Traditionally, conversation-based psychotherapy mostly treats the body as a container for the brain, and the meaning and role of the body in therapeutic change is ignored. In recent years, with the rise of the theory of embodied cognition, the role of the body in cognitive and personality changes has been constantly explored and the therapeutic tendency of combining body with psychotherapy has gradually become popular. From the perspective of the embodied cognition, the body can play the following five roles in the change of psychotherapy: helping to regulate emotion, enhancing non-verbal communication, improving therapeutic relationship, improving self-growth and promoting interpersonal interaction. In the future, The psychotherapists can play the role of the body properly, develop new physical techniques, and further improve the effect of psychotherapy.