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RECENT THESIS TITLES - 2004

ASALMAH k. ABDULBAAQEE
Antecedents That are Characteristic to Adult Males' Sexual Offending Behaviors

CHERYL A. ALEXANDER
Understanding Experiences: Exploring the Effects of Physical Restraints on Previously Traumatized Adolescents

LYNNE MARIE ANDERSON
The Resiliency of Women in Substance Abuse Recovery who came from a Childhood of Abuse

AMANDA C. ANTENUCCI
Sex Legislation: Government Funding of Abstinence-Only-Until Marriage Sex Education Programs and the Implications for Queer Youth

CLAIRE ARCHARD
Empowering the Therapist: The Role of Self-Awareness And Self-Acceptance in the Treatment of Patients Diagnosed with Borderline Personality Disorder

KENTA ASAKURA
Dichotomy Between Racial and Sexual Identities: An Exploratory Study of the Double Minority Status Among Gay Men of Asian Descent in the U.S.

JEFFREY ASMAR
Multicultural Organizational Development and Community Supported Agriculture: A Theoretical Study

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APRIL KAVANAGH BALLARD
(Health Care for the Homeless, Baltimore, MD ) Enduring the Trauma of Homelessness: Stories of Strength, Resilience and Survival

SARAH BASHIR
Animals and Psychotherapy: An Exploratory Study of Therapists' Perceptions of Animal-Assisted Therapy

AMANDA BARNUM
How do Mediators of Different Professional Backgrounds Define And Pursue Success? A Qualitative Study of Mediators from Social Work, Law, and Religious Leadership

RACHEL G. BENSINGER
A Look into the Lives of Adults with Asperger's Syndrome

GRANT BIALEK
How Male Social Work Clinicians Maintain Their Professional Integrity When Sexually Attracted To Their Clients

STACIE BILOWZ
Exercise As A Useful Treatment For Depression And Anxiety: The Way In Which Mental Health Clinics Are Incorporating Exercise Into The Treatment Of Their Clients

JENNIFER BOBROW
Invented Worlds: The Role of Fantasy for Adult Survivors of Child Abuse

JESSICA E. BONDI
Relational Aggression in College Women: A Qualitative Study

LIZA BROWN
Does Mainstream Sex Education Speak to the Experiences of Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Adolescents?

CHRISTINE L. BUI
The Long-Term Effects of Marital Infidelity on Adult Children

AYANA B. BURNETT
Whose Ideals Are Being Upheld: An Exploration of Oppression's Impact on the Construction of Heterosexism within the African-American Community

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KATHLEEN MARIE CAPEN
Creative Arts Therapy in the Treatment of Veterans with PTSD: A Theoretical Study

FREDERICK J. CARLISLE
Clients' Analysis of Transpersonal Psychotherapy

JENNIFER LYNN COLELLO
Clinician's Perspective on Effective Treatment of Adolescents who are Living with Parental Mental Illness

KELCIE COOKE
Restoring Justice: The Viability of Victim Offender Mediation in Cases of Domestic Violence

TARA LEIGH COSS
Women's Perspectives on the Influencing Factors of Anorexia Nervosa

JENIFER B. CUTLER
Policy of Self-Care for Psychotherapists: How Agencies are Addressing the Self-Care Needs of their Mental Health Clinicians

MATTHEW CZAPLINSKI
How Psychotherapists Understand and Work with Clients Diagnosed with Psychoses Who Report Strong Mystical, Spiritual, or Religious Experiences and Beliefs

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TYANN J. DECHAMBEAU
Parental Expectations of Children's Sexuality and How Those Expectations Affect the Parent-Child Relationship after a Child Discloses his or her Homosexuality

ANTHONETTE N. DEPRIMO
Heterosexism and Mental, Health: Exploring Heterosexual Privilege

CAROLYN IVES DINGMAN
Aging Successfully: Experiences and Perceptions of Oldest Old Women

ELIZABETH HAMBLEN DODD
Codependency and Career Choice: A Comparison of Codependent Personality Traits Between Female MSW and MB A Students

COLETTE DOWLING
Vagina Dialogues: The Developmental Underpinnings of Older Women's Fear of Losing Youth and Beauty

VICTORIA ELLIOTT
Is There a Connection Between Family Dynamics And the Development of Bullying and Victim Behavior in Children?

