Doctoral Projects
Note: The titles in bold are focused on diversity and difference
- A Collaborative Therapeutic System for the Treatment of Child Sexual Abuse: a Demonstration Project Designing a Multi-systemic Attachment Therapy Program
- A Descriptive Analysis of Custody Disputing Divorced Families with an Alienated Child
- A First Year Course on Stress and Wellness for College Students
- A Guided Therapeutic Activity Workbook for Adolescent Girls Involved in the Juvenile Justice System with Traumatic Experiences
- A Model of Co-Occurring Rampage School Shootings and Suicidality Using Social Contagion and Stream Theories
- A Path to Success, A Path to Disappointment: Undocumented High School Students and the "American Dream"
- A Patient Centered Medical Home for Heterosexual Female Chronic Intimate Partner Violence Survivors
- A Psychoeducational Guide for Mental Health Professionals: Working with Military Partners and their Preschool-Aged Children
- A Qualitative Analysis of First-Time Mothers Striving for Perfection
- A Survey of College Counseling Center Mental Health Clinicians' Attitudes and Practices Regarding Screening for Intimate Partner Violence
- A Survey of Parental Beliefs Regarding the Psychosocial Effects of Community Notification Policies on Juveniles who have Sexually Offended
- A Survey of Psychology Doctoral Students' Training and Education in Behavioral Health Emergencies
- A Trauma-Informed Approach to Understanding Antisocial Behaviors in Abused Children
- Accessing the Child Mind: Using Bibliotherapy with Children Who have Experienced Complex Trauma
- Adolescent Experience of the Effect of Watching YouTube Videos on Sense of Self
- Adolescent Girls' Experiences of Growing up with a Brother Diagnosed on the Autism Spectrum
- Adult Children who are Caregivers of Parents Diagnosed with Dementia: The Relationship between Anticipatory Grief, Depression, and Closeness to the Parent Prior to the Diagnosis
- An Exploration of Amae as a Psychoanalytical Concept and Theory
- An Exploration of Coping Strategies in Response to Stigmatizing Experiences Among Overweight and Obese Individuals with Internalized Weight Bias
- An Exploration of Cultural Influences on Familial Caregivers of Alzheimer's Patients
- An Exploration of Maternal Messages Regarding Body Image Among Emerging Adult Women
- An Exploration of Perceived Maternal Competence in Mothers of Healthy Infants and in Mothers of Infants Hospitalized at Birth
- An Exploration of Spousal Support Strategies Utilized by Female Spouses of Male Police Officers
- An Exploratory Analysis of Psychosocial Factors That may Differentiate Between Non-Suicidal Self-Injury and Suicidal Behavior in an Adolescent Inpatient Population
- An Exploratory Study of the Influence of Client Race and Ethnicity on Diagnostic Decision-making Processes
- An Integrated Model: The Intersection of Emotion, Psychophysiology, and Common Factors
- An Investigation of the Experience of Adolescent Females with Mild Traumatic Brain Injury
- Animals in Psychotherapy: Effects on Therapeutic Process
- Assessing Shifts in Israeli and Palestinian Adolescents' Prejudicial Attitudes: The Artsbridge Institute's Reflective Dialogue and Arts Training Program
- Autonomous Motivation in the Relationship of Consumer Behaviors and Celebrity Endorsements
- Best Practices for Bonding Assessments in Permanency Planning
- Between Men of the Military: Experiences of Masculinity in Therapy
- Bi-Cultural Identity Formation of Young Muslim American Women
- Body Satisfaction Among Direct Care Members Working in Residential Treatment Programs for Eating Disorders
- Brief Behavioral Treatment of Insomnia in Patients with Orofacial Pain
- Caring for a Spouse with Alzheimer's Disease: Constructing a Decision Making Model for Utilization of Support Group Services
- Childhood Neglect, Physical, and Sexual Abuse & Physical Violence in Adult Sexual Offenses
- Childhood Obesity: An Exploration of Mental Health Practitioners' Knowledge
- Clinicians' Attitudes toward Harm Reduction to Treat Substance Use Disorders
- Clinicians' Perceptions of Psychosocial Challenges and Interventions with Young Adult Cancer Survivors
- Cognitive Differences between Violent and Non-Violent Adolescent Male Offenders as a Variable of Violence Risk
- Collaborative Therapeutic Writing: A Workbook for Clinicians and the People Who Consult Them
- College Men's Perception of the Risks and Benefits of Intervening Against Sexual Assault and the Influence of Social Norms and Masculine Ideology
- Concurrent Validity of Anxiety-Related Rorschach Variables in an Adolescent Population
- Connectedness to Nature and its Relationship to Meaning in Life
- Cultural and Linguistic Evaluation of a Pre-Arrest Diversion Program with Hispanic Individuals
- Culturally-Centered Guidelines that May Influence the Effectiveness of Psychotherapy with Aboriginal Peoples in Canada
- Developing a Motivational Interviewing Training Program for Clinicians Working with Low Socioeconomic Status Populations
- Developing a Training Presentation for Clinicians Working with Adult Children of Alcoholics (ACOAs)
- Dissatisfied Patients Who Drop Out of Psychoanalysis
- Duration of Benzodiazepine Treatment and Patient Knowledge Base
- Effectance Motivation as an Explanatory Factor in Adolescence-Limited Juvenile Delinquency
- Erotic Objects: A Theoretical Exploration of Pornography Use
- "First Time Mom in a Second Language": The Experience of Women Entering Motherhood in a Foreign Land
- Group Therapy Manual for Typically Developing Siblings of Children with Disruptive Behavior Disorders
- Guidelines for Incorporating Network Therapy into Residential Care for Adolescents Diagnosed with Conduct Disorder: A Demonstration Study
- Hamilton Depression in Inventory Scores in Borderline Women with and without Childhood Sexual Abuse
