Student Colloquia

Below is the 2008 doctoral dissertation schedule. Presentations are held at MSPP and are open to the public. Check this space often as we continue to update the schedule, they are listed by date of presentation.

March | April | May | June | July | August

MARCH [back to top]

Male Gender Role Conflict Among Gay Men who are Primary Caregivers to their Young children; An Exploratory Study [back to top]

Presented by—Arthur Kosmopoulos
Discussant—Larry Rosenberg, PhD
Date—March 31, 2008
Time—6:00 pm
Location—Classroom 1

APRIL [back to top]

A Psychoeducational Website for Use in Treatment of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder [back to top]

Presented by—Cristin M. Kryzak
Discussant—Jordana Muroff, PhD, LICSW
Date—April 16, 2008
Time—6:30 pm
Location—Classroom 7

The Impact of Therapists’ Personal Practice of Mindfulness Meditation on the Clients’ Experience of Received Empathy [back to top]

Presented by—Molly Plummer
Discussant—Allan Wyatt, PsyD
Date—April 17, 2008
Time—6:00 pm
Location—Classroom 5

Hypnotherapy Treatment of Asthma [back to top]

Presented by—Joan Heffernan
Discussant—Claire Frederick, MD
Date—April 18, 2008
Time—1:00 pm
Location—Classroom 8

Family Reintegration of Reserve Service Members Following a Wartime Deployment: A Qualitative Exploration of Wives’ Experience [back to top]

Presented by—Lisa R. Gorbaty
Discussant—Maj. John Rodolico, PhD
Date—April 18, 2008
Time—3:30 pm
Location—Classroom 2

A Comparison of United States and United Kingdom Therapists’ Use of and Views of the Efficacy of CBT with Schizophrenia [back to top]

Presented by—Andrew Kuller
Discussant—Robert Goisman, MD
Date—April 24, 2008
Time—6:30 pm
Location—Classroom 1

In My Father’s Footsteps”: An exploratory study of sons’ experience of congruent career in early adulthood [back to top]

Presented by—Katharine Carlson
Discussant—Seth Doolin, PsyD
Date—April 28, 2008
Time—8:30 am
Location—Classroom 2

Women's Experiences of Parenting During Secondary Infertility [back to top]

Presented by—Deborah Schneider
Discussant—Harriet Fishman Simons, PhD
Date—April 28, 2008
Time—3:00 pm
Location—Classroom 11

Developing a Correctional Global Assessment of Functioning Scale (CGAF) [back to top]

Presented by—Julie Ann Guiher
Discussant—David Fitzgibbons, PhD
Date—April 28, 2008
Time—5:30 pm
Location—Classroom 7

Development of a Malingering Screening Tool for Female Inmates [back to top]

Presented by—Amy Beaulieu
Discussant—Paul Chaplin, PhD
Date—April 28, 2008 (immediately following Julie Guiher’s colloquium)
Time—7:00 pm
Location—Classroom 7

Psychopathy and Moral Culpability [back to top]

Presented by—James Conway
Discussant—Eric Y. Drogin, JD, PhD, ABPP
Date—April 29, 2008
Time—4:00 pm
Location—Classroom 10

Bhutanese Refugees 15 Years Later: A Study on the Affects of Trauma Among Women Who are Survivors of Torture [back to top]

Presented by—Luna Acharya
Discussant—Catherine Vuky, PhD
Date—April 29, 2008
Time—7:00 pm
Location—Classroom 11

Theoretical Study of Post-Adoption Depression [back to top]

Presented by—Lizzie McEnany
Discussant—Dr. James Herzog
Date—April 30, 2008
Time—6:30 pm
Location—Classroom 7

MAY [back to top]

Determining Whether Variations in Geographical Proximity Influence Disaster-Type Helping Behaviors, As Measured by Participant Self-Report [back to top]

Presented by—Kristen Hurd
Discussant—Guy Sapirstein, PhD
Date—May 1, 2008
Time—9:30 am
Location—Classroom 2

A Qualitative Investigation Into The Process Of Family Adjustment To Transgender Emergence [back to top]