DEBORAH EVANS
Lives out of Context: Exploring American Culture's Effect on the Relationships of Immigrant Mothers and their Daughters

JULIE FADEN
Survivors of Domestic Violence: A Descriptive Study of the Informal Support System of Women Who Have Left an Abusive Partner

NICOLE R. FALCONE
Dialectical Behavioral Therapy, Narrative Therapy, and Resilience Theory: Integrating Theories of Treatment of Borderline Personality Disorder

ELIZABETH E. FIFE
If Johnny Threw Rocks at the Police Would You? A Theoretical Thesis Exploring the Individual's Participation in Political Protest Violence

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AMY GEORGE (PR)
The Nature of Sponsorship in Alcoholics Anonymous: Planting the Seeds of Recovery with Experience, Strength and Hope

HANNAH S. GOLUB
Attachment Perspectives: How Adults Adopted as Infants Experience Attachment to their Adoptive Parents

L. C. GONZALEZ
Colombian Immigrants Identify and Define Political Violence and Its Effect on Acculturation in the U.S.

LINDY E. GRAHAM
The Tree Model and Facilitated Joint Brainstorming: An Examination of Two Theoretical Models For Intergroup Conflict Resolution

NAOMI GREENBERG
An Exploratory Study of Coping Styles and Resiliency Among Transgender Youth

RENE A GUERETTE
Correlations Between Spirituality, Environmental Awareness, and General Well-Being: A Quantitative Study

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MELISSA HALE
An Exploratory Study of Identity Formation of Adolescents with Cochlear Implants

MARY DOWNS HERRON
"That's an Extra One:" Adolescent Transgender Identity and Self-Acceptance

CATHERINE E. HORTON
When There Are No Words: The Impact of Trauma on the Developing Brain and Attachment: Implications for Working with Traumatized Children

JAMIE A. HOWARD
Factors that enhance the achievement of White racial consciousness

SALLY ANN HOWELL
The Effects of Gender Socialization on the Presentation of Depression in Men

JACQUELINE HUMPHREYS
"Is there a Word for Extra Shock"?: Exploring Mothers' Response to Their Daughters' Disclosure of Sexual Abuse By Mothers' Partner

TRICIA L. JOHNSON
The Role of Mindfulness Meditation and Practice in Psychotherapy from the Clinician's Perspective

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ALLAHNA KAJ
The Role of Religious Struggle in the Development of Spiritual Maturity: A Relational Model for Growth and Transformation

SANDRA KILEY-DAVIS
Women's Psychological Responses   to Abortion: A Theoretical Study of Social Support and Religion as Contributors to a Negative Psychological Outcome

CHERYL KOSKINEN
Children's Books as an Adjunct Tool to Therapy with Children and Families

DANIELLE RENEE LANCON
(Re)Envisioning Family: Queer Family Development and Processes of Resilience

EBONI A. LANIER
African Americans Awareness of Alzheimer's Disease

SUJIN LEE
Exploring the Relationship Between Asian Mental Health Practitioners' Level of Acculturation and Self Identity and Their Experiences with Race and Ethnicity in a Clinical Setting

SARA ROSE LESSER
Sexually Active Connection In Long Term Queer Female Relationships

DANNA LIPTON
An Exploration of the Relationship Between Coping Styles and Eating Disorders in an Inpatient Population of Adolescent Females

KIMBERLY A. LOIKA
It's Not Just a Zit: Theoretical Perspectives on the Impact of Acne on Adolescents' Self-Esteem

SALLY M. LOWDER
Assisting Artists with Creative Block: Comparing Winnicott, Milner, and Kris' Theories of Development

SHIRA L. LUFT
Ethiopians' Adjustment to Life in the United States : A Qualitative, Exploratory Study

JESSICA E. LUTY
Group Treatment for Male Violence:   Does the Duluth Model Address the Needs of Men who Batter?

