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The Influences of Social Media on Athletes' Mental Health and Performance: A Literature Review
(2021-12-23)Athletes face a variety of stressors and challenges that impact their mental health and functioning. While research has focused on a number of these factors, social media and its use is still an emerging area of interest. ... -
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. ... -
Implementing Multi-Tiered Systems of Support in Continuation High Schools
(2021-12-14)The problem addressed in this study was that there remains limited research on how continuation schools implement evidence-based, multi-tiered programs (i.e., Multi-Tiered System of Support [MTSS]) to increase students' ... -
Internet Gaming as a Behavioral Addiction in Adolescents
(2021-12-13)This research project explores the following questions: 1. How is Internet Gaming Disorder (IGD) assessed? 2. How is IGD treated and, is treatment related to how it has been defined and assessed? First, this paper will ... -
Instilling Hope in the Lives of Adolescents in a School Setting
(2021-12-10)Hope is an important psychological strength and acts as a protective factor during challenging and uncertain times in life (Marques, Lopez et al., 2011; Snyder, 2002). Hopeful individuals benefit from this attribute as it ... -
Moral Injury and Its Effect on Frontline Healthcare Workers: Understanding the Psychological Implications of the COVID-19 Pandemic
(2021-12-09)The potential for moral injury in healthcare workers is increasingly salient on account of the COVID-19 pandemic. Healthcare workers on the frontlines have faced unprecedented human suffering, extraordinary working conditions, ... -
Barriers to Mental Health Service Utilization by South Asian Communities in North America
(2021-12-07)South Asian (SA) communities in North America have been shown to have lower rates of utilization of mental health services when compared to the dominant Western demographic (Chaudhry & Chen, 2019). This literature review ... -
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 ... -
The Impact of Insecure Attachment on Adolescent Self-Concept and Peer Attachment: A Resource for Counsellors
(2021-12-07)The purpose of this capstone is to provide an outline of the current research on the impact that an insecure attachment has on self-concept and peer attachment in adolescence. Insecure attachment within adolescents creates ... -
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 ... -
The Impact of Social Media on Adolescents
(2021-12-05)With the advancements of technology and smartphones, social media has become an important part of many individuals’ lives. The impact of social media on adolescents has become a hot button issue for many different studies ... -
The Utility of Psychotherapy: Meaningful Treatments for Depression and Anxiety
(2021-12-01)Major Depressive Disorder (MAD) and Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD) correlate with earlier mortality rates; those affected die up to eight years earlier than populations without either affective condition (Pratt et al., ... -
Support Systems and Mental Health With Homeless Transgender Youth
(2021-12-01)Transgender youth are a unique population within the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and further community (LGBTQ+). Transgender youth are at an increased risk of homelessness and mental health adversities. ... -
The Importance of Relationship Satisfaction and Raising a Child with ASD
(2021-12)Couples raising a child with Autism are impacted by greater amounts of stress and lower quality of life than parents who do not have a child diagnosed with Autism. In addition, this reduced quality of life can also interfere ... -
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, ... -
Emotionally Focused Therapy with Lesbian Couples
(2021-12)This capstone highlighted a literature gap in Emotionally focused therapy (EFT) (Johnson & Greenberg, 1985) with lesbian couples. The purpose was to fill the literature gap in EFT work for therapists, who wish to work with ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
Therapeutic Applications of Tabletop Role-Playing Games
(2021-12)Tabletop role-playing games have existed for decades and, despite the advent of technology and some bad press in the 1980's, has seen a resurgence in recent years thanks to popular culture. Though there has been some ...
