This thesis examines the importance of religion and spirituality to older adults and the implications for counsellors who work with this segment of the population. The initial premise of this thesis was that religion and ...

Parental infidelity is believed to be the leading reason for divorce in North America, and much research has been conducted on how to help the couple in crisis. However, the impact of parental infidelity reaches far beyond ...

The purpose of this thesis is to explore the author's process of finding authentic self as a First Nation's person in graduate school. The study is framed using a traditional Blackfoot method, a post-colonial auto ethnographic ...

Death is an event that our society encourages us to avoid, cheat, hide, delay, and deny though it pervades our daily lives with every experience of loss that we encounter. Consequently, we are further conditioned to limit ...

The impact of abstinence-based inpatient treatment for substance abuse on the three workplace outcomes of absenteeism, tardiness and productivity was investigated using a series of mixed between-within ANOVAs. Results from ...

Sibling loss has largely been overlooked by grief studies. Surviving siblings are still to this day finding themselves as the forgotten mourners. However there is still lacking sufficient literature on the topic of sibling ...

Historical works on grief and loss suggest that relinquishing ties to the deceased is a goal of grief and not doing so is considered to be pathological. This view has been prominent well into the 20th century, with exception ...

The purpose of this thesis is to encourage a balanced and holistic approach to the treatment of adolescent (13-18 years) anorexia nervosa, by proposing a protocol that integrates psychoeducation, family therapy and ...

This thesis is a qualitative study of psychotherapists‘ lived experiences of how they developed qualities for dialogic therapeutic relationship in themselves. The study also explored the meaning and place of the dialogic ...

Suicide is a leading cause of death amongst adolescents. This has perpetuated increased concern and motivation for providers in suicide prevention education to develop more comprehensive approaches to youth suicide prevention. ...