Browsing City University of Seattle by Date
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Social Responses Towards Sexualized Violence
(2018-05-01)The focus of this study is based on the prevalence of rape culture that exists in North American society. The messages surrounding rape culture continue to impact the psychological wellbeing of sexual assault survivors. ... -
Exploring the Relationship between Trauma and Rheumatoid Arthritis
(2018-03-29)Previous research indicates that there is a relationship between trauma and development of chronc pain. Using the process of autoethnography, where the researcher is using their own experiences as the research material, ... -
Dropout in Group Therapy: Causes and Prevention Strategies
(2018-03-23)This paper explores dropout rates in mental health groups and how counsellors can retain participants. It examines the implications for both professionals and clients when entering into group therapy. Group therapy provides ... -
Supporting Student Learning with the Framework for Information Literacy
(2018-03-21)How can faculty help increase students’ critical consumption of information in order to ground their learning in trusted and relevant resources for their discipline? In 2004, leveraging the ACRL Information Literacy ... -
How safe is your digital therapy session? A review of ethical considerations for online counselling
(2017-12-07)Online counselling is currently one of the options available to clients and is presently being practiced despite numerous concerns regarding its effectiveness and ethicality. Within this thesis, the author defines online ... -
Parentification
(2017-12-05)The purpose of this thesis is to explore and define parentification and the influence it has on adult functioning in an effort to better understand the phenomenon and the implications for clinical practice. The methods ... -
Mental Health Challenges of Older Immigrants in Canada
(2017-12-01)The aim of this thesis is to offer an extensive review of current research on the barriers that older immigrants face upon entry to a new host country. Evidence has shown that older immigrants, particularly those from ... -
Beautitudo Imperfecta
(2017-12-01)This thesis examines the psychological dimension called happiness from the perspective of philosophy, experimental psychology, psychotherapeutic theory, clinical practice, cognitive neuroscience, and interpersonal neurobiology. ... -
Starting from Wholeness: An Exploration of Non-Dual Awareness
(2017-11-30)This manuscript thesis is an exploration of non-dual awareness and its integration into the field of counseling. The author begins with a biographical introspective, examining the significance of non-dual awareness to his ... -
The Exploration of Migratory Grief, Social Factors and Resolutions
(2017-11-27)This thesis explores the losses and grief associated with migration. My research questions revolve around three themes: migratory grief, its functions and expressions, its influencing factors, and its resolutions. I have ... -
Psychotherapy or Life Coaching: A Literature Review
(2017-11-27)Psychotherapy and life coaching are both considered helper professions. This literature review looks at the two disciplines through a historical lens to understand their foundations and the path each took to their current ... -
Mass Media and Body Satisfaction in Young Women: An Exploration of Impacts
(2017-11-27)The purpose of this study was to explore how the objectification of women’s bodies in mass media has impacted adolescent women’s body image, self-esteem, disordered eating, and social comparison in the hope that this ... -
Congruency Among Transformational Experiences
(2017-11-22)The purpose of this exploratory project is to find commonalities among transformative moments. The study was conducted through an autoethnography and examined the sole experiences of the author. Through an approach of ... -
Integrated Understanding of The Psychology of Pervasive Digital Internet Technology In Adolescents' Lives as Critical to Care
(2017-11-15)The purpose of this thesis was to gain an integrated understanding of the psychology of pervasive digital internet technology (DIT) in adolescents lives. The basic premise is that in this digital age this understanding is ... -
Forgotten Compassion: Building Community Schools of Care
(2017-11-12)Research shows that community schools of care are beneficial for children’s social, emotional, and cognitive development. Today, more than ever, there is an urgent need for community schools of care because we are living ... -
Group Versus Individual Intervention: A Best Practice Analysis for Social Skill Development in Children Aged Four to Seven with Autism Spectrum Disorder
(2017-11-11)This thesis is a best practice analysis to determine the play therapy modality that provides the most desirable increase in social skills for children aged four to seven diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Autism ... -
Gender Disproportionality in K-12 School Superintendent Positions
(2017-11-06)Despite an increase in the number of women obtaining senior leadership positions, women continue to be underrepresented in school district superintendencies (Muñoz, Mills, Pankake, & Whaley, 2014; T. Wallace, 2015). In ... -
Situating Myself as a Counsellor: The Influences of Intimate Experience and Inner Work on Process Ethics
(2017-11)The experiences of individuals who deviate from heteronormative identity and roles in society are often neglected and/or overlooked, which merely compounds the oppression that sexual minority individuals very frequently ... -
An Investigation into the Effects of Childhood Trauma with a Focus on Attachment in the School Setting with Strategies to Create Trauma Sensitive Environments
(2017-11)The purpose of this paper was to explore the connection between attachment trauma and mental health challenges facing students in the school setting. The number of children developing and coping with mental illness in the ... -
Resiliency Among Children Who Are Victims of Child Sexualized Abuse and What Schools Can Do to Help
(2017-11)Childhood sexualized abuse (CSA) has been shown to be related to numerous psychological and behavioral difficulties. Anxiety, depression and post-traumatic stress disorder are some struggles that victims experience as a ...
