“…O ver the past few decades, numerous researchers of counseling have developed taxonomies for systematically categorizing counselor verbal behaviors (e.g., Danish & D'Augelli, 1976;Goodman & Dooley, 1976;Hackney & Nye, 1973;Hill, 1978;Ivey, 1978;Spooner & Stone, 1977;Strupp, 1960). Although the number and types of modes examined vary widely among systems, these taxonomies all consist of several mutually exclusive response modes that judges can use to categorize counselor responses.…”