towards Male and Female Group Leaders. Small Group Research, 36 (6), 678-703.
Koch, S. C. (2005b). Evaluative Affect Display towards Male and Female Leaders of Task-Oriented Groups: Affect transmission among group members and leader reactions. Journal for Articles in Support of the Null Hypothesis, 3 (2), 51-72.
Koch, S. C., Müller, B., Kruse, L, & Zumbach, J. (2005). Constructing gender in chat groups. Sex Roles, 53, 29-41.
Koch, S. C., Luft, R., & Kruse, L. (2005). Women and Leadership – 20 years later. A semantic connotation study. Social Sciences Information, 44, 3-23.
Koch, S. C., Pirkl, U., & Eberhard, M. (2005). Dance therapy. What it is, how it works, what it researches. Tanzjournal, 2, 6-9.
Koch, S. C. (2004). Construction of gender: A lens-model inspired gender communication approach. Sex Roles, 51, 171-186.
Zumbach, J., Kumpf, D., & Koch, S. C. (2004). Using Multimedia to Enhance Problem-Based Learning in Elementary School. Information Technology in Childhood Education Annual, 2004 (1), 25-37.
Koch, S. C., & Zumbach, J. (2002). The Use of Video Analysis Software in Behavior Observation Research: Interactions in task-oriented small groups. Forum Qualitative Sozialforschung / Forum: Qualitative Social Research [On-line Journal], 3(2). Available at: http://www.qualitative-research.net/fqs-texte/2-02/2-02kochzumbach-e.htm
Koch, S. C. (2002). Dance therapy in the monastery. Zeitschrift für Tanztherapie, 9 (15), 9-11.
Koch S. C., Cruz, R., & Goodill, S. (2002). The Kestenberg Movement Profile (KMP): Reliability of Novice Raters. American Journal of Dance Therapy, 23 (2), 71-88.
Zumbach, J., Reimann, P., & Koch, S. C. (2001). Influence of passive versus active information access to hypertextual information resources on cognitive and emotional parameters. Journal of Educational Computing Research, 25 (3), 301-318.
Koch, S. C. (1999). Global Impact of DMT: Manifestation and Treatment of Violence in Germany. Japanese Journal of Dance Therapy, 40, 16-17.
Koch, S. C. (1998). The Kestenberg Movement Profile analysis program. American Journal of Dance Therapy, 20 (1), 57-60.

Monographs & Edited Volumes (Books & Edited Volumes)

Payne, H., Koch, S. C., Tantia, J., & Fuchs, T. (2019). The Routledge International Handbook of Embodied Perspectives in Psychotherapy. Approaches from Dance Movement and Body Psychotherapies (1st edition). London: Routledge.
Koch, S. C., Martin, L., Tschacher, W., & Fuchs, T. (2017). Embodied Aesthetics and Interpersonal Resonance, Special Issue in Behavioral Sciences (Open Access): http://www.mdpi.com/journal/behavsci/special_issues/interpersonal_resonance.
Salvatore, S., Tschacher, W., Gelo, O. C., & Koch, S. C. (2016). Dynamic Systems Theory and Embodiment in Psychotherapy Research. A new look at process and outcome. Frontiers in Psychology, Ebook Reader (Open Access), Feb. 2016, ISBN 978-2-88919-780-4.
Koch, S. C., Fuchs, T., Summa, M., & Müller, C. (2012). Body Memory, Metaphor and Movement (Advances in Consciousness Studies, 84). Philadelphia: John Benjamins.
Koch, S. C., Kruse, L., Linser, K., Reul, A., & Thimm, C. (2012). On the communicative construction of gender in professional settings. Results of the WorkComm project. Berlin: Logos.
Koch, S. C. (2011). Embodiment. The influence of self-movement on affect, attitude and cognition. Experimental foundations and clinical applications. Berlin: Logos.
Koch, S. C., & Bender, S. (2007). Movement Analysis – Bewegungsanalyse. The Legacy of Laban, Bartenieff, Lamb and Kestenberg. Berlin: Logos.
Koch, S. C., & Bräuninger, I. (2006). Advances in Dance/Movement Therapy. Theoretical Perspectives and Empirical Findings. Berlin: Logos.
