The purpose of this study was to explore the personal and professional experience of a counselling psychology graduate intern on her journey to becoming a therapist. The aim is to contribute to the sparse research on the ...

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 ...

Childhood sexual abuse (CSA) is widespread and can have long lasting effects. Childbearing, birth, and motherhood are milestones in a woman‘s life that have been known to revive issues related to a history of CSA. This ...

In considering the embodiment of adult play I find it necessary to consider what play is and research my own relationship to its embodiment in myself. My relationship to my body and its slow journey back to play, including ...

This thesis addresses the inner changes I have experienced during my training in the counselling psychology program at City University of Seattle. Using heuristic research methods, I address spiritual and experiential ...

This manuscript is the result of my personal midlife search to change relationships with family, friends, and men. The experiences and outcome of my one-year commitment is written in an autobiographical voice combined with ...

Acculturation impacts the lives and well-being of immigrants and their families. When families immigrate, the acculturation process of parents and children may take a different course and take place at a different pace. ...

Using autoethnography, this thesis explores how immigrant Chinese Canadian youth and adult children respond to parental pressure when their chosen career path is contrary to their parents‘ wishes. Data sources include ...

In this thesis, I will present my own personal experience with childhood loss and grief as it has impacted my life, through my adolescence and into my adulthood. Using autoethnography as a method of research inquiry, I ...