Department of Family Therapy Dissertations and Applied Clinical Projects
Dissertations/ACPs from 2021
Dissertation: Karl Tomm’s Internalized Other Interviewing: From Theory to Practice, Robin Akdeniz
Applied Clinical Project (ACP): Clinical Implications and Treatment of Online Infidelity Through a Natural Systems Perspective: A Critical Literature Review, Aleena Sarita Bodoe
Dissertation: Appreciative Inquiry of a Non-profit Organization Transitioning to Teletherapy, Claudia Herrera
Dissertation: Long-Term Sobriety from Opioid Use: An Interpretive Phenomenological Analysis, Claire C. Loucka
Dissertation: Experiences of Incarcerated Young Men in Equine-Facilitated Psychotherapy: An Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis, Cynthia Vanessa Penalva
Dissertation: Exploring the Acculturation Experiences of Cuban Refugee Doctors and their Families in Miami: A Phenomenological Study, Nelson Michel Perez
Applied Clinical Project (ACP): Utilizing the Five Sex Languages to Enhance Sexual Communication: A Clinical Case Study, Randi Reichel
Dissertation: Black Couples Filtering Their Love Stories Through the Use of Social Media, Jeff Rocker
Applied Clinical Project (ACP): Development of a Self-Care Workshop: Designed to Support Graduate Students in Clinical Programs, Caroline Talbott
Dissertations/ACPs from 2020
Dissertation: Portrait of a Novice Medical Family Therapist, Working in a Medical Setting with Head and Neck Cancer Patients Observed Through a Bowen Family Systems Theory’s Lens, Venetia Bennett
Dissertation: Exploring the Lived Experiences of Adults Who Have Experienced a Parental Divorce: Identifying Collaborative Divorce Aspects as They Adjusted to Adulthood, Arlene Brown
Dissertation: White Marriage and Family Therapy Students’ Experiences in Diversity Courses: An Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis, Porshia Cunningham
Applied Clinical Project (ACP): Creative Use of Vision Boards in SFBT: A Training for Therapists, Janel Daniel
Dissertation: Awareness of the Use of Self in Therapy: An Autoethnographic Inquiry into the Training Experiences of a Black, Single, Female MFT Doctoral Student, Phyllis Days
Applied Clinical Project (ACP): Finding Our Voice: An Ethnographic Study of the Experiences of Black Millennial Therapists, Antionette Edmonds
Applied Clinical Project (ACP): Medical Family Therapy Training and Supervision: A Participatory Action Research, Daron Flory
Applied Clinical Project (ACP): Applied Clinical Perspective on Utilizing Equine Facilitated Psychotherapy (EFP) with Adolescent Males Committed to the Florida Department of Juvenile Justice., Tyrone K. Grandison
Dissertation: The Impact of Grief Work on Hospice Mental Health Providers Through a Bowen Family Systems Lens, Joshua Hernandez
Dissertation: Sin Papeles: The Experiences of Undocumented Central American Immigrants in the United States, Elizabeth Jarquin
Applied Clinical Project (ACP): Combatting Stigma and Shame Associated with Professional Mental Health Help-Seeking Attitudes in the African American Community: An Inquiry with African American Pastors, Tamiko Jordan
Dissertation: Exploratory Study of the Lived Experiences of Adoptees in The Caribbean, Kelley T. Knowles
Applied Clinical Project (ACP): An Action Research Study: The Development and Implementation of “The Talk” Parent Workshop for Hispanic Families Facing Multigenerational Childhood Sexual Abuse Utilizing a Bowen Systems Lens, Nicole Linardi
Applied Clinical Project (ACP): Exploring the Experience of Married Couples Making the Decision of Whether or Not to Have a First Child, Liana Lorenzo-Echeverri
Dissertation: The Conundrum of Both/And in a World of Either/or: An Interpretive Phenomenological Analysis of Resilience and Intersectional Identities in Queer Women of Afro-Caribbean Descent, Stephane Louis
Applied Clinical Project (ACP): Evaluating the Collaborative Process Training Gaps: What is Missing for Mental Health Professionals?, Rachel Dahlia Merlin
Dissertation: Happy Tears: An Evocative Autoethnography on an Adoptee’s Development of Identity through Reunification, Jessica Popham
Dissertation: Therapeutic Autoethnography: From Epiphany to Catharsis, Kelsey Railsback
Dissertation: Exploring the Professional Development of MFT Students Enrolled in Equine Assisted Family Therapy Coursework: An Experiential Learning Modality, Natalie Rothman
Dissertation: Appreciative Inquiry of an Exemplary Trauma Informed Wellness Center Created for the Community and Families Affected by a School Shooting, Halle Solomon
Dissertations/ACPs from 2019
Dissertation: Glancing Back at The Camel’s Hump: An Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis of Saudi Family Therapists’ Dual Epistemologies, Rana M. F. Banaja
