A study of live supervisory phone-ins in collaborative family therapy: Correlates of client cooperation

The behavior of five supervisors, 19 trainee family therapists, and 20 clie nts before, during, and after 88 live supervisory phone-in a mrs M ns exami ned in this study to determine the correlates of client cooperation. Follow ing supervisory phone-in conversations, client cooperation was associated e xclusively with the presence and quality of the collaborative behavior show n by the therapist. Isomorphism between the behavior of the supervisor and therapist was nor associated with subsequent client cooperation, nor M as a ny particular category of supervisor behavior Surprisingly, isomorphism bet ween the quality of supervisor and therapist behavior preceded those events where client resistance occurred.