Department of Family Therapy Dissertations and Applied Clinical Projects
Dissertations/ACPs from 2018
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 - NSU Access Only: A Recipe for Recovery: Experiences of Adolescents in Substance Use Exploring Culinary Therapy with their Loved Ones, Secquay S. Gordon
Dissertation: The Systemic Multigenerational Implications of Education: Second-Generation Haitian- American College Graduates’ Perspectives, Daphney Farah Lundi
Dissertation - NSU Access Only: Navigating the Waves of Change: A Qualitative Phenomenological Exploration of Afro-Caribbean Men Lived Experiences With Intimate Relationship Termination Experiences Through a Bowenian Lens, Amy Miller
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