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STELLA MORGANA MACLEOD
Self-Mutilation or Body Beautification: The Meaning of Tattooing and Piercing And Implications for Social Work Practice

SOPHIE MARZIN
The Assessment of Social Workers' Knowledge of Reentry Adjustment

MARLO MICELI
( Hanna Perkins Center , Cleveland , OH ), Consultation in Day Care: A Descriptive Study

ARIA BETH MICHAELS
The Spoiled Identity of the Facially Stigmatized: A Theoretical Study of an Unrecognized Population

SARAH MILES
When Experiencing Parental Separation or Divorce During College: Is Parental Separation Or Divorce Experienced Differently by College Age Daughters for Whom It Was Expected and by Those for Whom It Was Not?

ELIZABETH ENGLISH MOGA
Outward Bound Instructors'Perceptions of the Efficacy of the Double Diamond Model for Facilitating Adventure-Based Practice: An Exploratory Study

Mina Monroe
Meeting the Psychosocial Support Needs of Parentally Bereaved Adolescents

ERICA R. MONTS
Should Therapists Who Have Experienced Their Client's Issue Self-Disclose?

LAURA ANN MORGAN
Catholic School Days: The Influence of Catholicism on Catholic High School Students' Negative Decision-Making Process

KATHERINE H. MORIARTY
Erotic Sadomasochism: Women Finding Meaning and Opportunities for Personal Growth through Radical Sexual Practices

BROOKE MORRIGAN
Psychotherapy with Adult Survivors of Childhood Sibling Incest: Therapists' Experiences and Views

JOELLE MOURAD MITCHELL
An Exploration of the Relationship Between Self-esteem, Locus of Control, Involvement in Service-Oriented Community Projects in Adolescents

DEVON T. MUSSON
Somatic Countertransference: Theoretical Considerations and Treatment Implications

MEGAN C. MYERS
Comforting Touch Between Nurses and Patients: An Exploratory Study with Implications for Medical Social Work Practice

KIMBERLY MARY NELSON
The Etiology and Treatment of Dissociative Identity Disorder: A Theoretical Study

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CHRISTINE LAURA OLIVER
Medication and Relationships: An Exploration of Relational Impacts of Long Term of Psychotropic Medications

PAULINE OVENS
Sexual Risk-Taking among Men who have Sex with Men: A Theoretical Analysis Applying Trauma Theory and Ego Psychology

REBECCA CLAIRE PALINSKI
Social Workers Commitment To Social Justice Action and The Role of Education

LIZZY J. PAPPAS
An Exploratory Study: Understanding the Role of Spirituality in the Separation-Individuation Phase for Adolescents Undergoing Clinical Treatment

MAELYNN PATTEN
The Medical Experience for Rape Survivors: An Exploration of How Being Raped After the Age of Sixteen has Impacted Medical Encounters of Six Female Rape Survivors

KARLA MICHELLE PAZZI
Tunneling Through: How Spirituality and the Grieving Process Affect Each Other

RUTH PEARLMAN
The Psychological and Sociological Effects on Children Growing Up in a Foster Care System That Defies the Basic Tenets of Attachment, Grief, and Trauma Theories

NANCY PERSSON (PR)
Ethical Considerations for Clinicians and Judges Regarding the Use of the Lamb Warning and Pre-adjudication Assessments and the Impact of those Assessments on Judges' Decisions in Western Massachusetts Juvenile Courts

REBECCA L. PROCOPIO
Therapists' Perspectives on Transference Themes in Sandplay Therapy within the Context of Individual Treatment of Children and/or Adults

KELLY D. PROTHERO
The Value of Personal Therapy in the Professional Development of the Clinical Social Worker

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LAURA ANITA RAYBOULD
The Legal Experience of Rape Survivors: An Exploratory Study

JENNY ROBERTS
An Exploratory Study of the Positive, Long-Lasting After-Effects of Peak Experiences

NATASHA M. ROBINSON
The Psychological Well-Being of African American Grandparents who raise their Grandchildren: An Exploratory Study

ALYSIA RODRIGUEZ
The Effects of English Language Superiority Related to Attitudes of Racial Identity and Self Esteem of Puerto Rican Students Enrolled in English Immersion Classrooms

VALERIE ABRA ROSENFIELD
The White Elephant in the Room: An Exploration of How The Social Work Licensing Exam Can Better Test for Experiential Awareness of White Privilege

