Can you be a helper “by accident”?
An autoethnographic analysis of how addicted parents’ child becomes a helper
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.15170/SocRev.2022.15.02.03Keywords:
addiction in the family, recovery, professional identity, addiction consultant, autoethnographyAbstract
Coming from a dysfunctional family is often a basis for choosing a helping profession. This is particularly true for individuals who were parentified as children. The method of autoethnography lends itself to a self-reflexive analysis of the researcher's own life history. Through the presentation of individual life events, we would like to illustrate the first author’s professional life journey, which may have many similarities with those of other people working in the helping professions.
The article was received: 11. 03. 2022., revised: 02. 08. 2022., and 17. 10. 2022., accepted: 07. 10. 2022.
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2022-12-31
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Békési, T., & Kassai, S. (2022). Can you be a helper “by accident”? : An autoethnographic analysis of how addicted parents’ child becomes a helper. Social Review, 15(2), 35–52. https://doi.org/10.15170/SocRev.2022.15.02.03
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Empirical studies
