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Name Hiromi Iwafuji
Belonging department Professional Degree Program in Clinical Psychology,Graduate School of Clinical Psychology
Occupation name Associate Professor
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Title

The Therapeutic Structure of Home Visits: A Focus Group Interview with Psychotherapists

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Date of Issue

201909

Conference Presentation(name)

7th Asian Conference of Health Psychology (Sabah, Malaysia)

Summary

This presentation aimed to examine the therapeutic relational structure of home visits through the investigation of the therapists' experiences during home visits. A focus group interview was conducted to investigate the subjective experiences of three psychotherapists who were engaged in the home visits, and the results showed that psychotherapists unintentionally provided support for hikikomori individuals not only face to face but also side by side and from behind, including comprehensive perspectives.