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Masters' Theses

This is a list of Masters’ Theses that have been completed at the Institute of Transpersonal Psychology, available from the library. You can also see the Ph.D. Dissertation list.

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Ammitzboll, Marianne (1991)
Menopause: a natural rite of passage: women's voices at midlife

Anstiss, Andrea (2004)
Women's journeys to embodiment: an organic inquiry

Armstrong, Sarah (1996)
Long-term marriage as a journey of personal and spiritual growth

Arwen, Elicia Mina (2002)
Dreams as an aspect of the healing process of the female incest survivor: a phenomenological study

Belanger, Sheila Lynne (1995)
Bridging realities: the shamanic journey to the healer archetype Chiron

Berke, Mary C. (2004)
At Anandi's door--opening to agelessness and the divine feminine: an extended organic case study

Bibee, Bruce (1998)
An exploration of spiritual warriorship and its applications

Blair, Vicki M. (2007)
Relationship and transformation: a phenomenological study of relationship as spiritual practice

Boylan, Gerald M. (1988)
Self-image/God-image: a study of recovery from addiction

Branco, Cheryl A. (1994)
A community trial of a transpersonal cardiac rehabilitation program

Breiddal, Susan M. F. (1996)
A phenomenological study of the experience of participants attending a course written for the Unitarian Church, entitled Spirituality in everyday life

Brown, Susan Elaina (2000)
Imagination, art-making, and self-emergence as described by four visual artists

Bryars, Julie Ann (1992)
Relationship between states of consciousness during the dying process and the quality of the death experience

Byford, Curtis (1991)
Holotropic breathwork: a potential therapeutic intervention for post-traumatic stress disorder in female incest victims

Cahill, Veronica S. (1995)
Two paths up the same mountain: Teresa of Avila's seven mansions and the seven chakras

Catterton-Freeman, J. Karen (1995)
Transpersonal experience as a healing resource for transitions and meaningful rites of passage: a psychosynthesis workshop for adults experiencing life changes

Compton, Marshal (2003)
Living water: exploring psychological aspects of our attraction and connection to an element in nature

Copeland, Poppy (1991)
Expanded consciousness: a quasi-phenomenological inquiry into the transition experience of Asians to America

Corrignan, Anne-Marie (1994)
Transitions and rites of passage: evaluation of a transpersonal workshop for adults experiencing life changes

Dennis, Dawn (2004)
Creative self discovery: the road to inner knowledge and better choices

Ditto, Douglas Irl (1994)
ITP External Program: a vision for the future

Do Rozario, Loretta (1988)
Model of a transpersonal growth group: developing a peer paradigm of learning

Dokis, Terry B. (2001)
Native North American ethnometaphysical approaches: creating pedagogic bridging mechanisms in a university setting

Dorney, Earl D. (1995)
A method of assisting meditation in real-time using eye movement desensitisation and reprocessing during the stages of traditional meditation

Duchesneau, Lisa Yvette (1996)
Personal growth and the arts: a qualitative study of four women artists' experience

Edgcombe, Dianne (2002)
Beyond the physical: an exploration into the structure of reality through one individual's exceptional experiences

Fangman, Susan (1995)
Self-realization and beyond: the consciousness of sainthood: principles of transpersonal psychology applied to the life of Mata Amritanandamayi

Francis, Karen Ander (1994)
Sacred stories: God-images and healing from childhood sexual abuse

Gaenslen, J. Anthony (1995)
Quaker light: a healing presence in a troubled world

Gilmour, Sylvia Anita (1994)
Invocation of inner imagery: combining hypnosis and poetry to access innate sources of creativity and healing

Goodrich, Theodore J. (1989)
The discovery of spiritual values in American culture: an examination of transformational processes

Harber, Sarah (2001)
A phenomenological study of nine experiential games as media for transformation in five married couples

Harrison Mackay, Lindsay Meredith.
The Berkal Technique for trauma elimination and the treatment of depression

Hodges, William M. (1994)
A descriptive case study of the feeling process: a transpersonal psychotherapy

Jaltuch, Dorothy E. (1997)
Mindfulness-based stress reduction: a transpersonal approach in a hospital employee wellness center

Johnson, Amberlynne (2004)
Transpersonal experiences of Neo-Pagans

Kirkpatrick, David H. (1988)
Existential balance: a phenomenological study of personal growth in the ITP external certificate program

Kizzar, Patricia Genevieve (2007)
Our feminine voices: transpersonal healing in a patriarchal society

Lachman, Sharry Odell (1999)
The impact of mind/body healing on women in mid-life transition

Law, Sally Kar wai (2007)
The dynamics of approach and avoidance: the journey of caring professionals in befriending death and dying

Leone, Joseph Daniel (1996)
The rebirth of the Christian apophatic spirit: embracing the dark night of the soul

Lerch, Marilyn (1992)
The implementation of an integrative education learning module in an urban public high school

Lesher, Jennifer S. (2001)
The experiences of eight married women who conceived children by anonymous donor insemination

