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Challenging Confidentiality and Dual Relationships in the Treatment of Addiction: A case study
(2019-06)This case study explores the question, how does adapting the traditional professional boundaries of confidentiality and dual relationships in the treatment of addictions (by including clients in an ongoing community that ... -
What Can Death and Dying Teach? An Autoethnography of the Retrospective Transformative Properties of Grief
(2019-05-06)This research explores the lived experience of meaningful incidences of post traumatic growth following the death of a loved one. Using an autoethnographic approach the study explores two siblings’ experiences of living ... -
A Comparison of the Efficacy of Physical Activity and Psychotropics as Adjunctive Treatments to Psychotherapy in the Treatment of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
(2019-05)The following thesis is concerned with assessing the relative efficacy of physical activity (PA) compared to pharmacotherapy in the treatment of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) to support the argument that PA should ... -
A Content Analysis of the Mental Health Concerns of University Students that are Suitable for Online Therapy
(2019-04-28)The purpose of this content analysis is to understand what kinds of mental health challenges facing university students within the age range of 18 to 24 might be suitable for online counselling as a therapeutic option. ... -
Treating Trauma in Schools using the Narrative Approach
(2019-04)This paper outlines the long history of childhood trauma in our culture and its ubiquity to the present day. When primary caregivers do not provide the sense of safety that a child needs to thrive, trauma-informed schools ... -
The Effects of Music Therapy on Death, Loss and Grief in Adolescents
(2019-03-27)The development of music therapy in psychotherapy is still fairly new, but is believed to be an effective form of treatment as music has strong healing components (Sekeles, 2007). Music is used as a form of expression ... -
Exploring Disordered Eating and Chronic Illness: A journey of recovery through OSFED
(2019-03-19)Research identifies eating disorders as a biopsychosocial with the highest mortality rate of all psychiatric illnesses. Using the process of autoethnography, my personal experience recovering from OSFED with a chronic ... -
Building Better Organizational Rebrands: Exploring the Employee Viewpoint
(2019-03-13)Organizational brands can be powerful, and it is risky to rebrand and potentially alienate stakeholders with a change (Abramovich, 2014). Yet, despite its high failure rate and cost, rebranding has become commonplace (Zhao, ... -
Emotional Regulation Interventions for Adolescents
(2019-03-12)This paper reviews the literature pertaining to adolescents' mental well-being. It describes adolescents, their challenges, emotions, social interactions, and emotional regulation. It discusses various programs and ... -
Teacher Self-Efficacy and the Correlation with Teacher Perception of Leadership Capabilities
(2019-03-10)Due to the importance of teacher self-efficacy, including factors that improve teacher self-efficacy, there is a need to further investigate the potential effect of leadership on teacher-self-efficacy. This study was ... -
An Exploration of the Differences between Principals’ Perceptions Regarding the Instructional and Organizational Effectiveness of Their High Schools and the Academic Achievement of Their Students
(2019-02-25)Organizational effectiveness has been a frequent topic of study among researchers, but some issues remain unresolved, such as the criteria that lead one organization to be more effective than another. Educational leaders ... -
The Power of Face-to-Face and Communal Acts
(2019-01)The purpose of this thesis is to explore the topic of social integration through face-to-face interaction within the scope of communal acts. Social integration is an integral part of being human. Humans are a social species, ... -
Supporting Students with Pathological Demand Avoidance
(2019-01)Pathological demand avoidance (PDA) is a little-known profile on the autism spectrum that can cause problems for students if appropriate strategies are not used. Most of the strategies used in schools for autistic students ... -
Relationships between Culture and Masculine Identity Development in South Asian Canadian Immigrants
(2019-01)This thesis used the combined analysis of traditional theory, empirical data, and lived experience to analyze the relationship between culture and masculine identity development in South Asian, Canadian first and second ... -
Core Competencies for Trauma-informed Therapy with Children and Families
(2018-12-01)This thesis outlines the core components of a neurobiologically-informed trauma framework for therapists working with children and families. Complex developmental trauma (CDT) is often accompanied by relational or attachment ... -
Rumi's Poetry in Counselling
(2018-12)The thirteen-century poet Rumi saw words as an extension of the mind, and used them with a view to that effect in his work. The present reflection is intended to explore Rumi's view on the role of language in determining ... -
Help under construction: Current concepts of masculinity and its impact on men's help seeking
(2018-11-30)This thesis thoroughly explores the dynamic between current conceptions of masculinity and resulting help-seeking practices in men, so as to promote a better understanding of the factors and context influencing men’s ... -
Social Psychology of Drug Policy: Dislocation and Dissonance Theory
(2018-11)The war on drugs is, arguably, a failed social policy, and yet it persists. This thesis uses scholarly review and analysis to ask: What is the social and individual psychology that accounts for the endurance of a demonstratively ... -
How to Cultivate Earned Secure Attachment for Complex Trauma Clients: A Phenomenological Study of Therapist's Experiences
(2018-11)This thesis is a qualitative study exploring psychotherapists’ experiences of how to cultivate earned secure attachment in complex trauma clients. The study also explores therapeutic stances and interventions that facilitate ... -
Equine Assisted Therapy for Adolescents Challenged by Anxiety in Schools
(2018-11)Adolescent anxiety is highly problematic in the high school setting and can cause long-term persistent mental health issues such as further anxiety, depression, and substance use problems later in life. Animal-assisted ...
