Masters Theses
Defining suffering : African American young men and conduct disorder, Sascha D. Atkins-Loria, Masters Thesis
(Act of) contrition, Emily Helen Atkinson, Masters Thesis
Experiences of multilingual social workers : trauma therapy in Spanish and English, Emily H. Aviles, Masters Thesis
What's the skinny on fat women in psychotherapy : mental health clinicians' countertransference with women of size, Maisha Najuma Aza, Masters Thesis
The impact of parental narcissistic traits on self-esteem in adulthood, Brittany N. Bach, Masters Thesis
An exploratory study of the life experiences and motivating factors of White antiracist organizers and educators, Anne E. Bachrach, Masters Thesis
Social work practice with Latino Pentecostals : applying femininst family theory and object relations theory, Angela Marie Baczewski Hakkila, Masters Thesis
The school mental health clinician's role as a mandated reporter of child abuse and neglect, Christina Shirley Bagley, Masters Thesis
Addressing manifestations of oppression at end-of-life among African Americans : unpacking White privilege in hospice care, Nikki M. Bagli, Masters Thesis
The ethics of dying : an exploration of the right to suicide and clinician response to self-determination and suicidal ideation among adults who struggle with mental illness, Shelley Bair, Masters Thesis
Exploring military social worker's dual professional identities, Sarah E. Bakst, Masters Thesis
Living well in the lives of African American women with chronic illness, Gabrilla Ballard, Masters Thesis
Understanding the emotional experiences of first generation Korean American fathers : perspectives from meta-emotion philosophy, Jaeyoun Bang, Masters Thesis
Taking the bait : countertransference among female clinicians who work with men who batter, Georgia Louise Banks, Masters Thesis
Social workers and nurses in labor and delivery units : supportive partnerships or parallel work lives?, Allison M. Barbey, Masters Thesis
The role of a mother's childhood trauma in parenting her child on the autism spectrum : a case study, Bryannyagara Q. Barboza, Masters Thesis
Psychotherapist and intuitive healer's cultivation of self compassion : how loving the self enhances therapist intuition and client interaction, Julia Elizabeth Barker, Masters Thesis
What do clinicians know about human sexuality after leaving graduate school?, Linzy K. Barnett, Masters Thesis
"Enough about you, let's talk about me : clinicians' use of self-disclosure and (un)conscious awareness of race, sexuality, and gender, Sarah R. Barnett-Parker, Masters Thesis
The influence of collective self-esteem and the impact of perceived stigma from others on sorority women's attitudes toward seeking mental health services : a project based upon an independent investigation, Lauren Michelle Baron, Masters Thesis
Meaning making for survivors of suicide : an exploratory study of a complicated process, LaVange Elizabeth Barth, Masters Thesis
Applying and adapting testimonial psychotherapy to address the effects of race-based traumatic stress on people of color in the United States, Amy Beth Basford, Masters Thesis
Between Scylla and Charybdis : how does race and sexual orientation affect the family planning process of interracial queer women-identified couples? : a project based upon an independent investigation, Jaycelle Monsanto Basford-Pequet, Masters Thesis
Therapeutic adaption : treatment of individuals with mental retardation and psychiatric disorders, Thalia Ghazey Bates, Masters Thesis
No chance to explain : the utility of attachment theory when working with African American teen mothers : a project based upon an independent investigation, Amy Bauman, Masters Thesis
Therapy portrayal in the media : exploring how viewing scenes of therapy in film and television affect a person's decision to seek therapy, Melissa E. Bayer, Masters Thesis
Prospect Meadow Farm : clients perspective of beneficial farming acitivities, Frank J. Bayles, Masters Thesis
Stigmatizing Will and Grace : a theoretical exploration of gay male straight female fictive kin relationships : a project based upon an independent investigation, Michelle Anne Beaulieu, Masters Thesis
Latina mothers : an exploratory study on their attachment with their children, Patricia Becerra, Masters Thesis
Muslim women in American and hijab : a study of empowerment, feminist identity, and body image, Anderson L. Beckmann, Masters Thesis
Compassion fatigue and compassion satisfaction : experiences of helping professionals in the homeless workforce : a project based upon an investigation at Boston Healthcare for the Homeless, Boston, Massachusetts, Joshua Beebe, Masters Thesis
The living and spiritual experiences of gay men with AIDS : an exploratory study, Jerry Dale Beene, Masters Thesis
Measuring the cultural competence of hospice social workers using the multicultural counseling self-efficacy scale-racial diversity form, revised version for use in hospice settings, Jessica Moore Begans, Masters Thesis
Sexual attraction to clients : are master of social work students trained to manage such feelings?, Jennifer Davis Begun, Masters Thesis