Dissertation: An Interpretive Phenomenological Analysis of Women Veterans Transitioning Back into Civilian Life, Paula Boros
Dissertation: Exploring the Lived Experiences of Afro-Caribbean Marriage and Family Therapists working with Persons who identify as Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and/or Questioning: An Interpretive Phenomenological Study, Raquel Yvonne Campbell
Dissertation: From Horse Walk to Therapy Talk: Exploring the Effects of Equine Assisted Family Therapy Coursework on Self of the Therapist Development of MFT Student Therapists, Tiffany de Leon
Dissertation: Solution-Focused Family Weekends in an Addictions Treatment Facility: An Action Treatment-and-Research Study, Sandra DiMarco
Dissertation: Cooking with Couples: A Grounded Theory Study on the Relational Aspects Found in the Cooking Interactions of Couples, Nicole R. Gordon
Dissertation: The Experience of Sexual Abuse of Afro Caribbean Women: The Interpretive Phenomenological Analysis of the Particularities Attached to Disclosure, Angela Hood
Dissertation: An Exploration of the Lived Experience of Women who had Abortions and the Effects of the Abortion Secret on their Relationships: An Interpretive Phenomenological Analysis, Marckdaline Johnson
Dissertation: An Autoethnography of a Bilingual Therapist Working with Haitian Clients: Reconnecting to Home, Marie Philomise Joseph
Applied Clinical Project (ACP): The Lived Experiences of Haitian-American Adults Who Experienced Transnational Separation from a Parent in Childhood, Damabiah Lamy-Riviere
Applied Clinical Project (ACP): Addiction and the Family: Substance Use as a Symptom of the Larger Emotional System, Alexis Mercado
Applied Clinical Project (ACP): A Solution Focused Approach to Behavior Goal Assessment: Training and Utilizing the Monterroso Parent Goal Assessment, Daisy Monterroso
Dissertation: Marriage and Family Therapists’ Clinical Impressions of Romantic Relationship Dissolution Heartbreak: A Modified Delphi Study, Isibel C. Moreno
Dissertation: A Phenomenological Study of Black Fathers in Child Welfare, Tamaru N. Phillips
Dissertation: VWA: Hearing the Courageous Voices of Extraordinary Women who have Experienced Intimate Partner Violence in Haiti, An Interpretive Phenomenological Analysis, Michaelle Darley Pierre
Applied Clinical Project (ACP): Modifying the Relational Suicide Assessment for Use with Latinx LGB Adolescents, Daphne Pozo
Dissertation: Knock Knock! Who’s There? Exploring the Functions of Play and Humor During Bowen Family Systems Theory Training, Helen Reynolds
Dissertation: Clinical Director Perspectives on Decision Making of Family Involvement with Clients at Inpatient Substance Abuse Treatment Centers, Lauren Amber Serdencuk
Dissertation: Transgender Parent Differentiation: A Heuristic Phenomenological Study, Eva Smidova
Dissertations/ACPs from 2018
Dissertation: High School Peer Counseling: Understanding the Impact of a Systemic Training Incorporating Bowen Concepts, Christina Elizabeth Berdebes
Dissertation: An Autoethnographic Exploration of Hypnotherapeutic Experience, Jimena Castro
Dissertation: Autoethnography of a Whitegirl Marriage and Family Therapist's Experience Working on the Rez, Andrea L. Cuva
Dissertation: Exploring the Experiences of Clinicians Dually-trained in Behavior Analysis and Family Therapy Working with Families Facing Autism, Janessa Dominguez
Dissertation: A Grounded Theory Investigation of Adaptations to Adverse Childhood Experiences, Jeffrey Michael Friedman
Dissertation: The Systemic Multigenerational Implications of Education: Second-Generation Haitian- American College Graduates’ Perspectives, Daphney Farah Lundi
Dissertation: Context-Enriched Conversation Analysis of Relational Hypnotherapy with a Client Diagnosed with a Phobia of Blood and Needles, Carlos Armando Ramos
Dissertation: The Lived Experiences of Couples in Long-Term Marriages in which One Partner was a Vietnam Veteran and is Diagnosed with PTSD, Rozetia Richardson
Applied Clinical Project (ACP): A Collaborative Approach With Therapists: Training and Utilizing the Roberts Human Trafficking Tool to Identify Domestic and International Victims of Human Trafficking, Arthrine Meletha Roberts
Dissertation: Evaluation of The Relationally Based “Calm-Driven” Service Training for the Automotive Industry, Based on The New World Kirkpatrick Model, Katia Tikhonravova
Dissertations/ACPs from 2017
Dissertation: The Delicate Process and Relational Style of Solution Focused Brief Therapy: Ericksonian Hypnotherapy Resemblances in SFBT, Annette BoVee-Akyurek
Dissertation: Conversation Analysis of Michael White’s Decentered and Influential Position, Dragana Ilic
