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Therapists Who Specialize in Addiction: A Grounded Situational Analysis of a Stigmatized Profession

Humphrey-Leclaire, Heather J.

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2020, Ph.D., Antioch University, Leadership and Change.
This study used the methodology of a grounded situational analysis to explore the lives of therapists who specialize in addiction. Historians have researched the history of addiction treatment itself and some have identified parallel processes of discrimination, stigma, and stigma by association for therapist and client, but the complex intersectionality between social processes and organizational issues have been largely invisible. In this study, therapists who specialize in addiction (including social workers, clinical mental health counselors, and alcohol and drug counselors) were asked about their sense of how others see them in their role. These conversations made visible the many, enmeshed challenges faced by these therapists and how the process of professionalization, with its promise of validation, has been thwarted by social and organizational processes. This study presents a comprehensive theoretical model of the supports and the problems facing therapists who specialize in addiction and ultimately supports a theory of how to redress these issues in the face of the increased need and resources available during the current opioid epidemic. This dissertation is available in open access at AURA: Antioch University Repository and Archive, http://aura.antioch.edu/ and OhioLINK ETD Center, https://etd.ohiolink.edu/
Elizabeth Holloway, PhD (Committee Chair)
Aqeel Tirmizi, PhD (Committee Member)
William Matthews, PhD (Committee Member)
289 p.

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  • Humphrey-Leclaire, H. J. (2020). Therapists Who Specialize in Addiction: A Grounded Situational Analysis of a Stigmatized Profession [Doctoral dissertation, Antioch University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=antioch1580920838098363

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Humphrey-Leclaire, Heather. Therapists Who Specialize in Addiction: A Grounded Situational Analysis of a Stigmatized Profession. 2020. Antioch University, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=antioch1580920838098363.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Humphrey-Leclaire, Heather. "Therapists Who Specialize in Addiction: A Grounded Situational Analysis of a Stigmatized Profession." Doctoral dissertation, Antioch University, 2020. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=antioch1580920838098363

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)