Date of Award
2020
Document Type
Doctoral Research Paper
Degree Name
Psy.D.
Organizational Unit
Graduate School of Professional Psychology
First Advisor
Judith E. Fox
Second Advisor
Laura Jane Meyer
Third Advisor
Rebecca Howard
Keywords
Narrative therapy, Empowerment, Self-stigma, Courtesy stigma, Affiliate stigma, Children and adolescents
Abstract
The effects of self-stigma on children and adolescents with mental health diagnoses is a documented psychological issue in academic literature; however, no studies or articles to date present strategies for reducing its negative effects. Additionally, very few studies have connected the experience of parental stigma, or courtesy/affiliate stigma, and its effects on child and family well-being. Self-stigma has been conceptualized as existing on the opposite end of the spectrum from empowerment, suggesting that empowerment may serve as a promising approach to tackling self-stigmatization. This paper presents a novel therapeutic intervention for reducing self-stigma in children, adolescents, and their families through a narrative therapy approach, which serves to increase psychological empowerment.
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Extent
32 pgs
Recommended Citation
Baldwin, Jillian, "Narrative Therapy to Reduce Self-Stigma: Empowering Children, Adolescents, and Their Families" (2020). Graduate School of Professional Psychology: Doctoral Papers and Masters Projects. 389.
https://digitalcommons.du.edu/capstone_masters/389