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The Workplace Experiences, Practice, and Practice Knowledge of Mental Health Wounded Healers: A Collective Learning

dc.contributor.authorMartin-Calero Medrano, Piedad
dc.contributor.copyright-releaseNot Applicableen_US
dc.contributor.degreeMaster of Social Worken_US
dc.contributor.departmentSchool of Social Worken_US
dc.contributor.ethics-approvalReceiveden_US
dc.contributor.external-examinerDr. Jennifer Pooleen_US
dc.contributor.graduate-coordinatorDr. Catrina Brownen_US
dc.contributor.manuscriptsNoen_US
dc.contributor.thesis-readerDr. Judy MacDonalden_US
dc.contributor.thesis-readerDr. Jean Hughesen_US
dc.contributor.thesis-supervisorDr. Marion Brownen_US
dc.date.accessioned2016-08-31T15:15:13Z
dc.date.available2016-08-31T15:15:13Z
dc.date.defence2016-08-18
dc.date.issued2016-08-31T15:15:13Z
dc.description.abstractMental health workers who draw upon their own lived experiences of mental health challenges in their work (Mental Health Wounded Healers) often face stigma, discrimination, and oppression (Sanism) in the workplace. This can drive them to remain silent about their mental health challenges, and lead them to navigate their work in isolation. Through the use of reconvened focus groups, the study created a community where participants could feel safer to reflect on their workplace experiences and their knowledge. Participants’ voices reflected a dominant medical narrative of mental health as well as two alternative narratives of resistance and connection. The narrative of resistance, mediated by anger and frustration, worked toward social change, and the narrative of connection, mediated by vulnerability, openness, and love, facilitated empathy and relationships. Research showed that these narratives mutually reinforce and extend each other, as these workers connect, learn, and organize toward change in mental health.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10222/72151
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.subjectWounded Healeren_US
dc.subjectMental Healthen_US
dc.subjectMental Illnessen_US
dc.subjectSanismen_US
dc.subjectStigmaen_US
dc.subjectSilencingen_US
dc.subjectWorkplace Experiencesen_US
dc.subjectPracticeen_US
dc.subjectPractice Knowledgeen_US
dc.subjectEmotional Justiceen_US
dc.subjectEmotional Knowledgeen_US
dc.subjectExperiential Knowledgeen_US
dc.subjectEpistemological Justiceen_US
dc.subjectLived Experienceen_US
dc.subjectUse of Selfen_US
dc.subjectSelf Disclosureen_US
dc.subjectResearcher Reflexivityen_US
dc.subjectInsider Researcheren_US
dc.subjectCollective Learningen_US
dc.subjectMental Health Narrativesen_US
dc.subjectFocus Groupsen_US
dc.subjectThe Listening Guideen_US
dc.subjectRelational-Cultural Theoryen_US
dc.subjectReconvened Focus Groupsen_US
dc.subjectMadnessen_US
dc.subjectOppressionen_US
dc.subjectDiscriminationen_US
dc.titleThe Workplace Experiences, Practice, and Practice Knowledge of Mental Health Wounded Healers: A Collective Learningen_US

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