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RECENT THESIS TITLES - 2007

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Stephanie Grace Agnew
Let's Talk About Sex: Sexual Education and Adolescent Sexual Behavior

Sarah Straus Albert
Trading Places: Perspectives on the Impact of Personal Therapy on the Management of Countertransference

Lisa C. Amato
How White Non-Latino/a Therapists Perceive and Address Racial and Cultural Differences When Working with Latino/a Clients

Jessica C. Ames
A Comprehensive Analysis of Restorative Justice: A Holistic Approach to Building Safer, Stronger Communities

Claire Marie Arbour
"I'm Not Afraid of Storms, for I'm Learning to Sail My Ship:" Building Resilience and Therapeutic Community with the Tall Ship Semester for Girls

Mohammad Taghi Arefnia
Commodification of Patients and Exacerbation of Their Suffering: Corporatization of Nonprofit Mental Health Delivery Institutions and its Impact on Quality of Psytherapeutic Care.

Patricia Becerra
Latina Mothers: An Exploratory Study on Their Attachment with Children

Donna Christine Bell
Sticks and Stones: The Impact of Negative In-group Interactions on African American Racial Identity

Leah Elizabeth Baltar Berkowitz
A Homicide in the Family: The Dual Perspective of Mothers' Experience Parenting and Use of Community Resources & Community Providers' Report on Services Utilized by Mothers and Their Children

Kelly Elizabeth Berry
Dungeon Master(s) Thesis: Role Playing Games and the Male Adolescent Identity Development

Genna Blaine Brodsky
Women's Perceptions of Different Power Dynamics in Their Sexual Encounters with Both Women and Men

Megan Elaine Browning
Christianity, Familial Acceptance, and Current Spirituality among LGB Individuals: Blessed Be the Tie that Binds?

Elizabeth Mary Burnworth
Breast Cancer Survivors' Views of How Support Groups and Activism Have Affected Their Healing Process

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Melissa Dimalanta Camorongan
Factors Affecting Help-Seeking Behaviors for Mental Health Services Among Filipino Americans

Oriana Mae Campanelli
Understanding the Issues of HIV/AIDS and Adolescents Through the Concerns, Perceptions, and Recommendations of Adult Service Providers to the Teen Population of Rhode Island: An Exploratory Study

Seana Carmen
Suicide Prevention: How Can We Improve Existing Models?

Deborah Ann Caserta
Substance Abuse and Related Criminality Among Male Juvenile Sexual and Nonsexual Offenders: An Investigation of the Patterns and Prevalence

Angela Capser
Predictors and Prevention Strategies for Homelessness among Women Veterans: A Theoretical Study

Meghan L. Cavanaugh
Primary Caregiving Fathers: I was an Interloper in a Woman's World: A Qualitative Study

Meleah M. Chamberlain
"They Keep Moving Me:" An Examination of the Effects of Multiple Placements on Foster Youth Utilizing the Theories of Attachment and Resilience

Linda Christine Chupkowski
Are We Dating? An Exploratory Study of Nonsexual, Passionate Friendships Between Women

Lauren Nancarrow Clarke
Putting the Body Back in Social Work: How Social Workers Experience and Differ in Levels of Personal Body Awareness

Rebecca Colvin
The Dilemmas and Challenges of Teenage Motherhood: Exploring the Barriers in the Discovery of Self

Philip Michael Conklin
"A Place for Some Kind of Flowers:" Perspectives on the End of Homelessness Among Older Women: An Exploratory Study Using a Freireian Lens

Frances M. Cwiertniewicz
Manifestation of Grief and Loss in Crisis-Oriented Psychotherapy: Graduate Preparation and Lessons Learned

Tracy Lynn Davis
Prejudice and its Discontents: A Theoretical Study of Social Psychology and Psychodynamic Perspectives on White Racial Bias

Hillary Blythe Despres
Three Independent Investigations on Disclosure of Childhood Sexual Abuse and Psychological Functioning, Family and Community Violence, and Trauma and Non-sexual Crime

Deanna Wilcoxson Dodd
Exploring Spirituality/Religion Related Interventions Used by Mental Health Workers in Psychotherapy and Counseling

Eleonora C. Domenichini
Social Capital in Contemporary Society: Decline or Change?

