How to Have Your Cake and Eat It Too: Counselling in Private Practice from Home.

Abstract

This study used a national survey to determine a profile of working as a counsellor in private practice from a home base. The findings indicated that working from home is perceived as having few disadvantages and many advantages to both counsellors and clients. Working from home was found to be connected to both moving away from other alternatives as well as moving towards the advantages of working from home. Other findings included the need for experience working in a more supported environment before working privately, skill in managing the business and financial aspects, and the need to consider how the work setting within the home environment defines the identity of the counsellor. Information from this study will be used to write a set of guidelines for those considering working as a counsellor in private practice from a home base. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] Copyright of New Zealand Journal of Counselling is the property of New Zealand Association of Counsellors and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites or posted to a listserv without the copyright holder's express written permission. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. This abstract may be abridged. No warranty is given about the accuracy of the copy. Users should refer to the original published version of the material for the full abstract. (Copyright applies to all Abstracts.)