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The situation whereby we meet either in person wearing a mask, or remotely on video, can give preeminence to speech over implicit expressivity and thus to abstract/conceptual discourse which risks remaining far removed from experience. This affects bodily experience, and consequently the manifestation of emotions, movement and their processing. It is therefore essential to reflect on language and to shape it so that it comes as close as possible to the bodily and motor experience. Verbs that designate a general function (such as “to see,” “to hear,” “to understand,” and many others) should be brought as close as possible to the way in which that function, from time to time, takes place, to the particular context, with its specific experiential and emotional tone. Three clinical vignettes are given to illustrate our therapeutic approach.