Doctoral Papers/Masters Projects from 2013
Transgender Group Therapy: Process and Issues with Male to Female Clients, Kimberly Mathewson
The Dilemma of Obesity Stigma in Psychotherapy, Alexandra McDermott
The Effectiveness of Art Therapy in Decreasing Depressive Symptomology: A Meta-analysis, Courtney E. McDonnell
Psychological and Social Perspectives on Malingering and Symptom Exaggeration: Conceptualization and Interventions Using Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Lauren O'Flaherty
Establishing Culturally Sensitive Therapeutic Communities in Ghana for Individuals with Severe and Persistent Mental Illnesses, Evelyn Owusu
A Meta-analysis of the Effectiveness of Military and Veterans Affairs (VA) Combat-related PTSD Programs, Forest Pavel
Modified Dialectical Behavior Therapy Program Applied Within a Time-limited Corrections Setting, Jennifer Rhoda
The Development of an Intervention Tool to Address Challenges in the Medical Treatment of Children with Autism, Julia Runde
A Meta-analytic Review of Acceptance-based Behavioral Interventions for the Treatment of Anxiety, David Shanley
Self-injurious Behavior and Its Relationship to Eating Disorder Symptom Severity, Kevin Thomas
Leading with the Relationship: The Role of the Therapeutic Relationship in Motivational Interviewing, Shanna Tillman
Psychological Perspectives on the Civil Liberties of Transgendered Inmates in a Prison Setting, Jennifer M. Tippett
Treatment Outcomes for Eating Disorder Patients with and Without Comorbid Substance Abuse Diagnoses, Alexis Wilbert
Building Resilience in Young Black Males: Determining the Factors That Lead to Success for Black Men in America, Tiffany Willis
An Evaluation of Sport Psychology Service Delivery in Collegiate Athletics, Shawn Zeplin
Doctoral Papers/Masters Projects from 2012
Female Psychopaths: Are We Flying Under the Radar?, Rebecca Baker
The Impact of Repetitive Concussions In High School Athletes, Michael Brinker
Are We Family? Lesbian Mothers and the Decision to Make Contact with Their Children's Donor Siblings, Abigail Coven
A Student's Perspective on Graduate Training in Sport Psychology, Jessica Dale
Everyone Has Their Scars: Meaning Making in a Burn Survivor Support Group, Trevor J. Davis
Personal Reflections on Providing Psychotherapy in a Third Language, Huong Thu Diep
Cross-disciplinary Collaboration Behavior of Practitioners in the Treatment of Anxiety Disorders, Cydney DiPiazza
Exploring the Experiences of International Student-athletes, Kristin Frevert
Program Evaluation of an After-school Socialization Group Program, Alicia Gauthier
Therapeutic Assessment for an Individual with Binge Eating Disorder: A Single-case Time-series Design, Amy Audette Ginsberg
Psychosocial Distress Screening in a Community Cancer Center: An Examination of Gender Differences, Kelly Glaze
The Eating Disorder Inventory-iII Maturity Fears Scale and Treatment Outcome in an Intensive Outpatient Eating Disorder Program, Alicia R. Goffredi
The Utility of the CVLT-C as an Embedded Validity Indicator After Pediatric Mild Traumatic Brain Injury, David Hargrave
Evidence-based Practice in the Juvenile Justice System: Balancing Clinical Expertise with Best Available Research and Client Variables, Allison M. Hersh
Once upon a Time in Therapy: Crafting Therapeutic Narratives to Help Familiarize Children with the Therapeutic Process, Jonathan Haywood Jenkins
Asperger's Disorder in College Students: Application of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Stephen Koelemay
The Experience of Minority Female Coaches Within Intercollegiate Athletics, Nohelani M. Lawrence
Making and Keeping Friends: A Social Skills Game That Promotes Parental Involvement to More Effectively Address Social Deficits in Children with ADHD, Alexandra K. McCauley
Mental Health Effects of Equine Therapy with Children, Miles K. Meason
A Qualitative Study on Successful African American Marriages on How They Create and Repair Attachment Injuries Using Emotional Skillfulness, Akeisha Mitchell
On the Edge of the World: Trauma and Twinship Self-object Needs in Mrs. Dalloway, Benjamin Molland
Recovery from Pediatric Brain Injury: A Preliminary Comparison of Longitudinal Data on Psychological Symptomology and Mental Health Treatment, Alexis Osterman Emich
Do Things Change in Therapy That Are Not Measured by Self-report Instruments?, Jacaranda Palmateer
A Self Psychological Conceptualization for Traditional Gender Role Men and Considerations in Couples Treatment, Sejal S. Patel
Fostering Change: Toward Understanding, Valuing, and Informing the Therapeutic Role of Foster Parents, Margaret E. Picard
The Relationship Between Weight Restoration and Maturity Fears in Women with Anorexica Nervosa, Maia Selinger Sidon
The Lighter Side of Anorexia, Jennifer Marie Silva
The Psychology of Adolescent Out-of Wedlock Pregnancy and Childbearing, Marilyn Talmage-Bowers
The Health Behavior Change Competency Checklist (HBCCC): Instrument Development and Psychometric Evaluation, Gillian Taylor
The Use of Therapeutic Assessment with Forensic Populations: Practitioners' Perspectives, Mahlet Tekeste
Narrative Therapy and Stigma Management: Restorying the Patient Experience of Being Told, "You Have MS", Barbara Urbanczyk
