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Supervised therapist and supervisor impact on client therapy outcomes.

Heidi A Vogeler¹, Katie Allphin¹, Brett M Merrill²

¹Department of Counseling Psychology & Special Education, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT, USA.

Psychotherapy Research : Journal of the Society for Psychotherapy Research

|August 21, 2025

Summary

Supervised therapists, not supervisors, have a small but significant impact on client therapy outcomes. Client progress is primarily influenced by initial severity, clinic type, and the therapist

Keywords:

hierarchical linear modeling (HLM)psychotherapy outcomes supervision therapist effects training

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Area of Science:

Psychology
Clinical Psychology
Psychotherapy Research

Background:

Client psychotherapy outcomes are influenced by various factors, including therapist characteristics.
The specific impact of supervisor and supervised therapist roles on client progress requires further investigation.

Purpose of the Study:

To examine the influence of supervisor and supervised therapist factors on client psychotherapy outcomes.
To determine the proportion of variance in client change scores attributable to random effects of supervisors and supervised therapists.

Main Methods:

Hierarchical linear modeling (HLM) was employed to analyze data from 4,691 clients, 146 supervised therapists, and 43 supervisors.
The study utilized the Outcome Questionnaire 45.2 (OQ-45) to measure client outcomes.

Main Results:

Random supervised therapist effects explained a small but significant portion of variance in client change scores.
Random supervisor effects were not statistically significant.
Initial client severity, clinic type, time, and supervisee experience (and its interaction with time) were significant predictors of outcomes.

Conclusions:

Supervisees exert a small, unique influence on client therapy outcomes.
Direct impact of supervisors on client outcomes appears statistically insignificant.
Supervisee experience is a key factor in predicting client progress over time.