Koch, S. C. (2003). Doing and Viewing gender: A lens-model approach to the communicative construction of gender in task-oriented groups. Doctoral Dissertation. University of Heidelberg.
Koch, S. C. (1999). The psychosocial situation of asylum seekers using the city of Heidelberg as an example at the time of German reunification. Stuttgart: Ibidem.
Koch, S. C. (1999). The Kestenberg Movement Profile (KMP) – reliability among novice raters. Stuttgart: Ibidem.

Book Chapters

Koch, S. C., & Kercher, K. (2023). The impact of mirroring in DMT on empathy and relating in ASD – A secondary reflexive research. In Aithal, S., & Karkou, V. (Eds.), Autism research.
Gruber, H., Koch, S. C., & Tüpker, R. (2022). Creative Arts Therapies in rehabilitation. In Meyer, Bengel, Wirtz (Eds.), Textbook of Rehabilitation Sciences. Hogrefe, Bern. pp. 584-592.
Konopatsch, I., & Koch, S. C. (2022). Refugees dealing with complex trauma: DMT for survivors of the genocide of the Yazidi. In R. Dietrich-Hartwell & A. M. Melsom (Eds.), Dance/Movement Therapy for trauma survivors. Theoretical, clinical and cultural perspectives (pp. 173-185). New York: Routledge.
Koch, S. C., Herbert, B., & Bleckmann, P. (2022). Embodiment. Zeitschrift für Lehrerbildung.
Koch, S. C. (2021). Being moved – a fundamental therapeutic factor of dance movement therapy. In H. Wengrower, & S. Chaiklin (Eds.), International perspectives on dance and creative process in DMT. Theory, research and practice (pp. 96-110). New York: Routledge.
Lange, G., Hartmann, N., Eberhard-Kaechele, M., & Koch, S. C. (2020). Aesthetic answering: A method of embodied analysis and arts-based research in creative arts therapies. In J. Tantia (Ed.), The Art and Science of Embodied Research Design (pp. 212-228). New York: Routledge.
Gruber, H., Koch, S. C., & Tüpker, R. (2020). Creative Arts Therapies. In J. Bengel, T. Meyer, M. Wirtz (Hrsg.), Textbook of Rehabilitation Sciences. Bern: Hogrefe.
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Forstreuter, K. & Koch, S. C. (2019). Gender Research in Dance/Movement Therapy. In S. Hogan, Gender & Difference in the Arts Therapies. London: Routledge. ISBN 9781138477186
Pohlmann, V., Koch, S. C., & Fuchs, T. (2019). Changes in well-being of patients with schizo-phrenia after movement therapy: Results of a multicenter RCT study. In K. Dannecker, S. Scoble, & D. Waller (Eds.), Arts Therapies in Psychiatry Research. London: Jessica Kingsley.
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Goodill, S. W., & Koch, S. C. (2018). The use of DMT in oncology, neurology and other chronic diseases. In D. Elkis-Abuhoff & M. Gaydos (Eds.), Art and expressive media for medically ill patients. New York: Routledge.
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Koch S. C., Kelbel, J., Kolter, A., Sattel, H., & Fuchs, T. (2017). (Dis-)Embodiment in Schizophrenia: Effects of Mirroring on Self-Experience, Empathy, and Wellbeing in a Pilot Study. In S. Oliver, V. Karkou, & S. Lycouris (Eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Dance and Wellbeing. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
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Koch, S. C. (2013). Movement-space. Spatial movement and meaning. In B. Eigelsberger, M. Greenlee, P. Jansen, J. Schmidt, & A. Zimmer (Hrsg.). SPACES – Perspectives from art and science. Regensburg: Universitätsverlag.
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Koch, S. C., Kruse, L., Rademacher, U., Schey, S., Theobald, E., & Thimm, C. (2012), Differences in the experience of communication among employed and self-employed women and men – A content-analytical study. In Koch, S. C., Kruse, L., Linser, K., Reul, A. & Thimm, C. (Hrsg.), On the communicative construction of gender in professional settings – Results from the WorkComm project. Berlin: Logos.
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Koch, S. C. (2012). WorkComm-G: Development of a “Questionnaire on gender-related communication in the workplace.” In Koch, S. C., Kruse, L., Linser, K., Reul, A. & Thimm, C. (Hrsg.), On the communicative construction of gender in professional settings – Results from the WorkComm project. Berlin: Logos.
