Counselor Education and Counseling Psychology was called Counseling and Personnell before 1986. All dissertations completed at Western Michigan University are entered into ScholarWorks. Some may be embargoed or restricted by the authors and may be only available from on-campus computers. Print copies are available through interlibrary loan for dissertations before 2013. If you have any questions, please contact wmu-scholarworks@wmich.edu.

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Dissertations from 2012

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Lesbian/Queer/Same-Gender-Loving Women Graduate Students in Mental Health Related Fields: A Grounded Theory of Attitudes Toward Transgender Individuals, Bonnie M. Benson

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School Counselors' Activities in Predominantly African American Urban Schools, Lacretia T. Dye

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In Their Own Words: The Lived Experiences of Unemployed African American Men, Kenlana R. Ferguson

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Health and Relationship Variables Impacting Psychological and Social Well-Being Among Predominantly White Middle Class Adults 65 and Older Who Receive Assistance with Their Care from Family Members, Alyssa C. Ford

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What Psychotherapists Have to Teach Us About Childhood Developmental Trauma: The Roles of Attachment Orientation and Coping Strategy, Rebecca Klott

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Examining the Role of Research Mentoring in Predicting Research Self-Efficacy Among Minority Professional Psychology Doctoral Students, Donald Edward Knight

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First-Generation, African American Students' Experiences of Persisting at a Predominantly White Liberal Arts College, Candy S. McCorkle

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Predictors of Counselor Self-Efficacy among Master's Level Counselor Trainees: Impact of Cohort versus Non-Cohort Educational Programs, Regina Lynn Meyer

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Influences in the Platonic Same-Sex Friendships of Heterosexual Black Males, Darian Mitchell

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Personality and Religiosity: The Influence of Normative Personality on Black Sunni Muslims' Religious Attitudes and Practices, Halim Khidher Naeem

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Social Justice, White Racial Identity, and Multicultural Competency Among White Master Level Trainees in Counselor Education and Counseling Psychology, Sara Rebecca Streufert

Dissertations from 2011

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Students of Indian Heritage and United States Citizen Students' Adaptation of College, Opinions About Mental Illness and Attitudes Toward Seeking Professional Counseling Help, Margaret Omotola Ajayi-Nabors

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A Qualitative Study of the Lived Experiences of Adults with African American and Korean Heritages, Elizabeth Sue Bradshaw

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Comparing First Generation and Non-First Generation African-American Students at Predominately White Institutions, Leatrice Renee Brooks

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Jamaican American Child Disciplinary Practices, Stephaney Carter

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What About Me: Using Grounded Theory to Understand How African-American Counseling Professionals Become Multiculturally Competent, Bianca T. L. Fetherson

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The Influence of a Personal Practice of Meditation on One’s Therapeutic Practice, William W. Fitzgerald

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The Impact of Structured Group Counseling on Resiliency, Self-Efficacy, and RacialIdentity among African American Female Teenagers, LaShonda B. Fuller

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Sense of Coherence: The Relationship to Personal Growth and Distressafter a Breakup, Kristin R. Gillen

The Experiences of Infertility among Married Kenyan Women, Patrick Mugi Kamau

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The Relationship between Spirituality and Personality, Kimberly C. Koessel

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Implementation of the 2009 CACREP Standards Addiction Competencies, Tiffany K. Lee

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Understanding the Dimensions of Spirituality in Caucasian Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual College Students, Michele L. McGrady

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African American Experiences of Race Relations in the Supervision Dyad, Brandi L. Pritchett-Johnson

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Soviet Holocaust Survivors: An Ethnographic Study, Marina Shafran

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Social Justice Advocacy and Counselor Education: A Study of Counselor Educators' and Counseling Interns' Perceptions of Social Justice Advocacy Training, Darryl C. Steele

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Counselor Trainees' Experience of Analyzing Their Counseling Sessions During a Master's-Level Practicum, Abbie VanDerWege

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Exploring the Experiences of Living with a Controversial Illness in Patients with Fibromyalgia, Samantha L. Wheeler

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The Experiences of Married International Graduate Students and Their Accompanying Non-Student Spouses in the US Culture: A Qualitative Study, Adriana Yellig

Dissertations from 2009

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Adolescents' Experience of the Factors Influencing Their Diabetes Treatment Regimen, Roger W. Apple

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The Heterosexual Mother-Lesbian Daughter Relationship: Using Consensual Qualitative Research (CQR) to Understand Perceptions among Predominately White, Formally Educated Mothers, Julie Meredith Davis

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Relationships Associated with Long-Term Stepgrandmother Role Behavior, Role Meaning, and Satisfaction, Mary-Catherine. Kane

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Informed Consent as a Predictor of Working Alliance and Perception of Counselor/Psychotherapist, Scott E. Kerby

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The Collective Voices of Asian International Doctoral Students in Counseling Psychology in the U.S.: Recommendations for Faculty and Training Programs, Miki Koyama

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Phenomenological Study of Resilience in the Lives of White, Midlife Lesbian Psychologists in Clinical Practice, Melissa A. Lidderdale

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Exploring the Relationship between Religious Faith, Mental Health Help Seeking Attitudes, and Preferences for Counselor Characteristics among Black American Churchgoers, Darryl P. Plunkett

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Student-Athlete Worldview: A Qualitative Discovery of Student-Athletes' Outlook of the World through Their Athletic Experiences, Lara Preacco

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Counselor Trainees' Perceptions of Their Personal Growth: A Qualitative Inquiry, Ericka L. Souders

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Effects of Age and Promotion in the Use of Psychological Resources of Promoted Employees, Janet M. Thorne-Chan

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Validating the Attitudes toward Sex Offenders Scale, Charmeka. Whitehead

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Exploring the Relationships between White Racial Consciousness, Feminist Identity Development and Family Environment for White Undergraduate Women, Kara E. Wolff