The correlates of phone-in frequency, duration and the number of suggestions made in family therapy supervision

This paper deals with the relationships between characteristics of live supervisory phone-in conversations on the one hand and the processes of therapy on the other. Historically, a unique feature of family therapy supervision was the development of practices that permitted supervisors to monitor trainee therapists' behaviour with clients as it occurred and to offer support and advice on how to proceed at critical junctures during family interviews. While there is a body of received wisdom among supervisors within the family therapy field about how best to conduct live supervision, few available guidelines have been tested empirically.