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Childhood Trauma and Play Therapy: A Responsive Approach in Elementary School Counselling
(2022-04)Childhood trauma is a public health concern with a significant presence in Canada's population. The literature shows several domains of impairment that result from childhood trauma, including attachment, biology, affect ... -
Understanding Borderline Personality Disorder Through an Attachment and Trauma-Informed Lens
(2022-04)Borderline personality disorder (BPD) is currently classified as a psychiatric diagnosis characterized by various challenges, including difficulties in emotional regulation, interpersonal relationships, and self-regulation. ... -
Addressing the Reading Achievement Gap in Nevada: An Exploration of Instructional Methods for Low SES and ELL Elementary Student Achievement
(2022-02-22)Teachers in Nevada have faced the problem of providing consistent, effective literacy instruction to elementary students, which impacts overall student achievement; only 48.3% of students in Clark County, Nevada were ... -
Effect of Animal-Assisted Therapy on the Mental Health of Children and Youth with Trauma
(2021-12-06)The author examined the impact of animal-assisted therapy (AAT) on children and adolescents who had experienced trauma. Nine of the 10 studies that the author analysed were quantitative, and 1 was a mixed-methods study. ... -
Teaching Healthy Relationship Skills to Emerging Adults
(2022-02-21)The purpose of this Capstone Research Project is to identify the skills and knowledge that should be included in a short-term, individual-oriented relationship education program designed to teach general relationship ... -
Mindfulness and The Grief Recovery Method®: A Therapeutic Approach to Alleviating Grief and Loss Associated with Chronic Pain
(2021-11)Many people suffer from chronic pain and experience challenges with physical, social and psychological aspects. Recently, literature has found there is a link between grief, loss and chronic pain. Although mindfulness has ... -
The Experiences of Students with Learning Disabilities in a College Success Course: What is Working and What is Not
(2022-02-16)The problem addressed in this study is how a College Success course might reverse the trend of lower graduation rates for students with learning disabilities (LDs) who attend a Colorado institution of higher education. ... -
The Role of Mentalization in the Manifestation of Mental Illness
(2021-11-25)This paper consists of an analysis of 12 quantitative peer-reviewed empirical studies conducted to shed light on the function of mentalization in the manifestation of mental illness. Mentalization is the cognitive activity ... -
Parenting a Food-Allergic Child: Mental Health Impacts on Fathers
(2021-07)This paper consists of an analysis of four quantitative, five qualitative, and one mixed-methods study on the mental health impacts on fathers of raising children with life-threatening food allergies. As increasingly more ... -
The Barriers and Challenges of the Development of Online Counselling After the Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic
(2022-01)Online therapy has been around as an alternative delivery method for clients who are unable to attend to a therapy session in-person. The main concerns and limitation on online therapy is mainly focus on the difficulties ... -
Therapy Dogs in a School Setting
(2021-12)With the prevalence of mental health issues among students, schools are beginning to look at alternative therapeutic methods to reach a great number of them. Animal intervention programs have been shown to provide a variety ... -
Stories of Our Bodies in Narrative Therapy
(2022-03)The aim of this capstone was to explore how our stories of our bodies can be incorporated into narrative therapy. People experience lives in their bodies and bodily experiences need consideration. The growing influence of ... -
Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder: Telehealth and COVID-19: A Literature Review
(2021-12-22)This literature review investigates the effectiveness of counselling via telehealth for children and youth with autism spectrum disorder during the COVID-19 pandemic. The pandemic and corresponding public health orders ... -
Coping Strategies Employed by Women to Mitigate the Effects of Intimate Partner Violence and their Therapeutic Implications
(2021-12-17)Intimate partner violence has detrimental health and psychological consequences on individuals who experience it. Intimate partner violence is conceptualized in various ways: physical, sexual, emotional, and psychological. ... -
Understanding Problematic Video Gaming Among Adolescents Through the Lens of Self-Determination Theory
(2021-12)Online gaming is a multi-billion-dollar industry that is on the rise and fast becoming one of the most popular forms of leisure among children and adolescents in the modern world. With faster internet speed, greater ... -
The Link Between Trauma and Substance Use: Raising Counsellor Awareness
(2021-12-06)There is a clear link between trauma and addiction, which is elucidated by a body of research going back several decades. As our understanding of the nature of trauma and substance use disorders (SUDs) has evolved over ... -
Choking in Sport Explained for Counsellors: Theories, Interventions, and Considerations
(2021-12)Performance optimization is a key reason why athletes seek mental performance support, and when athletes do not perform up to their own expectations in decisive moments of the game, the results are devastating. This capstone ... -
South Asian Youth and Empowerment Towards Accessing Services
(2021-12-07)South-Asian youth are navigating through various socio-cultural factors such as familial obligations, abuse, pressures of academic achievement among other typical adolescent struggles. This dichotomous balance of the ... -
Cross-Cultural Adaptation and Psychological Distress in International Students in Canada: Acknowledging and Supporting
(2021-12)The purpose of this capstone is to explore the experiences of cross-cultural adaptation and psychological distress of international students in Canada and provide recommendations for counsellors, educational institutions, ... -
Addressing the Impacts of Workplace Violence: An Exploration of Supporting the Diverse Needs Population, Workplace Violence and Its Psychological Effects
(2021-05)Workplace violence is an unfortunate reality for many different professions that are involved with helping people. Until recently, the impacts of workplace violence on psychological distress were unknown, and a lack of ...
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