Lori Lucia Donley
Oh God Where Art Thou? Does a Relationship to the Diving Help Women from Diverse Religious and Spiritual Backgrounds Make Meaning in the Aftermath of Intimate Partner Violence?: Implications for Clinical Social Work

Anna Sergeyevna Eliseeva
Meaning Making after Homicide: An Exploratory Study of Experiences of People of Color

Laura Maria Escobar
Progressive Care: An Examination of Male to Female Transgender Sex Workers' Experiences Within the Health Care and Social Service Systems in San Francisco, California

Lisa L. Favorite
Psychotherapists with Psychiatric Challenges: An Exploratory Study of Their Transference, Supports, and Their Professional Identity Development

Tova Emma Felderstern
Bi the Way: A Quantitative, Exploratory Study of Social Workers' Attitudes Regarding Bisexuality

Kathleen Anne Freeman
Language and the Making of Meaning for Individuals Diagnosed with Bipolar Disorder

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Christian Edward Luis Rudolfo Gale
Role Model Development in Young African American Males: Toward a Conceptual Model

Andrea Lynne Galeucia
Cutting and Self Psychology: An Exploratory Analysis

Kimberly J. Garland
An Exploratory Study of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgener Veterans of Recent U.S. Conflicts

Debra K. Garner
Why the Developmental Goal of Separation for the Eventual Attainment of Maturity is not only Inappropriate for Girls, but Potentially Harmful in the Treatment of Adolescent Girls who Self-Injure

Dawn N. Geller
How Has Legal Marriage Affected the Experience of Social Supports for Same-Sex Individuals Who Were Married in Massachusetts?

John Gill
Transparencey of Purpose and Methods in a Grass-roots Agency: A Program Evaluation of the Unitas Therapeutic Community, Inc.

Lucy Goldstein
Art and the Clinical Social Worker

Rachel Green
Nonresidential Fathers' Perceptions of the Influence of Their Acrimonious Divorces on Their Relationships with Their Children

 

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Megan Harding
Student Voice: An Exploration of the Role fo the School Social Worker in Supporting Student Self-Determination

Stephanie Harris
Sometimes Love Ain't Enough: A Study of the Perceived Relationship Barriers as Reported by 12 Heterosexual African American Women and Men

Amy Rebecca Hochberg
Uncovering Oppression within the Anti-rape Movement: The Role of Race in the Reporting Experiences of Adult Black Female Rape Survivors

Susan Patricia Howells
What Does it Mean "to Miss New Orleans:" Experiences of Clinicians Currently Living in New Orleans in the Aftermath of Hurricane Katrina

Amelia Fern Hube
Couples' Decision-Making Processess: First-time Parenthood in Dual-Career Partnerships

Sabrina Rose Johnston
Using the Principles of Existential Psychotherapeutic Theory to Enrich Understanding of Eating Disorder Etiology: A Theoretical Study

Aziza Eshe Jones
Humor as Resilience: African American Stand-up Comedy and Collective Identity

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Stephanie A. Keep
Space Exploration: Mapping Students' Perception of the Smith College Campus

Anthea (Anne) Nameun Kim
The Effects of Immigration on Adolescents' Identity Development and Ego Strength: The Case of 1.5 and 2nd Generation Chinese and Korean Immigrants in the U.S.

Dawn L. King
How Non-disabled Children Respond to a Sibling with Disability? The Challenges They May or May Not Have Faced

Rebecca K. Kohrman
Are We Attracted to Romantic Partners Who Tend to Resemble Our Early Caregivers?

Chad Kordt-Thomas
Nature and Quality of Care: Two Measures Partially Addressing Impediments to Adequate Childcare for Vulnerable Children

Mekhala M. Koshy
A Nation Divided: An Exploration of National Identity and Immigration Through Analysis of Naturalized Mexican and Non-Hispanic White Citizens' Attitudes Toward Undocumented Immigration in the United States.

