I have experienced depression from two sides — as a client who experiences it, and as a therapist who treats it. I have learned several modalities for effective treatment, and experienced (as a client) others. I have ...

The purpose of this study is to explore the relationship between operationalized concepts of body dissatisfaction and abjection. Auto-ethnography is used as a tool for analyzing the theoretical and semantic meaning of ...

This thesis paper will use an autoethography method to examine, from a firsthand perspective, how might the use of a particular self-help book be beneficial or harmful to an individual. This paper aims to expand the body ...

This thesis is a sharing of a personal journey with depression with a focus on the culture that played an important role on forming my experience. Using an autoethnographical methodology, I share and explore my life-long ...

Dyslexia has many facets than just a learning disability, it is a “life problem” not just a school or an academic problem, as dyslexia impacts more aspects of one’s life than learning only. The social and emotional impact ...

In this thesis, I will examine the change theories that impacted my journey and how each created the context for transformational change. I will frame the thesis around my personal story of trauma and addiction. I will use ...

This thesis is a collection of essays that reflect upon the experience of anxiety as an emotional, mental, and physical experience as well as a relational, societal, existential, and spiritual phenomenon. I offer perspectives ...

The following manuscript is an autoethnographic study with the aim to offer readers an understanding of not only the lived experience of infertility, but also of starting a family through assisted reproductive technologies ...

This thesis is a reflection on my personal process in therapy through which I reconnected with my heart and true self. By reflecting on my experience, presented over a four-year timeframe, I illustrate that finding the ...

This manuscript is an ethnographic narrative of the author’s experiences through breast cancer diagnosis and treatment. The metaphor of the heroine’s journey creates the template for the unfolding trials of surgery, ...