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Title: A Phenomenological Inquiry to Understand Environmental Work Factors, Academic Readiness and Supervisory Needs of Interprofessional Collaborative Counselors
Author: Kipick Cawn, Michelle
Date Created: 2014
Subjects--Topical: Education, Counseling psychology, Mental health
Description: The multi-professional health care setting calls for a stronger evidence-based practice for providing collaborative framework/theory across disciplines. The purpose of this study was to develop an understanding of the perspectives of counselors wh...

Title: A Phenomenological Study of African American College Students' Recovery Experiences In A Collegiate Recovery Program
Author: Huggins, Marie
Date Created: 2021
Subjects--Topical: Education
Description: This study examined the experiences of recovery among African American college students participating in collegiate recovery programs (CRPs). A phenomenological qualitative approach was utilized to collect and analyze data. The purpose of this stu...

Title: Delineating self: How individuals renegotiate boundaries after experiencing intimate partner violence
Author: Czerny, Astra
Date Created: 2014
Subjects--Topical: Counseling psychology
Description: Intimate partner violence (IPV) is a complex set of behaviors that begins with verbal or emotional abuse and often escalates to physical violence, stalking, or sexual assault. In order to escape the violence, many individuals resort to anonymity a...

Title: EXPERIENCES OF INDIVIDUALS WHO MAINTAIN ABSTINENCE FROM MOOD ALTERING SUBSTANCES USING SELF-DIRECTED, COGNITIVE-BASED RECOVERY SUPPORT GROUPS
Author: Kitzinger, Robert
Date Created: 2013
Subjects--Topical: Counseling psychology
Description: ABSTRACTROBERT HENRY KITZINGER, JR. Experiences of individuals who maintain abstinence from mood altering substances using self-directed, cognitive-based recovery support groups. (Under the direction of DR. PAMELA S. LASSITER) The purpose of this ...

Title: Healing and Posttraumatic Growth in African American Survivors of Domestic Violence: An Exploration of Women's Narratives
Author: Dickerson, Anne
Date Created: 2011
Subjects--Topical: Counseling psychology, Women's studies, African Americans--Study and teaching, Ethnicity--Study and teaching
Description: This research explores how African American women's narratives present their healing processes after they experience domestic violence. The research was conducted within the framework of Black feminist epistemology. A narrative approach was select...

Title: Perceptions of a Gay-Straight Alliance ban: School counselors and advocacy for students with minority sexual orientations
Author: Sifford, Amy
Date Created: 2010
Subjects--Topical: Counseling psychology, Queer studies, Ethics
Description: ABSTRACT AMY MCCARTHY SIFFORD. Perceptions of a Gay-Straight Alliance ban: School counselors and advocacy for students with minority sexual orientations. (Under the direction of Dr. Pamela S. Lassiter.) The purpose of this study was to examine how...

Title: Safeguarding the counselor heart: Exploring the relationship between burnout, resilience, and gratitude in clinical counselors
Author: Palmieri, Emily
Date Created: 2017
Subjects--Topical: Counseling psychology, Mental health
Description: Burnout in mental healthcare professionals has been well-documented as an occupational hazard, marked with symptoms similar to clinical depression and anxiety that causes not only harm to the counselor, but poses a risk to client care. Most eviden...

Title: Understanding at-risk technology users: a phenomenological approach
Author: Acosta, Kristina
Date Created: 2013
Subjects--Topical: Counseling psychology, Psychology
Description: The purpose of this study was to provide an in-depth understanding of users' experiences of technology that are at-risk of potential addictive behaviors. The sample consisted of 12 individuals, who self-identified as at-risk technology users. A th...