Koch, S. C., Keiner, T., Konrad, T., & Kruse, L. (2012). Content-analytical hypothesis testing of gender-specific communication differences in the behavior and self-perception of working men and women. In Koch, S. C., Kruse, L., Linser, K., Reul, A. & Thimm, C. (Hrsg.), On the communicative construction of gender in professional settings – Results from the WorkComm project. Berlin: Logos.
Koch, S. C., Reul, A., Thimm, C., & Kruse, L. (2012). Communication of gender in the workplace: Team communication – Development of coding schemes and initial results. In Koch, S. C., Kruse, L., Linser, K., Reul, A. & Thimm, C. (Hrsg.), On the communicative construction of gender in professional settings – Results from the WorkComm project. Berlin: Logos.
Müller, B., & Koch, S. C. (2012). Construction of gender in chat. In Koch, S. C., Kruse, L., Linser, K., Reul, A. & Thimm, C. (Hrsg.), On the communicative construction of gender in professional settings – Results from the WorkComm project. Berlin: Logos.
Koch, S. C. (2012). “Doing and viewing gender”: An analytical approach to the communicative construction of gender in task-oriented small groups. In Koch, S. C., Kruse, L., Linser, K., Reul, A. & Thimm, C. (Hrsg.), On the communicative construction of gender in professional settings – Results from the WorkComm project. Berlin: Logos.
Koch, S. C., Kruse, L., Müller S. M., Reul, A., & Zumbach, J. (2012). Organizational Team Communication: Real and Perceived Influence of Gender, Status and Group Composition. In Koch, S. C., Kruse, L., Linser, K., Reul, A. & Thimm, C. (Hrsg.), On the communicative construction of gender in professional settings – Results from the WorkComm project. Berlin: Logos.
Linser, K., Reul, A., Koch, S. C., & Thimm, Caja (2012). Dominant behavior – Typical man or typical woman? (Power- and Support-Related Talk at the Workplace). In Koch, S. C., Kruse, L., Linser, K., Reul, A. & Thimm, C. (Hrsg.), On the communicative construction of gender in professional settings – Results from the WorkComm project. Berlin: Logos.
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Suitner, C., Koch, S. C., Bachmeier, K., & Maass, A. (2012). Dynamic embodiment and its functional role: A body feedback perspective. In S. C. Koch, T. Fuchs, M. Summa, & C. Müller (Eds.), Body Memory, Metaphor and Movement. Amsterdam: John Benjamin.
Koch, S. C. (2012). Testing Fuchs’ taxonomy of body memory – A content analysis. In S. C. Koch, T. Fuchs, M. Summa, & C. Müller (Eds.), Body Memory, Metaphor and Movement. Amsterdam: John Benjamins.
Kolter, A., Ladewig, S., Summa, M., Müller, C., Koch, S. C., & Fuchs, T. (2012). Body memory and the emergence of metaphor in movement and speech. An interdisciplinary case study. In S. C. Koch, T. Fuchs, M. Summa, & C. Müller (Eds.), Body Memory, Metaphor and Movement. Amsterdam: John Benjamins.
Summa, M., Koch, S. C., Fuchs, T., & Müller, C (2012). Body memory: An integration. In S. C. Koch, T. Fuchs, M. Summa, & C. Müller (Eds.), Body Memory, Metaphor and Movement. Amsterdam: John Benjamins.
Koch, S. C., & Harvey, S. (2012). Dance Therapy with Traumatized Dissociative Patients. In S. C. Koch, T. Fuchs, M. Summa, & C. Müller (Eds.), Body Memory, Metaphor, and Movement. Philadelphia: John Benjamins.
Koch, S. C. (2011). Basic Body Rhythms and Embodied Intercorporality: From Individual to Interpersonal Movement Feedback. In W. Tschacher, & C. Bergomi (Eds.), The Implications of Embodiment: Cognition and Communication (pp. 151-171). Exeter: Imprint Academic.
Koch, S. C. (2010). Movement and consciousness. In R. Hampe, & P. Stalder (Eds.), Multimodality in the Creative Arts Therapies (pp. 41-57). Berlin: Frank & Timme.
