Director
APT Foundation, Connecticut
Kathy Eggert possesses more than three decades of experience as a social worker specializing in treating people with substance use and mental health disorders. Eggert, a long-term employee of the APT Foundation a not-for-profit provider where she currently serves as their director of an inner-city methadone maintenance program. During her career, Eggert has held many leadership roles, including the launching director of the APT Foundation’s Access Center, one of the first to provide low-barrier same-day admission to the OTPs in the country.
Her research interests and scholarship include understanding the intersection of regulatory structures and culture’s influence on stigma and resulting practice implications. She holds an interest in incorporating harm reduction services within treatment programs and is an advocate for reforming policies impeding the use of methadone.
Eggert holds a Master of Arts in Psychology from Connecticut College, a Master of Social Work from the University of Connecticut, a Master of Arts in Leadership and Change, and a PhD in Leadership and Change from Antioch University.
Clinicians Advocating for Methadone Reform: Community Engagement and Empowerment
Saturday, April 6, 2024
4:00 PM – 5:15 PM
