This article reports on the findings from a study that assessed the attitudes and practice experiences of home-based therapists. Existing research in the field of couple and family therapy encompasses largely qualitative information detailing the experiences of this therapist population. We explored several hypotheses generated from the qualitative literature on home-based therapy. Study results corroborated much of the qualitative data on home-based therapists' experiences and reveal the profile of today's home-based therapists along with their attitudes and therapeutic practices. A surprising result was that various aspects of home-based therapy models seem incongruent with therapist attitudes about the delivery of home-based services.Keywords Home-based family therapy Á Home-based therapists Á Survey of home-based family therapist Home-based therapy is a growing and important aspect of service delivery to families. Yet, there is still much to learn about the practices and challenges of home-based therapy professionals (Lindblad-Goldberg et al. 1998;Thomas et al. 1999;Woodford et al. 2006;Yorgason et al. 2005). In this article, we report the findings of a research study which, using a national survey method, explored the attitudes and practice experiences of homebased therapists from three disciplines: marriage and family therapy, social work, and counseling. For the purpose of this study, home-based therapy services are understood to be therapy services delivered in whole or in part in the home setting to all or part of a family.
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