- Heroin Use and Female Body Image
- Hikikomori as a Case Study in Understanding the Intersection of Psychological Development and Culture
- How Adults Make Meaning of Music in their Everyday Lives: A Phenomenological Study
- Integrating Patient Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity and Health Care: A Workshop for Primary Care Practitioners
- Lesbian Clients Experience of Misattonement in the Therapeutic Relationship with Heterosexual Psychologist
- Lost in Translation? Language-Based Differences in the Assessment of Spanish-English Bilinguals Using the Rorschach Inkblot Test
- Love Across Differences: A Study of Interracial Couples
- Mental Health Professionals' Perceptions, Attitudes, and Beliefs about Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Rape Victims
- My Stories: Narrative Online Writing Platform for Persons Who Are Psychiatrically Hospitalized
- Parental Experience of Receiving an Autism Diagnosis and Adjusting to the News
- Parental Perspectives on Relationship Changes when Faced with Childhood Cancer on Healthy Sibling Relationships
- Paternal Response to a Prenatal Diagnosis of Down Syndrome and Reflections on Raising their Child
- Perceptions of the Shift in Asperger Syndrome Nosology in DSM-5
- Personality Style as a Predictor of Personal Computer Use in an Older Adult Population
- Prevention and Reduction of Restraint and Seclusion in Public Schools: A Comprehensive Approach
- Promoting Forgiveness Through Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT): A Critique of Leading Forgiveness Theories and Interventions and a Proposed Alternative Based on ACT
- Searching Cultural and Global Experiences to Broaden the Horizons of the Contemporary Scientific Model of Dissociative Identity Disorders
- Self-Efficacy in College Students with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder
- Service Providers to Human Trafficking Trata Survivors in Guatemala: A Participatory Action Research Study
- Stigma in the Family: The Lived Experience of Individuals with a Hearing Impairment
- Supervision Experiences of Psychology Trainees Who Conduct Therapy in Spanish
- T-WAIT: Trauma Workbook Outline for Adolescent Inner-City Teens
- Teaching Martial Arts to Children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD): A Resource Designed from an Instructor's Perspective
- Teaching to Strengths: A Character Intervention for Urban Middle School Students
- Tear Without Repair: Psychotherapists' Subjective Experience of Their Case Failures
- Telephone Suicide Risk Assessment for Socially Isolated Adult Male Elders with COPD Living in the Community
- The Burden of Certainty: Coping Styles Utilized by Primary Caregivers During the Early Stage of Huntington's Disease
- The Client's Perspective of Therapist Self-Disclosure
- The Connection Between Commitment and Confidence in Adult Romantic Relationship and the Perceived Quality of the Parents' Marriage
- The Dynamic Gift of Hope in Psychotherapy
- The Effects of Parent Status and Age on Perceived Competence and Credibility of Child Psychologist
- The Effects of Premature Birth on a Father's Sense of Parenting Competence
- The Effects of Yoga on the Female Body Experience: Self-Objectification to Self-Acceptance
- The Emotional Experience of Patients Following a Medical Error
- The Experience of Brazilian Women Entering Motherhood in the United States
- The Experience of Iraqi Refugees in the US and Jordan; A Comparative Study
- The Experiences of Stepparents Who Are Also Stepchildren
- The Impact of a Wellness Group on Individuals with Persistent Mental Illness
- The Impact of Advanced Communications Technology on Military Deployment: A Phenomenological Exploration
- The Implications of Race in Projective Testing: A Qualitative Assessment of the Revised Tasks of Emotional Development (TED) with African-American Adolescent Males
- The Influence of Culture and Language on the Original and Revised Tasks of Emotional Development (TED) Test in Latino Adolescent Males
- The Influence of Gender and Birth Order on Adult Sibling Attachment Relationships
- The Influence of Turning Point Experiences During Intimate Partner Violence on Victims' Self Representation and Decision to Leave
- The Positive and Negative Experiences of Multiracial Identities
- The Practice of Cultural Competence among Spanish-Speaking Clinicians
- The Relationship Between Aging Anxiety, Caregiving Role, and Personality Type in Adults with Parental History of Alzheimer's Disease
- The Relationship Between Therapist Personality Traits and the Working Alliance in the Treatment of Borderline Personality Disorder
- The Relevance of Tibetan Buddhist Models of the Mind for Cognitive Psychotherapies
- The revised Tasks of Emotional Development (TED): A Qualitative Examination of the Revised Latency-Age Cards
- The Role Character Strengths in Maritally Satisfying Relationships
- The Role of Hope in the Lived Experiences of Resettled East African Refugees
- The Trend of Underdiagnosis of Psychotic Disorders at College Counseling Centers
- The Use of Biofeedback in the Treatment of Migraines: A Qualitative Study from Patients' Perspective
- The Use of Passive Smartphone Data in the Assessment of Mood
- Traditional Chinese Parenting versus Western Authoritarian Parenting: Differences in Children's Perceptions
- Trauma in Female Juvenile Offenders: Differences by Mental Health Symptoms and Offense Type
- Varieties of Self-Experience and Psychotherapeutic Method
- Vicarious Trauma of Mental Health Graduate Students Working with Military Veterans
- Violent Video Gaming and the Negotiation of Aggression as indicated on the Rorschach
- When Clients Leave Therapy: Premature Termination from the Client's Perspective
- Yo Hablo Español: The Professional Experience of Bilingual Latino Clinicians and Burnout