Benjamin Aaron Kudler
Confronting Race and Racism: Social Identity in African American Gay Men

Beverly Kyle
Meditation and Psychotherapy

Elsa Gomes Lage
Risk and Protective Factors Associated with Juvenile Delinquency and Juvenile Sexual Offending Behavior: The Role of Ethnic Identity, Exposure to Violence, and Parenting Practices and Attachment

Andrea L. Larkin
Eastern European Adoption: A Theoretical Study of Attachment Disorder through a Self Psychology Lens

Leanne Marie Lemire
The Undercover Wounded Healer: The Role of Personal Therapy in Being a Clinical Social Worker

Katherine Elizabeth Leslie
Deliberate Self-Harm in Non Critical Adolescents: A Culture Rective Syndrome

Nicole D. Lombardo
The Relationship Between Complementary Medicine and Quality of Life Among Women with Breast Cancer

Jamie L. Loveland
Combat-related Trauma: An Historical Analysis Through a Biopsychosocial Lens (Eleanor Clark Thesis Prize Winner)

Thomas L. Lusignan
The Integration of Exercise as an Adjunct Treatment for Depression by Clinical Social Workers in Massachusetts: A Study Designed to Expand the Practice of Area Social Workers

Hilary Ann Lynch
An Examination of the Relationship Between Temperament and Music Performance Anxiety

Megan S. Lynch
An Exploration of the Relationship Between Personal Ideal(s) of Female Beauty, Self Perception(s) of Female Beauty, and Self Esteem in Women

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Heather A. MacDonald
A Question of Culture for Overweight Individuals

Sharon Marie Manning-Kelly
The Experience of Voluntarily Childless Women in Contemporary New England

Lynn Ann Mazur
Live Today: The Transition from Patient to Long-Term Cancer Survivor

Maria Angelica McCoy
Undocumented Latino Immigrants' Opinions on Seeking Counseling from Non-Latino Clinicians and their Views of What Would Constitute Culturally Competent Services

Kristaen Denise McCully
The Space Between: Transracial Adoptees' Racial Identity and the Role Parents Play in Identity Development

Linda S. McGinnis
From the Perspectives of Both: The Impact of the Therapist's Job on the Relationship Between Therapists and Their Partners

Kelly D. Meade
Transcending Culture: The Universality of Grief

Stephanie A. Melmed
Source of Connection, Strength, and Identity: An Exploration of How a Belief in the Divinde as Feminine Affects Women's Internal and External Relationships

Jordana Lauren Metz
And They Lived Happily Ever After: The Effects of Cultural Myths and Romantic Idealizations on Committed Relationships

Brady Montas
A Systematic Review of of the Effectiveness of Residential Treatment Centers Providing Services to Adolescents with Emotional and Behavioral Problems

Sarah B. Muzzy
Consumerism and the Transition to Motherhood

Megan Cheshire Myers
Do Personality and Other Individual Differences Affect the Development of Post Traumatic Stress Symptoms in Male Police Officers?

Ivy L. Nalley
Racial Identity Attitudes among African American College Students: A Comparative Study of African American Students attending a Predominately White University and African American Students Attending a Historically Black College and University in Georgia

Katherine B. Novick
Adults' Experiences with Faith Following Death of a Parent

Rhyannon Leah O'Heron
Pregnant Queer Clinicians: An Exploratory Study of the Countertransference Experiences of Queer Clinicians During Their First Pregnancies

Nidia A. Ponce Orozco
El Ser a Traves de las Fronteras y el Tiempo: The Experience of Mexican Immigrant Women and their Sense of Self

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Hillary Faye Parks
Beyond Sibling Rivalry: An Exploratory Study of Social Work Assessment of School-age Sibling Abuse

Aurora Perales
Dealing with Migration Loss: The Resiliency of Latinas and their Coping Strategies

Brion Inness Phipps
Nowhere to Nap: How Service Providers and Homeless Adult Males View the Influence Criminalizing Survival Activities has on Support Service Use, an Exploratory Study

Nikita Pion-Klockner
From Consciousness to Action: Are There Common Identifiable Life Experiences Among People Who Actively Organize Against Oppression?

