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RECENT THESIS TITLES - 2006

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Alicia Abernethy
Hospice Services for Hispanic Populations in Southern New England: A Descriptive Study

Nancy Adams
How Psychodynamic Theory Can Be Used as a Base to Treat Creative Block in Visual Artist Clients

Betty Y. Alban
Through the Eyes of Our Children: Inner-City Latina/o Adolescents' Experiences of Racial Discrimiation

Annie Ali
Ethnic Identity and Roles of Indo-Guyanese Women: Effects of Immigration and Acculturation

T. Tomas Alvarez
Beats, Rhymes and Life: Exploring the Use of Rap Therapy with Urban Adolescents

Angie M. Arce
Vicariou Traumatization: Do MSW Students Experience it While on Field Placement

Stephen J. Atherton
The Ubiquitous Ten Percent: Effectss of Drug Regulation on Addiction Prevalence

Wendy Joyce Barbour
Adolescent Perspectives on Peer Self-Harming Behaviors

Meghan Barrager
"Hip Hop Saved My Life": The Role of Rap Music in Male Adolescent Identity Formation with Implications for Therapy

Kristin M. Belmonte
Do You Belong to this Community? Does this Community Belong to You? Vassar Students Talk about Class

Eleanor Kate Berch-Heyman
Playground Experiences

Donna Blazis
Acknowledging the Inevitable: Incidental Encounters and Dual Relationships in Rural and Small-Community Practice

Amy J. Booxbaum
Reviewing Sex Offender Treatment and Exploring Quitting: A Multidisciplinary Investigation of Self-Reported Cessation Attempts of Adult Male Child Abusers

Katherine Bradford
Provision of Culturally Competent Services for Immigrant Women of Color: A Qualitative Study of the Perspectives of Advocates Working in Ethnic Specific Domestic Violence Agencies

Caryn Brady
The Intersecting Liminalities of Illness and Immigration: A Theoretical Study of the Experiences of HIV-Positive Latino Immigrants

Sarah Braunstein
Primitive Things in Ourselves: Understanding Countertransference in the Treatment of Schizophrenia

Benjamin K. Brunnschweiler
Larry Bird, Pass Me the Ball! The Significance of Continued Play into Adulthood: Implications for a Lifetime

Danielle Bush
The Effectiveness of Anti-Bullying Prevention, Intervention and Education Programs in U.S. Public High Schools

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Christopher Morgan Scullion Carter
"It's Not Just Hamstrings": Exploration of the Experiences of Trauma Survivors in Yoga Practice with Implications for Treatment

Kathleen Chronley
What is Going on with the Girls? An Examination of Female Offenders and the Juvenile Justice System

Jill Ciarimboli
Therapists' Observations of Home-Based vs. Clinical-Based Interventions with At-Risk Mothers

Katherine Connor
Treatment Impasse with Adolescents in Residential Settings Viewed from the Perspectives of Life Cycle Theory and Blos' Theory of Adolescent Development

Shelah R.E. Corey
Interactive Mismatch Between Infants and Foster Parents: Coping Behaviors of Infants in Foster Care

Abigail Corson-Rikert
Models of Social Change Addressing Racism: Christian and Anti-Racism Perspectives

Johanna Crocetto
Psychosocial Challenges and Supports for Adolescents and Young Adults with Perinatally Acquired HIV Infection: An Exploratory Study

Tia Marie Dabney
Educating Our Schools: The Impact of Preservice Training on Multicultural Teaching and Counseling Competencies in Public Schools

Brandin Dear
African American Transgender Men and Their Experiences with Racism in the United States Pre- and Post Transition

Jilliane De La Hunt
Inviting the Wild Things to Tea: Social Worker Death Anxiety in End of Life Care Relationships Explored Through Formulations of Clinical Intersubjectivity and Aspects of Buddhist Psychology

Katherine Delorenzo
"Get a Grip": A Gender Based Analysis of Borderline Personality Disorder

Kathleen Megan Deshayes
"We Used Our Body to Climb, Our Mind to Uncomplicate Things and Our Spirit to Stick Together." An Investigation into a Thompson Island Outward Bound CHOICES Expedition

Eleanor Dodson
Clinicians' Use of Verbal Interventions in Play Therapy

Mary E. Dowcett
An Examination of the Effect of Participating in the Girls on the Run Intervention Program on Pre-Adolescent Girls' Self-Efficacy: An Exploratory Study at Two Schools

Lindsay K. Duckles
The Perceived Impact of Foster Care on Adult Romantic Relationships: Qualitative Interviews with Individuals Previously in Foster Care as Children

Kathleen C. Eaton
Role of Spirituality in Clinical Practice

Alisha Ellis
Racism and Resilience: An Exploratory Study of African American MSW Graduates from 1964 and Prior

Sarai Sae-Hee Engel
Blah, Blah, Blog: Therapeutic Benefits of Online Diaries Among Adolescent Females

Caretia Fernandez
Empathic Exhaustion in the Treatment of Clients Who Deliberately Self-Injure