Three studies of sexual offenders : female perpetrated sexual victimization, comparison of male and female perpetrated sexual victimization, and escalation histories, Sarah Guillaume Belanger, Masters Thesis
Sticks and stones : the impact of negative in-group interactions on African American racial identity, Donna Christine. Bell, Masters Thesis
Who cares? : psychotherapy as care work, explored through socialist feminist and relational perspectives, Sarah L. Beller, Masters Thesis
Two-sided healing : an exploration of Jewish women psychotherapists' experience, Aviva Bellman, Masters Thesis
Close encounters of a therapeutic kind, Ashley Pierce Benson, Masters Thesis
Faces of the future : an exploration of biracial identity development and racial identification in biracial young adults, Dana Leigh Benton, Masters Thesis
A homicide in the family : the dual perspective of mothers' experience parenting and use of community resources and community providers' report on services utilized by mothers and their children, Leah Elizabeth Berkowitz, Masters Thesis
Youth incarceration : restorative justice and social work practice, Elissa N. Berlinger, Masters Thesis
"As if" : an exploration of the relationship between clincians' theoretical orientations and their conceptualizations of patient-generated metaphors in psychotherapy, Joe Berlin, Masters Thesis
Opinions of male adolescent sexual offenders on treatment groups, Mónica Berón, Masters Thesis
Investigating the Potential Upslope Migration of Magnolia fraseri in Response to Climate Change, John M. Berryhill, Masters Thesis
Do we practice what we preach? : an exploratory study of individual, academic, and agency approaches for ameliorating vicarious trauma, Loren R. Biggs, Masters Thesis
Encompassing Acholi values : culturally ethical reintegration ideology for formerly abducted youth of the Lord's Resistance Army in northern Uganda, Neil James Bilotta, Masters Thesis
Resiliency on the home front : addressing the needs of family and friends of unmarried military members during deployment, Michelle E. Biltz, Masters Thesis
The biodiversity of gastrointestinal nematodes in South African wildlife, Chalis J. Bird, Masters Thesis
"Mai Pen Rai" = If nothing can be done, what is there to do? : cross-cultural perspectives on social work in Thailand and the United States, Johanna C. Black, Masters Thesis
Exploring clinical best practices for working with the co-occurrence of psychosis and a trauma history, Sierra Leah Black, Masters Thesis
African-American and Black women's process of learning, unlearning and resisting internalized racism, Bianca M. Blakesley, Masters Thesis
Social work professional ethics, as affected by the concept of the wounded healer : an investigation into the gatekeeping practice of clinical social work supervision, Cristina B. Bloom, Masters Thesis
The Matthew effect and treatment selection for urban poor clients : social pain, countertransference or competition? : a project based upon an independent investigation, Launa Kay Bodde, Masters Thesis
The Readjuster Movement: Its Influence Upon Race Relations in Virginia, Lee Howard Bodine, Masters Thesis
Taking up space : exploring clinical social workers' attitudes and practice experiences with their overweight and obese clients, Alyssa L. Bogetz, Masters Thesis
Disordered eating attitudes and behaviors : comparing lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer women to women who identify as straight, Mellissa T. Bonilla, Masters Thesis
School experiences of foster children as seen through the eyes of teachers, Lynda Bonneau, Masters Thesis
Holding, attaching and relating : a theoretical perspective on good enough therapy through analysis of Winnicott's good enough mother, using Bowlby's attachment theory and relational theory, Lydia K. Borg, Masters Thesis
Gestalt therapists' perspectives on gender in the therapeutic relationship : implications for anti-oppressive practice, Benjamin Philip Borkan, Masters Thesis
Health worker experiences with environmental pollution : health in urban targeted community : a study of pollution and clinicians' experiences and attitudes towards it in urban low-income communities and communities of color, Leslie B. Bosworth, Masters Thesis
Juvenile sex offenders' therapeutic alliance : the intricate dynamics of alliance in relation to attachment, trauma, and religion, Rian Michelle Bovard-Johns, Masters Thesis
A theoretical approach to understanding alcohol misuse in military personnel returning home from Operation Iraqii (OIF) and Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF), Patrice K. Boyce, Masters Thesis
"Ultra-high risk" : exploring the prodrome to psychosis through cognitive and dialogic theoretical lenses : a project based upon an independent investigation, Clare Bullock Boyd, Masters Thesis
The language of equus : exploring equine-assisted psychotherapy (EAP) using the Equine Assisted Growth and Learning Association (EAGALA) model, Kelly J. Boyd, Masters Thesis
Experiences of first generation college students, Eleanor Grace Stulting Bradley, Masters Thesis
