Table 1.
M | SD | Range | |
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Age (in years) | 36.93 | 9.16 | 18–73 |
Years practicing therapy | 6.89 | 6.15 | 0–45 |
Years at current agency | 4.36 | 4.47 | 0–39 |
Client race as percent of caseload | |||
Non-Hispanic White | 9.94 | 16.07 | 0–100 |
Hispanic | 71.03 | 29.60 | 0–100 |
Black, African American | 13.74 | 20.54 | 0–100 |
Asian American, Pacific Islander | 1.92 | 7.69 | 0–100 |
American Indian or Alaska Native | 0.58 | 6.05 | 0–100 |
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N | % | ||
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Therapist gender | |||
Female | 650 | 88.68 | |
Male | 83 | 11.32 | |
Therapist race | |||
Non-Hispanic White | 256 | 34.92 | |
Hispanic | 317 | 43.25 | |
Black, African American | 49 | 6.68 | |
Asian American, Pacific Islander | 85 | 11.60 | |
Staff type | |||
Staff | 659 | 89.90 | |
Trainee | 50 | 6.82 | |
Independent contractor | 24 | 3.27 | |
Primary theoretical orientation | |||
Behavioral | 33 | 4.50 | |
Cognitive behavioral | 384 | 52.39 | |
Humanistic | 39 | 5.32 | |
Family systems | 115 | 15.69 | |
Psychodynamic | 62 | 8.46 | |
Eclectic | 88 | 12.01 | |
Other (e.g., DBT, attachment) | 12 | 1.64 | |
Language status | |||
Monolingual | 319 | 43.82 | |
Able to deliver services in more than one language | 409 | 55.80 | |
Licensure status | |||
Licensed | 335 | 45.83 | |
Not licensed | 396 | 54.17 | |
Highest level of education | |||
Bachelor’s degree | 14 | 1.91 | |
Master’s degreea | 631 | 86.08 | |
Doctoral degreeb | 88 | 12.01 |
Note.
Of those with a Master’s degree, the majority reported Marriage and Family Therapy as their primary discipline (63.43%, n=411), followed by social work (33.80%, n=219), psychology (2.47%, n=16), and other (.31%, n=2).
Of those with a doctoral degree, the vast majority reported psychology as their primary discipline (87.64%, n=78), followed by Marriage and Family Therapy (10.11%, n=9), social work (1.12%, n=1) and other (1.12%, n=1).