Jenessa Margaret Radocchio
The Revaluation of Pathology: Narrative, Nietzsche, and the Emergence of the Storied Body

Rebecca Elizabeth Randall
Parental Childhood Sexual Abuse: Trauma-Specific Effects on Therapists

Melissa Rocklen
Finding Common Groung Amidst Difference: Discussions and Perceptions of Race and Ethnicity in Interracial and Interethnic Friendships

Erica Johnson Ronald
The Efficacy of Narrative Therapy Approaches with Self-Injurious Clients

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Katherine Sapp
Mythesis.com: The Irony of Technology: An Object Relational Approach to Understanding the Interplay of Identity Construction and the Emergence of the "True Self" Through the Privilege of Anonymity on the Internet

Lili Schwan-Rosenwald
Drawing the Line: An Exploration of Otto Kernberg and Marsha Linehan's Understanding of Borderline Personality Disorder

Bonnie Kraus Scranton
Minding the Body: The Impact of Group Cycling on Affect Regulation and Quality of Life Among Community Women with Binge Eating Disorder

Maria Asselin Serrazina
The Impact of the Sudden Death of a Father on Latency Age Boys: An Exploratory Study Using an Eriksonian Developmental Lens

Lisa Smith
Fibromyalgia: A Legacy of Chronic Pain (Eleanor Clark Thesis Prize Winner)

Robin A. Smith
Righteous Passage: Youth with Emotinal and Behavioral Difficulties Making the Transition to Adulthood

Elenore Liana Snow
The Dissociative Continuum: An International, Exploratory Study of PTSD and Dissociative Disorders

Sonal Himat Soni
Negotiating the Self: An Exploratory Study on the Gender Identity Formation of Second-Generation Asian Indian American Women

Seguin Sellards Spear
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Self Structure: A Theoretical Exploration of the Implications of Individualist and Collectivist Self in Mental Health Interventions in Non-Western Communities Impacted by Natural Disaster or Armed Conflict

Erin Elizabeth Kimber Summers
The Relationship Between Parental Attachment, Self-Determination, and College Adjustment Among College Students

Danielle Tansino
Art as Therapy for the Therapist: The Role and Experience of Artistic Expression in the Life and Work of Psychotherapists Who Also Identity as Artists

Ann Haseltine Tarmey
A Relational-Exploratory Study: How Attitudes Towards Deafness Affect Quality of Behavioral Health Services Provided to the Deaf/Hard of Hearing Client

Willow Marie Thorsen
Promoting Empowement in the Middle School Transition: A Program Evaluation of a Middle School Transition Program for Latino Immigrant Students and Families

Christina Marie Tobey
She Did Her Best: The Daughter's View of Maternal Depression

Ash Turnbull
Are We Family? The Perceptions and Experiences of Planned Lesbian Families Who Have Conceived Children via Anonymous Donor Sperm as They Seek Out Their Children's Donor Half-Siblings and Their Families

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Jennifer Marie Vazquez
An Exploratory Study of Marianismo: Mexican and Mexican-American Women's Perspectives on Their Latina Values, Women's Roles and their Parents' Influence

Jessalyn M. Vieweg
Straight From the Horse's Mouth: A Qualitative Study of teh Biopsychosocial Effects of Equine-Facilitated Therapy

Kathryn Irene Vigil
The Association Between Physical, Sexual, and Emotional Abuse and Physical Pain: A Comparison of Psychiatric Patients in Ontario, Canada and Burlington, Vermont

Raymond Wagner
Internalized Racism: Its Association with Stereotypes Amongst Black/African American Men Perpetuated by the Media

Amanda Lee Walker
Epistemologies of Trauma

Tierra Danielle Watkins
Middle School Teachaers' Perceptions of their Schools' Formal and Informal Administrative Policies on Children Labeled with Behavioral Problems

Jillian M. Weis
Women's Attitudes and Perceptions About Sexual Fantasy and How it Relates to Sexual Satisfaction in a Committed Relationship

Virginia Wyatt Wharton
Gender Variance and Mental Health: A National Survey of Transgender Trauma History, Posttraumatic Stress, and Disclosure in Therapy

Sara R. Willott
Experienced and Inexperienced Therapists: A Comparison of Attitude Toward and Use of Countertransference Disclosure

Carly Fusang Yin
Adaptation, Positive Learning, and Methods of Coping in Women with Congenital and Acquired Facial Differences

Nicole L. Young
Do You See What I See? Parents' Perspectives on the Physician's Role in the Care of a Terminally Ill Child: Impact on Decision Making and Implementation of Palliative Care

Whitney Elizabeth Young
Attachment in Older Adolescent Romantic Relationships

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