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  • A Corpus Linguistic Analysis of Counseling Alliance Ruptures: A Pilot Study

    Creator:
    Jacques, Justin
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    Establishing a therapeutic alliance or a therapeutic bond has long been seen as an essential component of obtaining positive treatment outcomes in clinical practice. More recently, the idea of recognizing therapeutic alliance ruptures (disagreements about the tasks or goals of therapy or a problem in the therapeutic bond) during counseling...
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    methodological pilot study contributes to the field of therapeutic alliance rupture research by demonstrating a

  • Corpus-Based Studies on Pregnancy

    Creator:
    Mullen, Alyson
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    The pregnancy and postpartum periods are full of major life transitions. So often, the focus of the literature is about the unborn baby and physical changes a woman experiences throughout this timeframe. Many sources often overlook women’s personal experiences in the perinatal period. Despite an increase in perinatal mood and...
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    keyword was “practitioner.” This study contributes to the field of professional counseling and

  • A Corpus Linguistic Analysis of Domestic Violence in Law and Cinema

    Creator:
    Renwick, Adrienne S.
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    Domestic violence (DV) is pervasive worldwide and has negative psychological effects that last a lifetime. Although DV is a problem that affects all societies, it is addressed through varied legal responses and with gaps in comprehension when examined through a cultural lens. The findings of these studies have the potential...
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    to thank my dissertation committee, Dr. Deborah Rubel, Dr. Thom Field, Dr. Olivia Lewis, and Dr

  • Change Trajectories of Adolescents in Long-Term Residential Treatment

    Creator:
    Earl, Trevor T.
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    The change process for clients in long-term adolescent residential treatment has received heightened research attention for the past 15-year (Gass, 2006). The research indicates that individuals enrolled in long-term adolescent residential treatment centers, on average, experience improved psycho-social functioning to degrees that are statistically and clinically significant (Behrens & Satterfield,...
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    new world of research opportunities that I hope to continue to expand. To my co-chair Thom Field

  • Cross-Validation of Two Supervision Instruments with Counseling Trainees from CACREP-accredited Programs

    Creator:
    Litherland, Gideon R.
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    Supervision is considered a pivotal professional intervention for counselors-in-training as they develop during graduate education and beyond. But, research on clinical supervision suffers from a lack of common instruments that can be utilized across disciplines, including counseling, and national boundaries. While a complex phenomenon to empirically address through research, supervision...
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    my co-chair and mentor, Dr. Thom Field, you jumped into this dissertation project with a clear