STEPHANIE SEAL
Clinician's Use of EMDR: A Look Inside The Black Box

GILLIAN R. SEXSMITH
Therapists' use of clients' pets in individual outpatient therapy with adults who have attachment problems

STACEY LYNN SALOMON
It's Not Under a Rock: The Impact of Racial Microaggressions on Students of Color Attending a Predominantly White Public High School in the San Francisco Bay Area

LATONYA SCRIVEN
Contributing Factors of Adolescent Pregnancy Amongst African American Females in Wilson , North Carolina : A Case Study

DEVEN SHAH (PR)
(Asian Counseling and Referral Service, Seattle, WA), The Voice of Wisdom and Complexity: Exploring Asian Pacific Islander Community Mental Health Clinical Case Managers' Reflections On their Clinical Roles and Clinical Training Needs

SARAH SHERWOOD
Overcoming the Damage: The Impact of Violent Traumatization in Families and Communities on Young Children's Learning and Success in Public School, and the Public Policy Implications

STEPHANIE SMALL
How Television Viewing During Adolescence May Influence Exotic Dancers' Perceptions of Female Gender Roles: An Exploratory Study

SAMANTHA J. SMITH
Short-term filial therapy With low-income Latino families: A feasibility study

MIRITTE R. STEINBERG
An Exploratory Study: The Academic Attitudes and Goal Orientations of Middle School Girls in an Inner-City Public School

MICHELLE R. STEPHENS
Perspectives on Spirituality in Mental Health

CAROLYN STEVENSON
Psychotherapy: A Queer Space

TRACEY SUTTON
Protective Advantage: Are Social Work Interns Insulated from the Impact of Client Suicide? Experiences of Social Work Interns and Their Supervisors

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G. HIROKO TAGUCHI
A Question of Frame: The Psychoanalytic Stances of Lichtenberg, Lachmann and Fosshage and of W. R. Bion

LISA TON
Why are U.S. Citizens Adopting Internationally: Implications for Social Work Practice and Policy

SUSAN M. TRUDEAU (PR)
When a Client Commits Suicide: Mental Health Practitioners as Suicide Survivors

DAIJIRO UEDA
Spiritual Coping Strategies: Gay Men Living with HIV/AIDS

JULIA R. WALLACE (PR)
Popular Parenting Advice Books: An Analysis of the Culture War in Child-Rearing Manuals

MARY BROEMMELSIEK WATERS
Reunited Lovers: A Qualitative Investigation of Rekindled Romances and its Implications for Social Work Practice

GINA M. WATSON
Benefits of Yoga Practice on Body, Mind and Spirit: Implications for Female Adolescent Self-Acceptance

ABIGAIL A. WAUGH
Narrative Therapy in an Ableist Society: Inviting Alternative Stories Into the Room

CLIO BELLE WEISMAN
Take it Like a Man: Characteristics of Male Sexual Assault Targets In Juvenile Detention Facilities

ERINA WHITE
An Examination of the Factors that Drive Changes in Sexual Behavior of WIHS Women over Time

JACQUELINE A. WHITE
The Impact of Parental Death on the Developmental Tasks of College Students

KURT LORENC WHITE (PR)
New Directions for the Empowerment Concept in Mental Health Social Work Practice: Perspective from Self-help

AARON WILLIAMS
Clients' Sense of Spirituality and Its Effect on Their Therapeutic Process

SARA WILLENS
The relationship of disordered eating behaviors and attitudes to the multidimensional nature of perfectionism among female adolescents

AMANDA R.WILLAMS
Subjective Perspectives on Masculinity as a Factor in the Criminal Activity of Incarcerated Adolescent Males

LESLIE YOUNG
Directive and Nondirective Art Therapy: Clinician's Views on Application and Use

KURT ZELLEN
The subject of intersubjectivity: Reading Merleau-Ponty into clinical formulations of intersubjectivity

EMILY ZIMMER
( University of California Los Angeles Neuropsychiatric Institute Partial Hospitalization Program) Partial Hospitalization as Treatment for PTSD and non-PTSD Patients

ORLI ZUCHOVITSKY
Biphobia: An Exploration of Oppression in the Lives of Bisexuals

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