Jacqueline Footman
Bridging the Cross-Cultural Divide While Honoring Sacred Boundaries: Halakhically Sensitive Psychotherapy with Orthodox Jews

Elizabeth Franco
Intrafamilial Childhood Sexual Abuse and a Culture of Silence: Experiences of Adult Mexican Survivors with Disclosure

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Myrtho W. Gardiner
Exploring Whether Individuals Can Develop an Addiction to the Lifestyle Associated with Distributing Narcotics: A Theoretical Analysis of Criminal Behavior Using Social Learning and Medical Models

Christopher E. Garner
Male Gender Identity Development: Deconstructing Early Theories with a Postmodern Perspective

Susannah Gersten
The Role that Pet Dogs Play in the Ability of Middle-Schoolers to Cope with Changes and Loss Associated with Early Adolescent Development

Rebecca Goulet
The Motivations Behind Prosocial Behavior, in Particular Blood Donation

Laurie Helene Gutierrez
Flattened Out Women: An Exploration of the Identity Consciousness of Adolescent Girls Using Media Images

Rosa M. Guzman
Effective Treatment Strategies for Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Clients

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Donald Ernest Haiman
"Islands of Clarity": The Lived Experience of People with Severe Forms of Mental Illness Who are Participating in Treatment within the Windhorse Model of Mental Health Care

Sandra J. Hall
Gauging the Gatekeepers: How do Adoption Workers Assess the Suitability of Gay, Lesbian, or Bisexual Prospective Parents?

Nia Hamilton
Resiliency of Black Queer Women

Crystal M. Hayes
Everyday Racism in the Lives of Black Mothers: Implications for Clinical Social Work

Dawn Ellen Hennekey
"Gotta Be Gangsta": How does Exposure to Community Violence Affect the Gender Identity Development of Urban Adolescent Males?

Ivy Hooper
How Latina Survivors of Intimate Partner Violence Make Meaning of if Within the Context of their Culturally-steeped Religious and Spiritual Beliefs: An Exploratory Study "Dioa Aprieta, Pero No Ahoga"

Kathleen E. Hughes
The Social Construction of Internalized Ideals of Female Beauty: Self-perceptions of Adult Women

Jeanette Jimenez
Toward a Better Understanding of the Experience of Ethnic Minority Clinicians: Clinical and Theoretical Considerations

Ty Jones
It's Not Just Playing: The Experiences of a Neophyte Play Therapist - Training and Preparation

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David Kells
The Counselor-in-Residence Approach to College Mental Health

Karen Kenneally
Social Discrimination of Individuals with Developemental Disabilities

Nadia Raffaella Khatchadourian
The Creator Within: How Art Therapy Benefits Adults and the Role of Play as a Curative Factor

Stephanie Kilian
Program Development in Residential Treatment Centers for Children

Patricia Adams Kissinger
An Extra Leap of Faith: The Experiences of Fiftenn Older Women Students at Smith College School for Social Work

Caroline Kroe
Assessing Adolescents with Trauma History for Post Traumatic Stress Disorder

April Leininger
Somatization as Defense and Deficit: Toward Improved Psychodynamic Case Formulation, Diagnosis and Treatment of Psychosomatic Illness

Sarah Lewis
Transforming Care: An Exploratory Study of Transgender Experiences Accessing Health Care and Mental Health Services

Heather Lindh-Payne
What are Therapists' Perspectives on Resilience Factors in the Healing Process for Women Who Have Been Raped During a War/Military Conflict and Now Live in the United States and the Impacts of Vicarious Trauma on the Therapeutic Relationship With the Women

Rebecca A. Lovitz
¿Hablas Ingles? The Role of Studying ESL in the Lives of Latino Immigrants in Boston

Pamela Lubin
A Comparative Analysis of Domestic Violence Shelter Services for Marginalized Women in New England

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Crystal Lee Macara
The Anticipation of Same-Sex Marriage in a Small, Gay-Friendly Massachusetts Town: An Exploratory Mixed-Method Case Study

Elisabeth C. Maguire
Evidence-Based Practice and Clinical Social Work: The Ways in Which Clinicians Make Practice Decisions and Track Client Progress

Bethany Lynn Maher
Interpreting Play Therapy with Children Diagnosed with Asperger's Disorder or PPD-NOS: An Exploratory Study

Nicole M. Marceau
Examining a Primary Caregiver's Reflexive Capacity Regarding their Child's Reactive Attachment Disorder: A Clinician's Experience and Perspective

Melanie D. Marion
Popular Culture, on Television, and How it Affects People's Perceptions of Mental Health Services

Chappell Marmon
The Journey Away from Self-Injury: An Exploratory Study of the Process and Meaning of Stoppig Self-Injury in Individuals with Histories of Repeated Self-Injury

Rachel Catherine Marston
From Character to Context: Listening to People Diagnosed with Borderline Personality Disorder

Jennifer Christine McKirdy
What are the Perceptions of Mental Health Professionals on the Effects of Managed Care when Working in an Inpatient Setting with Patients Diagnosed with Schizophrenia?