Presented by—Marissa Gold
Discussant—Jan Park, EdD
Date—May 1, 2008
Time—6:00 pm
Location—Classroom 5

The Subjective Experience of Vicarious Trauma for Psychology Graduate Students [back to top]

Presented by—Christina Fucci
Discussant—David Smith, PsyD
Date—May 1, 2008
Time—6:00 pm
Location—Classroom 9

"Child's Mind" A Guide For Teaching Meditation and Mindfulness to Children [back to top]

Presented by—Christopher Willard
Discussant—Janet Surrey, PhD
Date—May 1, 2008
Time—7:00 pm
Location—Classroom 2

The Acculturation Experience of Adult Iranian Immigrants in the United States [back to top]

Presented by—Neda Khodaparast
Discussant—Dr. Farah Maniei
Date—May 2, 2008
Time—4:00 pm
Location—Classroom 2

Adult Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder: The Experience of Being Diagnosed During College [back to top]

Presented by—Amy Theberge
Discussant—Katherine Barone, PhD
Date—May 3, 2008
Time—10:00 am
Location—Classroom 6

Personal Web Site Creation by Parents of Children with Cancer: Writing, Coping, Social Support [back to top]

Presented by—Lori Parras
Discussant—Maria Sirois, PsyD
Date—May 5, 2008
Time—11:30 am
Location—Classroom 5

The Relational Synapse Connecting Mirror Neuron Research and Relational Psychoanalytic Theory [back to top]

Presented by—Jessica Boyatt
Discussant—Toni Greatrex, MD
Date—May 5, 2008
Time—2:00 pm
Location—Classroom 11

Adolescent Experiences of Touch in Psychotherapy [back to top]

Presented by—Darcy Peifer
Discussant—Ed Zadravec, PsyD
Date—May 5, 2008
Time—4:30 pm
Location—Classroom 4

Invisible Scars: The Psychological Impact of Severe Burns on Siblings [back to top]

Presented by—Caitlin Conroy
Discussant—Taya Zbell, LICSW
Date—May 5, 2008
Time—5:30 pm
Location—Classroom 8

Trust and Intimacy in Young Adulthood: The Impact of Divorce [back to top]

Presented by—Sarah Conklin
Discussant—Judy Solman, PhD
Date—May 5, 2008
Time—7:00 pm
Location—Classroom 2

Engaging the Wise Mind of a Teen: Integrating Mindfulness Practice into a Group Therapy Protocol for the Treatment of Anxious Adolescents [back to top]

Presented by—Joshua Eagle
Discussant—Mariko Sakurai, PhD
Date—May 5, 2008
Time—7:00 pm
Location—Classroom 1

The Use of Popular Films in Psychotherapy to Identify and Develop Clients' Strengths [back to top]

Presented by—Jeffrey Waitkus
Discussant—Dr. Maryanne Galvin
Date—May 6, 2008
Time—7:00 pm
Location—Classroom 2

Organizing Organization: Towards the development of an ecologically valid measure for the study of planning and organization [back to top]

Presented by—Stephanie Rose Schwartz
Discussant—Lew Stern, PhD
Date—May 6, 2008
Time—7:00 pm
Location—Classroom 10

Searching for Solutions: A Problem Solving Board Game [back to top]

Presented by—Amity Kulis
Discussant—Lawrence Cohen, PhD
Date—May 7, 2008
Time—2:00 pm
Location—Classroom 2

Money and Friends: The Unspoken Topic [back to top]

Presented by—Teresa Liaw
Discussant—Rachel Feller, MS
Date—May 7, 2008
Time—4:30 pm
Location—Classroom 9

Is it possible for psychotic symptoms to cause PTSD? [back to top]

Presented by—Ryan Watson
Discussant—Robert Litrownik, PhD
Date—May 7, 2008
Time—6:00 pm
Location—Conference Room B

A Phenomenological Exploration of Adolescents Raised by Same-Sex Parents [back to top]

Presented by—Marjorie Welsh
Discussant—Mark Gianino, PhD
Date—May 7, 2008
Time—6:00 pm
Location—Classroom 7