The challenge of moral difference : a theoretical investigation of encounters with a client's capacity for violence, Sarah K. Brady, Masters Thesis
Questioning neutrality : an inquiry into contemporary therapists' attitudes towards neutrality in the clinical encounter, Shoshanna D. Brady, Masters Thesis
Enduring loss : a critique of cultural competence literature in social work practice with Latin American immigrants, Tamara Bransburg, Masters Thesis
Dimensions of healing : a synthesis of relational and psychodrama theory and practice in the treatment of unresolved loss and grief, Ashley G. Branum, Masters Thesis
Lacan's critique of Freud's case of Dora and the therapeutic action of working in the symbolic : a project based upon an independent investigation, Sean Michael Breidenthal, Masters Thesis
Art as a clinical tool in the treatment of complex PTSD : a theoretical study, Emma T. Brenner-Malin, Masters Thesis
The experience of homelessness and the human-companion animal bond : a quantitative study : a project based upon an investigation at San Francisco Community Clinic Consortium/Veterinary Street Outreach Services, San Francisco, California, Erin J. Brewbaker, Masters Thesis
Psychotherapists' decisions regarding boundary crossings in outpatient practice, Victoria E. Brinckerhoff, Masters Thesis
"Do I pull the race card?" : middle-class African American parental perceptions of racism in their children's public schools, Tamika M. Brock, Masters Thesis
Women's perceptions of different power dynamics in their sexual encounters with both women and men, Genna Blaine Brodsky, Masters Thesis
"They were neither typical..nor unique" : an exploratory study of enlistment decisions of American veterans from past to present, Kelly Alexis Brogden, Masters Thesis
"You have to know whether or not you can really compassionately hold White folks" : perspectives of instructors on White MSW student engagement with race and racism course material, Eleanor H. Broh, Masters Thesis
Queering the NCAA : how athletic administrators at National Collegiate Athletic Association institutions include transgender athletes, Lisa Margaret Brookens, Masters Thesis
Life sentence : a play in two acts, Mary Beth Brooker, Masters Thesis
The call for help : a theoretical study on the changes that occur between a school social worker and his or her child client after reportinng to Child Protective Services on suspected abuse and neglect, Aramie Brooks-Salzman, Masters Thesis
Understanding male juvenile sexual offenders : an investigation of experiences and internalized masculinity, Adam Brown, Masters Thesis
How different technological mediums may reduce attitudinal barrier to the utilization of psychotherapeutic relationships, Collin T. Browne, Masters Thesis
Attitudes of mental health professionals toward mental illness : comparisons and predictors : a project based upon an investigation at Department of Youth Services, Massachusetts, David Townsend Browne, Masters Thesis
From entrenched to empowered : the factors promoting resiliency and healing for LGBTQIA identified adult survivors of childhood sexual assault, Hal Brown, Masters Thesis
Christianity, familial acceptance, and current spirituality among LGB individuals : blessed be the tie that binds?, Megan Elaine Browning, Masters Thesis
Body image and adolescent male sexual perpetrators : a project based upon an independent investigation, Jennifer Elizabeth Brownlee, Masters Thesis
From postmodern to psychodynamics : deconstructing sex offender registration and notification policies, Sherri A. Brown, Masters Thesis
Chitlins and lemonade : the impact of the word "nigger" on college educated men in the African diaspora, Thomas W. Brown, Masters Thesis
All we know is not enough, Darcy Parker Bruce, Masters Thesis
Whose Daughter Are You? : Exploring Identity Issues of Lesbians who are Adopted : A Project Based upon an Independent Investigation, Anne Mi Ok Bruining, Masters Thesis
Gender role socialization of clinical social workers and its effect on the treatment of male alexithymia, Joseph D. Burke, Masters Thesis
Feminist values and pornography consumption amongst women and its relationship to sexual self-esteem and body esteem, Laura E. Burnham, Masters Thesis
Breast cancer survivors' views of how support groups and activism have affected their healing process, Elizabeth M. Burnworth, Masters Thesis
Emotions in the classroom, Elizabeth D. Burris, Masters Thesis
A queer-positive institution and its creation of gender-competency in social workers : a project based on the exploration of Smith College School for Social Work alumni, Haley M. Burton, Masters Thesis
Sexual expression among Black women in relationships with men from different minority racial groups, Sara Tildon Burton, Masters Thesis
Whole-genome sequencing and circadian gene analysis of the Polynesian tiger mosquito Aedes polynesiensis, Renna Bushko, Masters Thesis
Parent education para mi? : the relevance and usefulness of mainstream parent education for Latino parents, Gabriela Bustamante, Masters Thesis
Voices of family- and partner-violent adults in treatment : participants' experience of therapy, Justin Butler, Masters Thesis