The purpose of this community-based participatory action research (Schensul et al., 2008)
study led by a team of sexual and gender minority Black womxn researchers and community …

Experiencing the death of a loved one as a young person is challenging in its own right, and
underlying trauma can complicate one's bereavement. With little available research …

Black perinatal mental health is an area that has received less focus in psychotherapy
research in the United States. This area is especially important as recent attacks on …

Internalized oppression is a pervasive issue that disproportionately affects Women of Color
in education. Continuous exposure to systemic oppression, such as sexism and racism, can …

Haitian individuals and families constitute a large portion of the recently arrived migrants in
Massachusetts. As the State struggles to respond to the logistics of the migration crisis …

Restraints are used to ensure and provide safety across populations and in a multitude of
settings. It is also acknowledged that restraints are at a high risk of causing trauma for all …

This research project centered 16 former intergroup dialogue (IGD) students' narratives from
in-depth qualitative interviews and explored the ways participants did and did not put their …

This thesis explores the ways in which the field of dance/movement therapy has been
impacted by colonialism through examination of power dynamics within the therapeutic …

I knew I was different as a child, but I didn't comprehend how. It wasn't until my prepubescent
age that the bullying started. I was too feminine for the other boys at school. They called me …