It is widely believed that congruence between one's theoretical framework and one's interventive strategies enhances the effectiveness of social work practice, though little evidence is available to demonstrate the degree to which this linkage between belief and action systems is achieved in practice. In an effort to explore this question, the present study sampled almost 700 practitioner/educators to determine the degree of between their theoretical orientations and their choices of interventive strategy. The study's findings indicate that this fit is a very weak one, which raises questions as to the professional education process that future social work practitioners experience as well as the effectiveness of interventions in social work practice which may lack theoretical grounding.