Exploring How AFFECT (A Family Focused Emotion Communication Training) and Self Psychology Are Mutually Enhancing, Jason C. Willoughby
A Framework for Addressing Psychological Inflexibility Among ACT Therapists-in-Training, David A. Yood
Doctoral Papers/Masters Projects from 2011
Doctoral Papers/Masters Projects from 2010
Dyslexia: Success, Failure, and Self-concept, Jonathan Barkin
Crossing Blurred Lines: A Training Program to Train Teachers in Appropriate Sexual Boundaries, Jessica Bartels
Women and Performance in Corporate America, Marissa Anne Berman
Adaptive Institutional Transference in the Treatment of Individuals with Borderline Personality Disorder, Bridget Bulman
The Use of Humor in Therapy: Research-based Training Recommendations, April Davis
Utilizing Evidence-based Psychology Practice in the University of Denver's Professional Psychology Center: A Proposal, Thomas G. Farrington
Relationship Maintenance in Couples with a Partner Who Has Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Rachel Gilbert
I'm Not Who I Thought I Was: A Contextual Resolution to the Identity Loss of Combat PTSD, John Glazer
Understanding Mastectomy from a Self Psychology Perspective: The Breast as a Self Object, Heather D. Greene
Weight-based Emotional Abuse: Self Psychological Implications for Treatment, Dianna Harris
Reducing Stigma Toward Sexual Minorities: Acceptance-based Versus Traditional Safe Zone Training, Matthew Heermann
Applying Positive Psychology in Early Childhood, Elizabeth Hooks
Phototherapy as an Intervention in Identity Development with Adolescents, Rebecca Ilene Howard
DUI Program as OEF/OIF Veterans Outreach: Descriptive Data from Two Community-based Outpatient Clinics, Ioannis Ioannou
Measuring Assessment Effectiveness: The Development of the Consultative Assessment Questionnaire (C-AQ), Erin Jacklin
Trauma Treatment in Forensic Settings: Clinicians' Perspectives, Barriers to Effective Treatment, and Suggestions for Clinical Practice, Kirsten Johnson
The Role of Hope in Rehabilitation and Long-term Outcomes Among Patients with Comorbid Spinal Cord and Traumatic Brain Injuries, Erin R. Jurich-Finney
Child Centered Play-therapy with a Child Diagnosed with Kabuki Syndrome, Bethany Danielle Kasdon
Adult Attachment Style on the MMPI-2: Does an Elevated Scale 4 Predict Dismissing Attachment?, James Kemp
Group Dynamics in Sex Offender Treatment Involving Individuals with Personality Disorders, Sunah Kim
Is It a Sin to Talk About Sin in Therapy?, James Langley
Using Emotion to Foster Acceptance: A Treatment Approach for Family Therapists Working with Transgender Adolescents and Their Families, Nisreen Mandilawi
Parent Loss in Adolescence and Its Impact on Sense of Self: When an Adolescent Boy Loses His Mother, Jennifer Sackett
Comorbidity of Major Depressive Disorder and Somatization Disorder: Base Rates in an Outpatient Psychiatric Sample, Jimmy P. Sethna
A Framework for Conceptualizing Psychologically Healthy Contemplative Practice, Amanda Smith
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy-Based Exposure Treatment of Choking Phobia: A Case Study, Michael Stein
Using Auditory Hallucinations as a Therapeutic Tool, Shawna Urbanski
Asking for Help: Vulnerability Within Consultative Assessment—a Couples Therapy Example, Kelly Wade
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy: Increasing Psychologists' Willingness to Assess and Treat Substance-abusing Clients, Brandon Ward
The Relationship Between Feminine Gender Norm Conformity and Purpose and Meaning in Life Among Female College Students, Christy Weller
Therapeutic Personality Assessment with Couples: A Short-term Therapy Model, Sharon M. Wilson
Exploring Existentially Based Interventions for Career Transitions in Sport, Michael Wong
Incorporating Multiculturalism in Medical Decisional Capacity Assessment, Yuko Yamato
Doctoral Papers/Masters Projects from 2009
Dance/Movement Therapy: A Proposed Intervention for Meeting the Unique Psychosocial Needs of Highly Gifted Children, Krista Brittain
Dialectical Behavior Therapy and Multiculturalism: An Integrated Treatment Package for Adolescent Populations, Casey M. Casler
The Role of Faith Communities in the Prevention, Intervention, and Postvention of Suicide, Timothy D. Doty
A Qualitative Study of Variables Contributing to the Decision for Women of Color to Enter Graduate Programs in Psychology, Reiné H. Evereteze
Bilingual, Bicultural Latino(a) Therapists: The Necessity of Adapted Cultural Competence Trainings in Professional Settings, Miguel Fraguela
"Trans-Forming" Congregate Care: Toward Meeting the Needs of Transgender Youth in Residential Facilities, Lisa Michelle Fuchs
A Cognitive-behavioral Perspective on Clinical Trainee Stress, Debbie M. Garcia
Lesbians and Scrabble: Understanding Lesbian Bed Death from a Feminist Perspective of Science, Kirsten Ging
"They All Look Alike": Own Race Bias as a Product of Language, Abra Havens
Paternal Postpartum Depression: The Male Side, Courtney Ellen Hergenrother
Predicting Violent Behavior in Veterans with Traumatic Brain Injury: The Utility of the Personality Assessment Inventory, Robert L. Leach
Concurrent Validity of the Transdiciplinary Play Based Assessment—Second Edition, Keri E. Linas