sentences:  Beutler, Moleiro, and Talebi reviewed 20 studies that inspected the differential effects of therapist directiveness as moderated by client resistance and found that 80% (n=16) of the studies demonstrated that directive interventions were most productive among clients who had relatively low levels of state or trait-like resistance.In contrast, nondirective interventions worked best among clients who had relatively high levels of resistance.These findings provide strong support for the value of resistance level as a predictor of treatment outcome, as well as treatment-planning.