Koch, S. C., Luft, R., & Kruse, L. (2010). Women and Leadership – 20 years later. A semantic connotation study. In W. P. Vogt (Ed.), Data Collection. London: Sage. (Reprint)
Koch, S. C., Glawe, S., Holt, D., Phillipsen, C., & Reichenbacher, C. (2010). Movement and meaning. An experimental study on the metaphorics of movement directions. In S. Bender, (2010), Moving from Within Conference Proceedings. Berlin: Logos.
Koch, S. C., & Weidinger von der Recke, B. (2009). Traumatized refugees. A joint dance- and talk-psychotherapeutic approach. In C. Moore & U. Stammermann (Eds.), Movement out of trauma. Trauma-centered dance and movement therapy (pp. 121-138). Stuttgart: Schattauer.
Zumbach, J., Ramsauer, M., Schwartz, N. H., & Koch, S. C. (2008). Fostering hypermedia learning with different argumentation tools: The role of argument visualisation. In J. Zumbach, N. H. Schwartz, T. Seufert, & L. Kester (Eds.), Beyond Knowledge: The Legacy of Competence. Meaningful Computer-based Learning Environments. New York: Springer.
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Fiedler, K., Blümke, M., Freytag, P., Koch, S. C., Plessner, H., & Unkelbach, C. (2007). A Semiotic Approach to Explaining Stereotype Communication. In Y. Kashima, K. Fiedler, & P. Freytag (Eds.), Stereotype dynamics: Language-based approaches to stereotype formation, maintenance, and transformation (pp. 95-118). Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.
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Koch, S. C. (2006b). Gender at Work: Differences in Use of Rhythms, Efforts, and Preefforts. In S. C. Koch & I. Bräuninger (Eds.), Advances in Dance/Movement Therapy. Theoretical Perspectives and Empirical Findings (pp. 116-127). Berlin: Logos.
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Koch, S. C., Müller, S. M., Schröer, A., Kruse, L., Thimm, C., & Zumbach, J. (2005). Gender at work: Eavesdropping on communication patterns in two token teams. In Luigi Anolli, Starkey Duncan, Magnus S. Magnusson, & Giuseppe Riva (Eds.), The hidden structure of social interaction. From genomics to culture patterns. Amsterdam: IOS Press.
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Cruz, R. F., & Koch, S. C. (2004). Issues of validity and reliability in the use of movement observations and scales. In R. F. Cruz & C. Berrol (Eds.), Dance /movement therapists in action: A working guide to research options. Springfield, IL: Charles C. Thomas.
Thimm, C., Koch, S. C., & Schey, S. (2003). Communicating gendered professional identity: competence, cooperation and conflict in the workplace. In J. Holmes, & M. Meyerhoff (Eds.), Handbook of Gender and Language (pp. 528-549). Oxford: Blackwell.
Koch, S. C. (2003). New research developments in and around dance therapy. In Landschaftsverband Rheinland (Hrsg.), Creative therapies – Scientific accents and trends. Pulheim: Rhein-Eifel-Mosel Verlag.
Koch, S. C. (2003). Movement Quality, Rhythms and the Psychotherapeutic Use of Gesture. In M. Rector, I. Poggi, & N. Trigo (Eds.), Gestures – Meaning and Use (pp. 341-346). Porto: Universidade Fernando Pessoa.
Zumbach, J., Koch, S. C., & Jonsson, G. K. (2002). Detecting Interaction Patterns in Task-Oriented Small Groups: Video Analysis in Social Sciences Research. In L.P.J.J. Noldus, M.R. Ballintijn, C.A. Bruisten-Jannot, I.J. Burfield, M.J. Groenert, & A.J. Spink (Eds.). Measuring Behavior 2002 (pp. 281-282), Amsterdam: Noldus.
Bräuninger, I., & Koch, S. C. (2002). Empirical research in dance therapy. In E. van der Meer, H. Hagendorf, R. Beyer, F. Krüger, A. Nuthmann, & S. Schulz (Hrsg.), 43rd Congress of the German Psychological Society (pp. 126-127). Lengerich: Pabst.
Koch, S. C., Schey, S., Kruse, L., & Thimm, C. (2002). “Communication is our be-all and end-all” – Gender-specific attitudes toward team communication in the workplace. In C. Thimm (Hrsg.), Corporate communication Online-Offline (pp. 76-102). Opladen: Westdeutscher Verlag.
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