*kind of presence. Even when chatting, I had perceptions of the patients' bodily presence caused by what they wrote"*

Also visible were glimpses into the private spaces of patients, which were used by many therapists as additional diagnostic information (as described by respondent 159) or to bring themes into therapy (as described by respondent 110). *"I now know a lot more about the patient's living environment, which was readily opened up to me as well—of high diagnostic relevance!"* (respondent 159). *"The personal environment of the patient was more concrete for me and thus possible to include directly".* (respondent 110). In addition, respondents described how they obtained missing perceptions by asking for them. For example, respondent 40 noted, *"missing observations were discussed verbally".* However, this places a high demand on patients to put their perceptions into words, as respondent 195 thematized: *"Patients are extraordinarily challenged in verbalizing their emotions".*

Male psychotherapists reported more often about the lack of the office as a therapeutic space (18.0%) than female psychotherapists (7.2%; χ<sup>2</sup> (1) = 5.148; *p* = 0.023). For the other two subcategories, no differences were observed between male and female therapists (*p* ≥ 0.080).