YoPlay: Yoga Based Play Therapy as a Model of Early Intervention for Inner City Children At Risk [back to top]

Presented by—Shannon Price
Discussant—Arnold Kerzner, MD
Date—May 7, 2008
Time—7:00 pm
Location—Classroom 11

An Exploration of the links Between Qualities of the Parent-Child Relationship and Romantic Relational Aggression [back to top]

Presented by—Rachael Melniker
Discussant—Sharon Greenfield, PsyD
Date—May 7, 2008
Time—7:30 pm
Location—Classroom 8

Clinical Use of Metaphor: An Exploratory Study [back to top]

Presented by—Isaac Lowenthal
Discussant—Jaime Rishikof, PsyD
Date—May 8, 2008
Time—6:00 pm
Location—Classroom 5

The Effects of Psychotherapist’s Values on Their Work with Clients Who Practice Consensual Sexual Sadomasochism [back to top]

Presented by—Ruth Garrott
Discussant—Carolyn Stack, PsyD
Date—May 8, 2008
Time—7:00 pm
Location—Classroom 1

An Exploratory Study of Jungian Art Therapy with Outpatients Diagnosed with Serious and Persistent Mental Illness [back to top]

Presented by—Nancy Fuller
Discussant—Richard L. Kradin, MD, IAAP
Date—May 8, 2008
Time—7:00 pm
Location—Classroom 9

The Doctor-Patient Relationship in the Treatment of Fibromyalia [back to top]

Presented by—Sara Acker
Discussant—Janice Wester
Date—May 8, 2008
Time—7:45 pm
Location—Classroom 4

Examining Depression in Adoptive Mothers in the Year Post-Adoption [back to top]

Presented by—Heather England
Discussant—Debra Olshever, MEd, LCSW
Date—May 9, 2008
Time—2:30 pm
Location—Classroom 1

Depression in Translation: The Dialectic Relationship Among Culture, History and Depressive Phenomena A Cultural Study of Slovakia [back to top]

Presented by—Denisa Husarova
Discussant—David W. McGill, PsyD, ABPP
Date—May 9, 2008
Time—6:00 pm
Location—Classroom 2

JUNE [back to top]

Out of Sight, Not Out of Mind: An Investigation of the Use of Communication Technology in Long—Distance Romantic Relationships [back to top]

Presented by—Kathryn Leigh Stewart
Discussant—Cheryl Rosenthal, PsyD
Date—June 3, 2008
Time—7:00 pm
Location—Classroom 1

JULY [back to top]

Psychodynamic Considerations of the Therapist's Shame Experience [back to top]

Presented by—Irit Feldman
Discussant—Kiram Milunsky, LCSW
Date—July 31, 2008
Time—12:00 pm
Location—Classroom 1

AUGUST [back to top]

Moving Out of Silence: A Dialogical Training Model for Exploring Therapist's Sexual Feelings Toward Clients [back to top]

Presented by—Rachel S. Redlener
Discussant—Kate Charlebois, PsyD
Date—August 1, 2008
Time—3:00 pm
Location—Classroom 1

The use of the Think First intervention to treat aggression in hospitalized youth [back to top]

Presented by—Lindsay Cook
Discussant—Ken Holbert, PhD
Date—August 6, 2008
Time—6:30 pm
Location—Classroom 1

Coworker Relationships and Job Satisfaction as Related to Adult Attachment Style [back to top]

Presented by—Susan Taylor
Discussant—Michael Madera, PsyD
Date—August 22, 2008
Time—2:00 pm
Location—Classroom 1

The Impact of Motor Activity on Attention: A Proposed Study for Assessing ADHD Children with a Continuous Performance Test and Foot-Pedaling Device [back to top]

Presented by—David Lipsitt
Discussant—Catherine Birgeneau, PhD
Date—August 25, 2008
Time—11:00 am
Location—Classroom 8

Treating the Relationship: Exploring the Use of Infant Parent Psychotherapy on Depressed Mothers and their Infants [back to top]

Presented by—Laura Okin
Discussant—Arnold Kerzner, MD
Date—August 28, 2008
Time—4:00 pm
Location—Classroom 4

Updated 8/6/08