This study was undertaken to determine therapist attitudes towards domestic violence victims while addressing the methodological limits of previous research. Therapists' experiences of unfavorable attitudes can be particularly destructive to the treatment of victims of abuse. Doctoral level psychologists (N=200), in good standing with the American Psychological Association (APA), were recruited to anonymously participate. Packets consisting of vignettes and questionnaires were delivered to the address supplied by the APA. Response rate was approximately 28% out of a total of 713 packets mailed. A between subject design was employed to compare attitudes reported on the domestic violence vignette with attitudes attributed to a mugging vignette. Independent variables included type of victim, victim gender, respondent experience, respondent training in domestic violence, respondent self-efficacy, and respondent gender. Dependent variables included positive and negative countertransference, countertransference behaviors, and respondent attitudes as defined by the semantic differential paired-adjective rating scale. Exploratory variables included respondent marital status and feminist attitudes. Results indicated that there was a significant difference in the negative attitudes attributed to domestic violence victims. Respondent background and demographic characteristics, individually and collectively, did not impact respondents' countertransference manifestations. The findings suggest the need for therapists to make continuous efforts to achieve a greater awareness of their negative enactments which can occur as a result of largely unconscious negative attributions. Additional research is suggested to expand and provide depth to the findings of this study. Specifically, attempts to identify the sources of negative stereotypes regarding victims of domestic violence.