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Graduate Students And Geropsychology: Growing Need And Lacking Interest, Samantha Marie Hague
Graduate Students And Geropsychology: Growing Need And Lacking Interest, Samantha Marie Hague
Antioch University Full-Text Dissertations & Theses
As the population of older adults continues to grow with time, the need for geropsychology clinicians also grows. Many barriers exist that contribute to why elderly individuals are not receiving adequate psychological treatment. This study explores why graduate psychology students are often disinterested in working with older adults and whether it is possible that student interest could increase with more geropsychology graduate coursework and practicum training opportunities. This study also explores the possible connection between quality of elderly relationships and interest in working with the elderly. The results of this study support that Clinical and Counseling Psychology graduate programs lack …
Journey To Success: Lessons From Successful Same-Sex Couples, Jeni L. Wahlig
Journey To Success: Lessons From Successful Same-Sex Couples, Jeni L. Wahlig
Antioch University Full-Text Dissertations & Theses
Therapists are often called upon to support same-sex couples along their journey to success. Yet, only limited information is available for understanding what success means for same-sex couples, what the journey to success might look like, and how we might support them in navigating that journey. In this dissertation, I seek to begin to fill this gap in knowledge by conducting an extensive literature review of factors that affect same-sex couple relationship success and a qualitative research study. In the study, I use narrative inquiry to explore the challenges and life-events important to couples’ journeys toward success; the resources and …