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Understanding Resilience: Uncovering The Common Themes
(2016-05)
Research on resilience focuses on children and adolescents, with little attention paid to adults. The intention of this study is to broaden knowledge of resilience in adults, especially those in recovery from drugs and/or ...
The Phenomenology and Practice of Edge Sensing in Psychotherapy: Embracing Embodiment and Process
(2016-05-21)
This thesis explores three main questions: how does the phenomenon of change happen in psychotherapy, what propels human becoming, and what is our role as therapists in helping that forward process? Findings suggest that ...
Response-Based Drama Therapy: a Viable Option for Youth Experiencing Anxiety
(2016-01)
This project outlines the motivation for and creation of an eight-week response-based drama therapy group for youth experiencing anxiety, as the predominant treatment modality presented in community based mental health ...
Love Across The Cultural Divide: Practicing Intercultural Couple Counselling
(2016-05-18)
In today’s world, where media, communication technology, and ease of travel increasingly create opportunity for individuals from different cultures to connect and partner, it is critical that couple therapists are knowledgeable ...
I am Eurasian
(2016-05)
The research topic for this paper is counselling implications for working with Eurasians in Canada. The focus is on Eurasians of various age groups, of British and Chinese descent, residing in Vancouver, British Columbia. ...
Adolescent Bereavement: A Nuanced Landscape of Loss
(2015-04)
The purpose of this thesis is to explore the topic of adolescent bereavement within the scope of three essays which together comprise a manuscript thesis. Drawing upon both structuralist and postmodern theoretical frameworks, ...
Initial Responses to Cutting by Front-Line Workers in Schools
(2015-03)
In this thesis, I explore cutting, one form of self-harm, in the context of how teachers and other front-line workers might respond to a student who is cutting. Researchers recognize that this coping behaviour is used by ...
Creating a Liminal Space: How Interpreting Behavior as an Evolutionarily Driven Adaptation Informs the Treatment of Personality Disorders
(2016-05)
Despite the undeniable toll on individuals, families, and health care systems, 30 years of clinical work and research around personality disorders has failed to yield neither a solid conceptual understanding of dysfunction ...
Utilizing Expressive and Narrative Enhancement Therapies with Adolescent Populations: A Personal and Theoretical Exploration of Restorying Self-Narratives After Internalizing Stigmas
(2015-12-07)
Many individuals internalize stigmas associated with mental illness diagnoses. This phenomenon, also called self-stigma, may encourage the development of negative self-appraisals, which, in turn, may contribute to the loss ...
Bullying And Adolescent Girls: An Exploration Into The Relationship Between Bullying And Trauma
(2015-06)
Research suggests that adolescent girls who have been bullied often experience correlating depression and anxiety, sleep problems, as well as a lack of self-esteem. In this thesis I offer a detailed exploration into the ...