TY - JOUR AB - Purpose This paper aims to focus on a meta-analysis of an applied integrative model of clinical practice at community level in a third-sector organisation. The psychotherapeutic work was exclusively aimed at those who struggled with their abstinence from their substance use.Design/methodology/approach The model adapted to the needs of those who accessed the service, combined culturally sensitive psychoanalytic, systemic and relational frameworks.Findings The analysis reflects how such a multi-dimensional approach may be used to address the experience of self-destructiveness in the context of inferiorisation. This paper also presents some statistical information as well as three case vignettes.Originality/value The analysis reflects how such a multi-dimensional approach may be used to address the experience of self-destructiveness in the context of inferiorisation. VL - 20 IS - 2 SN - 1745-9265 DO - 10.1108/DAT-07-2019-0032 UR - https://doi.org/10.1108/DAT-07-2019-0032 AU - Sigalas Antony PY - 2020 Y1 - 2020/01/01 TI - Working with addiction: an intercultural-integrative approach to substance dependency during a seven-year delivery of a psychotherapy service in North London T2 - Drugs and Alcohol Today PB - Emerald Publishing Limited SP - 135 EP - 146 Y2 - 2024/04/24 ER -