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The Power of Relationships to Harm and to Heal: An Attachment-Informed Perspective
(2021-06)The subject of human relationships is vast and expansive. This capstone will focus on the importance of attachment styles, as proposed by John Bowlby and Mary Ainsworth, on the psychological development and social relationships ... -
The Use of Dance Movement Psychotherapy in Trauma Intervention
(2021-06-07)This literature review explores the intentional use of movement in psychotherapy and trauma intervention. Several questions led to this research: How can movement be integrated pragmatically and seamlessly into the ... -
Black Women's Career Advancement in the City of Seattle: A Phenomenological Study
(2021-05-21)This qualitative study was intended to understand how Black women employed in a government municipality advanced to upper supervisory positions and to the top 25% of wage earners since the city’s data reveal this is a ... -
Addressing the Implicit Impacts of Sexual Trauma: An Exploration of Somatic Experiencing as an Adjunct to Psilocybin-Assisted Therapy
(2021-05)Sexual trauma is a life-altering violation with persistent, long term implications for survivors. Trauma can produce distinctive impacts on individuals, and therapeutic approaches that offer healing to some, may not be ... -
The Effect of Trauma Informed Yoga on Women with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
(2021-01-27)PTSD is conventionally treated with therapeutic modalities that often ignore the body’s involvement in the treatment process. Trauma Informed Yoga (TIY) is a treatment technique suggested in this paper to lower symptoms ... -
Incels: Inferences on Etiology & Therapeutic Treatment
(2021-03)This paper examines the emerging phenomenon of ‘incel’—or ‘involuntary celibate’—online subculture from a therapeutic perspective. Also known as ‘blackpill’ ideology, this subculture has evolved in recent years into a ... -
Navigating Substance Use Services
(2021-03-17)This report aims to provide a framework for navigating recovery services for the treatment of Substance Use Disorders in the Greater Vancouver area. Many broader issues in society also contribute to the problems which are ... -
Supporting the Development of Hope in Youth from Marginalised Populations
(2021-01)This paper is an examination of research for the purpose of understanding how professionals, such as social workers, educators, and counsellors, can support the development of hope in youth from marginalised populations. ... -
The Lived Experiences of Parents Who Have Children Diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)
(2021-03)This study examines the lived experience of parents who have a child diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). The rise in the number of children diagnosed with ASD means that more parents may be adversely affected. ... -
Accessing Therapeutic Reverie with Task-Based Counselling
(2021-02-23)A healthy function of the vagus nerve pathways will increase right hemisphere activation, increasing capability of accessing therapeutic reverie and the associated benefits thereof. If we can honor this sequence, it becomes ... -
A New Trail: An Inquiry into the Application of Equine Facilitated Psychotherapy with Trauma Survivors
(2020-11)Research has revealed that exposure to potentially traumatic events may result in devastating long-term consequences for their survivors. Currently, popular therapeutic modalities have demonstrated successful outcomes in ... -
Need Signal: Information Privacy Equipoise
(2021-02-26)It has become apparent that need signal, more than information privacy concern or information privacy calculus, is the primary driver for individuals’ online participation or online transactions, whether it is participating ... -
Treatment Programs for Individuals who have Perpetrated Intimate Partner Violence
(2021-02-09)This paper focuses on treatment programs for individuals who have perpetrated intimate partner violence (IPV). Factors that contribute to IPV are explored as well as the current treatment models in Canada and the United ... -
The Role of Stigma in the Mental Health of Sex Workers
(2020-12)Sex workers are exposed to a significant amount of stigma, discrimination, and violence simply due to their occupation. The purpose of this capstone is to examine how stigma impacts the mental health of sex workers using ... -
The Mental Health Experiences of Retired Elite Athletes
(2020-12-06)This qualitative study explores the mental health experiences of professional athletes during the retirement process from elite sport. Using a phenomenological approach, specifically interpretative phenomenological analysis ... -
The Lived Experience of Families With Children Who Have Sexually Offended in Canada
(2021-02-16)Families with children who have sexually offended are often left to endure an issue that is heavily stigmatized among society. Research on the impact faced by families with children who have sexually offended is significantly ... -
Leadership in Volatile, Uncertain, Complex, and Ambiguous Environments
(2020-11-17)Volatile, uncertain, complex, and ambiguous (VUCA) environments require new forms of leadership that support organizational adaptiveness in the face of rapid change and complex environments. Moreover, the specific problem ... -
"Mystory": A Collection of Memories, Musings, and More
(2020)This manuscript is a personal story more than anything, a tale about my journey from “craziness” to counselling if you will. It focuses on events from the past five years, and it also includes reflections about my childhood ... -
Bridging the Gap: The Experiences of Males with Traumatic Spinal Cord Injuries
(2020-12-07)The purpose of this study was to explore the lived experiences of males with spinal cord injuries and the level of mental health care they received post injury in the rehabilitation setting. A transcendental phenomenological ... -
Counselling Chinese Clients: An Integration of Western Psychotherapy with Eastern Culture
(2020-11-24)To most Chinese immigrants in Canada, seeing a mental health professional is often a last resort. Many of them express resistance and reluctance towards sharing their personal and relational struggles with clinicians, whom ...
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