Dissertation: A Conversation Analysis of Therapist-Client Interactional Patterns in Single Session Therapy: A Researcher's Interpretation, Nozomu Ozaki
Dissertation: Love as Dialogue: Finding Human Connection In Conversation, Iliamaris Rivera-Walter
Dissertations/ACPs from 2016
Dissertation: An Exploration of Home-based Therapists’ Supervisory Experiences: A Phenomenological Inquiry, Cherre Camper
Dissertation: Social Grief: A Grounded Theory of Utilizing Status Updates on Facebook as a Contemporary Ritual, Celese Catania-Opris
Dissertation: The Experiences of Black MFT Doctoral Degree Holders with White Professors: A Phenomenological Study, Juliana M. Deans
Dissertation: Enhancing the Couple Alliance and Developing a Dyadic Orientation in Discursive Couples Therapy: A Conversation Analysis of Therapists', Samira Y. Garcia
Applied Clinical Project (ACP): Incorporating Solution-Focused Group Therapy Into a Refugee Resettlement Agency: A Participatory Action Research Project with Stakeholders, Fanya Jabouin-Monnay
Dissertation: The Art of Solution-Focused Brief Therapy: Experiential Training for Novice Therapists in Creative Collaborative Language, Lori Ann Pantaleao
Dissertation: Sexual Attraction in the Therapy Room: An Exploration of Licensed Marriage and Family Therapists’ Experiences and Training, Rafiah Prince
Dissertation: My Dance with Cancer: An Autoethnographic Exploration of the Journey, Vardine K. Simeus
Dissertation: What Works for Successful In-Home Family Therapists Working at Community-Based Agencies, Aleyah R. Yasin
Dissertations/ACPs from 2015
Dissertation: Balancing Act: Successfully Combining Creativity and Accountability in the Practice of Marriage and Family Therapy, Nathalie Duque Bello
Dissertation: Uncovering Meanings of Death, Trauma, and Loss as Experienced by Hospice Bereavement Coordinators: A Phenomenological Study, Rochelle S. Clarke
Dissertation: The Lived Experiences of Adult Children of Mid to Later-life Parental Divorce: An Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis, Joan Collins Ricketts
Dissertation: An Appreciative Inquiry of an Exemplary Hospice Interdisciplinary Group Caring for Individuals With Alzheimer’s Disease, Patricia Ozzie Dixon
Dissertation: A Phenomenological Exploration of Marriage and Family Therapists and their Experiences with Mindfulness as a Means of Self-Care to Sustain Productive Professional Practices, Isaac Farin
Dissertation: Attachment, Anxiety, and Depression: A Study of Women in Residential Treatment with Their Children at the Susan B. Anthony Recovery Center (SBARC) (1995-2010), Gary Miles Forrest
Dissertation: Metaphoric Generative Genograms: A Journey to bring Genograms to life through metaphorical components, Elisa Garcia
Dissertation: Using Interpersonal Process Recall (IPR) to Examine the Effects of Equine Assisted Activities on the Personal and Professional Development of Student Therapists, Dianna Isabel Giraldez
Dissertation: Family Therapist Connecting and Building Relationships with Substance Abusers in the Seminole Tribe of Florida: An Ethnographic Study, Sunny Nelli Khachatryan
Applied Clinical Project (ACP): Communication Between Primary Care Providers and Medical Family Therapists: Reducing Barriers to Collaborative Care, Mary Killmeyer
Dissertation: Mapping the Hidden: An Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis of Multigenerational Family Secrets, Tracy Oliver
Dissertation: Exploring the Lived Experiences of Marriage and Family Therapy Students Who Study Bowen Family Systems Theory, and Relating Those Experiences to Concepts of Differentiation of Self and Emotional Intelligence: An Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis, Tracey-Ann Dushane Spencer
Dissertation: Hope-Focused Solutions: A Relational Hope Focus of the Solution-Building Stages in Solution-Focused Brief Therapy, Jenna A. Wilson
Dissertations/ACPs from 2014
Dissertation: Same-Sex Couples' Lived Experiences of the Repeal of the Defense of Marriage Act's (DOMA) Section Three, Alicia Anne Bosley
Dissertation: Living with Uncertainty: The Impact on Breast Cancer Survivors and Their Intimate Partners, Kimberley Dockery
Dissertation: Coming Out, Coming Together, Coming Around: An Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis of Families' Experiences Adjusting to a Young Family Member's Disclosure of Non-Heterosexuality, Denise M. Fournier Rodriguez
Dissertations/ACPs from 2012
Dissertation: Exploring Email Letter Writing To Augment Therapy Relationships with Clients Who Self-Injure, Babette A. Rosabal
Dissertations/ACPs from 2011
Dissertation: Women in Transition: Experiences of Asian Women International Students on U.S. College Campuses, Siva Jeyabalasingam