William Beckett Moore
Male Clinical Social Work Trainees' Use of Personal Therapy: Attitudes Towards Personal Therapy as Influencer of Clinical Practice

Alexia Morgan-Tanner
Vicarious Traumatization: The Impact of Treating Traumatized Clients on Mental Health Professionals

Corrie Foster Morse
Don't Ask Don't Tell: An Exploratory Study on Mental Health Administrators Balancing Community Pressure with the Needs of Sexual Minority Youth

Sheila Catherine Mullen
Are there Differences in Adult Romantic Attachment Styles Between Children of Divorce and Adults of Divorce?: A Quantitative Study

Lisa C. Mycanka
Maternal Efficacy: A New Theoretical Consideration for Professionals Encountering Child Neglect

Lora Carter Nafziger
"That was God": An Exploratory Study of Women's Understanding and Experience of God in Relation to Significant Life Events

Mariko April Ono
When Does Playing For Fate Lead to Addiction? An Exploratory Study of the Role of Cultural Factors in Chinese Male Gambling Behavior

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Sheena Panoor
Portraits of Resistance: Asian American Women and Community Organizing

Sarah Jane Peace
Barriers to Health: An Exploration into the Obstacles Faced by People with Serious Mental Illness to Participating in Physical Expercise

Morgan J. Poons
Feelings of Intimacy in Adolescent Online and Face-to-face Romantic Relationships

Gelliane Previlon
An Exploration of Therapists' Views on Self-Care and Their Personal Practices

Megan Przygoda
Meaning Making of Family-Centered Care: Self-Perception of Clinical Social Workers in a Pediatric Hospital

Claudine Riley
How Palliative Care Social Workers Incorporate Spirituality in Their Work

Sarah Rosenthal
A Lovely Feeling: Exploring the Experience of Older Jewish Women's Friendships

Katherine S. Routenberg
An Exploration of the Motivations, Methods and Ethics that Guide the Integration of Spirituality into Graduate Clinical Social Work Education

Melissa D. Rowan
An Investigation of Person-Place Experiences from the Perspectives of Bowlby's Attachment Theory (1969) and Erikson's Psychosocial Model (1950)

Melissa Russo
How do Clinicians' Theoretical Orientation Interface with Dialectical Behavioral Therapy?

Douglass McDonald Ruth
The Different Political Moral Values of the Right and Left: An Exploration of Subjective Well-Being

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Karla A. Sanborn
Level Systems: Understanding the Experience of Milieu Staff in an Adolescent Residential Treatment Facility

Joel Sanchez
Wrestling With the Angel of Identity: Jews of Color

Kathryn Schwartz
An Investigation of the Most Effective Treatment Approaches for Social Workers to Use When Working With Female Refugees Who are Survivors of Gender-Based Violence

Georgia Sgouros
A Comparative Study of Dream Analysis and Play Therapy Using Drive Theory and the Unconscious

Elizabeth R. Sher
Teachers' Perceptions of Race: An Exploratory Action Research Study

Elizabeth Simpson
When Values Conflict at the End of Life: An Exploration of Hospice Social Workers' Countertransference in Cross-Cultural Situations

Beth A. Hessler Smith
Hazing, Pro-social Principles or Beer-Pong: What Bonds Fraternity Men?

Stacey Anne Smith
The Etiology and Treatment of Eating Disorders in the Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Population: Practice Wisom of Clinical Practitioners

Rhonda L. Stewart
A Selected Survey of the Social, Academic and Financial Effects on African American Students of Attending Predominately White Colleges and Universities

Toshie Suzuki
Influence of Race and English Fluency on Subjective Perceived Competency: International Students' Perspectives

Alison E. Thurber
Touch in the Psychotherapeutic Treatment of Children: Comfort and Controversy

M. Kim Toscano
The Influence of Learning Culture and History on Filipino-American Identity

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Julie Ann Warner
The Subjective Experience of a Domestic Violence Hotline Worker in Administering Agency Intake Criteria

Jamie Watkins
White American Mental Health Practitioners: How Cultural Competence Mandates are Translated into Their Clinical Practice with Latinos

Leslie Marissa Jenkins Wax
The Experience of Special Education Students in After-school Programs: Probing the Practice Wisdom of After-school Program Coordinators

Christopher M. Weed
Athletic Identity and NCAA Retirement: A Study of Female Athletes and the Psychological Effects of Change

A. Rachel Weiss
The Effects of the Combat Trauma Narrative on the Clinicians Who Bear Witness: A Quantitative Exploratory Study of the Vicarious Traumatization of Mental Health Care Workers Who Work With Survivors of Combat Trauma

Kathryn S. Wenger
An Exploratory Study on the Experiences of Individuals Who Became Sober Through Alcoholics Anonymous during Adolescence

Jeanne M. Wenzke
A Historical and Theoretical Conceptualization of Mental Illness

Heidi Marie Wood
Social Work and the Bahá'í Faith: How do Bahá'í Beliefs Influence Social Work Practice?

Edward Zapala
What are Social Workers' Beliefs About the Good Life?

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