The expected result of this research is that conducting interpersonal therapy in warmer ambient environments will increase people’s receptiveness to interpersonal therapy and therein stimulate greater progressions in their degree of sociability. Because of supporting findings stating that ambient warmth increases interpersonal warmth and changes perception of social proximity (Williams and Bargh, 2008), we predict that it will be a useful tool for increasing the effectiveness of interpersonal therapy. These results will benefit others as counseling and therapy strategies can be improved if the effect is found. In the study, the temperature conditions compare a warm condition to a normal condition to see the effect of merely increasing ambient temperature. A cold condition was not a necessary comparison because we want to only examine the impact of increasing ambient temperature from normal room temperature on the DV. The second independent variable of body mass was chosen to be varied as we suspect that body mass impacts one’s susceptibility to heat. Smaller body mass cools down and heats up faster, meanwhile larger body mass heats up and cools down slower (Tilkens et al., 2007). This should be taken into account since it could impact their experience in heat therapy and may explain varying results between individuals. Too continue, there are various limitations to the methodology that need to be acknowledged. In order to measure participants’ social progression (DV), their rating on each of the relevant Likert scale questions will be summed up on the pretest and then similarly compared to their summed up scores on the post test. This way of measuring the dependent variable could be improved. One major issue is that the DV allows for self-reporting bias to occur since participants are not always good at introspection. A second limitation, again in regards to the measure of the dependent variable, is that participants may incorporate bias into their response due to the questionnaires being administered in the same facility that therapy takes place in. Being in the place of therapy may make people more motivated towards social interactions than they actually are because of their positive attitude towards resolving issues in the therapy session. Another possibility is that people are overly negative towards sociality when present in the facility because of it being a place where they express their reluctance to social contact. The reason for administering the tests in the facility rather than through email (so participants can do it at home) is so that the researchers can ensure that participants are answering the questions in a neutral room temperature (20°c). It is important that the temperature is neutral so that we can see if attitudes change in conditions where they are not simply having a reactive response to the temperature. Lastly, the design of the study holds inherent limitations. Assigning participants to the groups instead of using random assignment may lead to selection bias and therein lack of internal validity.