Their home is their castle: learning to do in-home family therapy.
The client's home is emerging as a typical site in which family therapy is delivered, yet training programs tend to train students in an office-based model. This qualitative study examines the process that three student interns went through as they learned to do home-based therapy after having been trained in a clinic setting. All three found that the experience of working in the clients' homes challenged their beliefs about therapy as well as the models of a professional relationship; all reformulated their views on therapy because of this challenge. A model is proposed that describes the students' journey from being a clinic-based to becoming a home-based therapist.
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Department of Human Development, Virginia Tech University, Northern Virginia Center, Falls Church 22043, USA.
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D001007:Anxiety / Q000523:psychology; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003219:Confidentiality; D018479:Early Intervention, Educational; D005196:Family Therapy / Q000193:education* / Q000379:methods*; D006699:Home Care Services / Q000600:supply & distribution*; D006801:Humans; D007858:Learning