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  • The Impact of Digital Media on Mandala Making in Art Therapy

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    Donahue, Elizabeth C.
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    In the United States, the utilization of digital media has assumed an omnipresent status and has altered the manner in which we communicate, conduct business, and create art and music. However, it has been demonstrated that art therapy lags behind the current culture of prolific use of digital media. To...
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    exploration of the current incorporation of digital media into the field of art therapy, (c) a discussion of

  • Adolescent sexual initiation : a predictor of adult female romantic attachment?

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    Waggoner, April R.
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    There is a knowledge gap concerning the outcomes of early adolescent sexual initiation (ASI). In particular, the influence of early ASI upon adult attachment is unknown. A multiple regression study was conducted to address this knowledge gap. Adult partner/spouse attachment was the criterion variable, and the predictor variables included both...
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    adolescence, (b) an end to a relationship with their first coital partner, and (c) dating or marrying

  • A Linguistic Analysis of the Content, Context, and Demographic Variables Related to Clinician Professional Misconduct

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    Ström, Eric L.
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    The professions of counseling, marriage and family therapy, and social work are highly controlled with regulators frequently issuing findings of professional misconduct against clinicians. Although much research has been conducted with regard to clinician professional misconduct in general, there is a scarcity of research investigating the relationship between gender and...
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    categories: (a) family words, (b) substance words, (c) finance words, (d) sex words, (e) friend words, and

  • The treatment of criminal recidivism : corpus-based analyses

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    Texidor Maldonado, Carlos Obed
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    The dehumanization of Black, Indigenous, people of color (BIPOC) and marginalized communities does not end once an individual is released from an institution. The dehumanization process is kept alive with ineffective community supervision and the stigma associated with an individual’s incarnation history. Evidence of this continual dehumanization process is reflected...
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    governance, (b) mental health and substance abuse interventions in correctional systems, (c) risk

  • The Relationship Between Immigrant Status and Secondary and Postsecondary Attainment in Secondary Students

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    Haviland, Samantha L.
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    The American School Counseling Association’s Code of Ethics states that counselors and counselor trainees must be competent providers of multicultural counseling, able to practice effectively with clients whose identities differ from their own. Pre-service school counselors receive very little training around immigration status and how to work with clients who...
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    , (b) access to secondary student data, and (c) limited school counselor interventions. Additionally

  • Preservice counselors' initial perceptions of client grief style : an analogue study

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    Beckett, L. Catherine
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    Grief--the reaction to a significant loss--is a near-universal human experience, from which a subset of grievers (10%-15%) have difficulty recovering, placing them at high risk for negative health and mental health outcomes (Marks, Jun, & Song, 2007). For those showing substantial distress, counseling has been shown to be an effective...
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     with  instrumental  grievers;  and  (c)  counselors  would  be  more   likely  to

  • Math Anxiety and Financial Literacy among Latino Secondary Students in the United States

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    Guerrero, Ernesto R.
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    The Latino K-12 student population in the United States continues to increase. Estimates are that by 2025, one in every three students in the country will be of Hispanic/Latino origin. The challenges to the educational system from such growth are unprecedented. At no other time in U.S. history has there...
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    level of math anxiety associated with different levels of math proficiency in Latino youth?; (c

  • A Corpus Linguistic Approach to Native American Authored Children’s Storybooks

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    Goka-Dubose, Emiko
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    The counseling field is infused with multiculturalism and social justice competencies from the Council for Accreditation of Counseling and Related Educational Programs accreditation standards of the academic institutions to the American Counseling Association Code of Ethics. Counselors are tasked with understanding multiculturalism from self-awareness to clients’ worldviews to larger implications...
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    their cultural narrative and, in turn, serve to strengthen ties of their cultural narrative; and (c

  • A Corpus Linguistic Analysis of Trauma Self-help Literature

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    Lampe, Kelli M.
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    The very essence of talk therapy is rooted in the spoken word between counselor and client. A client’s painful traumatic experiences can often serve as a barrier to accessing the traditional consulting room. Despite the high prevalence of trauma and its status as a known risk factor for nearly all...
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    Individual, Group, Institutional & Societal Levels, A.7.a. Advocacy; (b) Section C.7. Treatment Modalities

  • The change in alcohol consumption of important people to clients

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    Doerksen, Dana B.
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    The Change in Alcohol Consumption of Important People to Clients measures the relationship between outcomes of clients’ alcohol treatment and the changes in alcohol consumption by important people (IP) in clients’ social networks. The prevalence of alcoholism in America continues to negatively impact individuals and society, yet few people with...
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    Appendix B: Important People Initial Interview Instrument ..................83 Appendix C: Important