Lowson, Sherilyn M. (1989)
On discovering and creating meaning

MacInnis, Donna Lee (1995)
Spiritual practices and anxiety disorders: a pilot study of the management and resolution of anxiety disorders using the practices of the path of the Light and Sound of God

McCool, Barbara P. (1992)
Organizational healing

Malecek., Stefan J. (1998)
Addictions and dissociation as autohypnotic phenomena

Manley, Maureen Rose (1989)
Development and testing of training materials for intake personnel of the Cokenders Alcohol and Drug Program

Manos, Catherine (2002)
Sacred earth: connecting with elemental Earth energies through creative expression

Mattina, Carol Ann (1993)
Follow your bliss: an exploratory study using past-life regression

Millington, Therese O. (1991)
A phenomenological study of the felt experience of community

Morris, Michelle (1995)
Cancer patients and the shamanic journey: power animals and healing

Moyer, Larry G. (1989)
Hypnosis as a therapeutic tool in cases of spiritual emergence

Nelms, Christopher-Ann (1995)
Supporting people during spiritual emergency: a manual and resource guide for non-clinicians

Neville, Elizabeth Ann (1994)
Australian consciousness: the relationship between the land and the consciousness of Australians

Nolan, Lisa (1988)
A symbological study of women's quest for soul and spirit

Overton, Martha Elizabeth Smith (1994)
Effect of music on pain and physiological response in the post anesthesia care unit

Owen, Allison Sally (2001)
Shamanism of the sacred arts: a transpersonal journey for transformation and healing through the exploration of consciousness and shamanic pathways

Panagotacos, Victoria (2003)
Exploration of multi-generational family and surrounding cultural systems: how primary and secondary losses silently impacted current generation's meaning of motherhood and contributed to rejection of pregnancy

Paulson, Daryl S. (1998)
Integral healthcare: integration and evaluation of treatment modalities

Pease, Martha C. (1992)
The pendulum as a tool to explore the relationship between self-perceived emotional issues and chakra activity

Phelps, Eric Ivo (2005)
Present, personal and empathic: an intervention study on facilitating relational presence

Pitarre, Melinda Marie (2001)
A spiritual practice for women: nurturing a felt connection to the divine feminine through immersion in female imagery

Read, Lesley (1993)
Journey to the center of the Labyrinth

Rourke, Philomena (1997)
New epiphanies for the corporate realm: a place of spirit

Rowe, Nancy Mangano (1994)
Lifestyles and activities that nourish the creative process and spirit: nine artists speak

Rowland, Joanne (1996)
Dying well: the role of the spiritual caregiver

Rupp, Joyce (1994)
Deepening places: images and midlife spirituality

Russell, Colleen R. (1998)
Coming home to herself: stories of women returning to the feminine to reclaim their authentic selves

Russillo, Janice Trovato (1995)
Religious change and the search for meaning: a spiritual journey to Buddhist conversion

Saari, Pamela (2003)
Stories of sacred pleasure: an organic inquiry into the experience of four women who use movement as a spiritual practice

Scher, Cynthia D. (2009)
The spiritual practice of Shamanic journeying: a means for psychospiritual transformation

Sharp, Ron (1995)
Embracing the inner child: a course guideline and evaluation

Singh, Mitra (2001)
Integrating body, mind, and spirit into the workplace: a transpersonal perspective on health promotion programs in corporate United States and corporate Canada

Smith, Reg (1991)
The transpersonal aspects of bodywork

Springer, Judith W. (1994)
Awareness, access, and choice: a transpersonal perspective on dissociation, association, health and illness

Steiner, June R. (1993)
The effects of an enhanced learning environment: participant's views of a collaborative team model referred to as "anchoring"/assisting, found in the four-fold way training

Sullivan, Jeanette S. (2007)
Pushing the membrane of the possible: a case study in the use of five transpersonal practices in goal setting and goal achievement

Thompson, Debra (2001)
Grief in the workplace: an exploration into the needs of the bereaved employee and the employer

Torres, Ceresa Bogert (1994)
Modern rites of passage for adolescent girls (midwifing the birth of the feminine)

Trujillo, Daniel (2001)
Holy healing: a spiritual psychotherapeutic approach

Van Raalte, Barbara Jane (Kelly) (1994)
Spiritual emergence syndromes: toward a greater understanding of the human spirit: an introductory workshop for health care professionals

Van Raalte, Sharon (1994)
Shamanism and psychiatry: old skills, new skills, in search of a common voice, contemporary applications of an ancient spiritual practice

Vyverberg, Joan C. (1988)
Four Westerners' experience with Tibetan Buddhism

Waard., Fransje de (2004)
Noetic navigation through madness and mysticism: a qualitative exploration

Whitney, Linda J. (1992)
Encounters with the dead: an exploration of the effects of after-death contact on the living

Wolf, Debbie L. (1989)
A field guide to the transitions of dying: developing a practical approach for dying persons and their caregivers

Wolfer, Barry M. (1991)
Playing with a full reality

 


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