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The Clementine Tree and Other Uncanny Stories
No full textEndeavoring to explore a new dimension of strange realities, The Clementine Tree and Other Uncanny Stories is a contemporary take on the age old-question – what happens when we let our imaginations wander just past the point of possibility? Rich with the stark imagery, eerie undertones, and poignant endings of speculative fiction, these short stories create microcosms of fantastic and uncanny worlds. “The Partitoners” illustrates a refusal to accept reality; “The Long Goodbye” takes a dark and satirical look at impending doom on a Midwestern family dinner. “Stay the Pulpit” blurs the line between dreams and reality, illuminating the dangers of beliefs passed down, while “I Swear There Were Pearls” finds a dangerous and electic narrator seemingly mold time to his liking. “Things are Good In the Village” exemplifies how too much of a good thing can be fatal, and the collection’s truly weird titular story “The Clementine Tree” follows the passing of ghosts through haunting symbols and relationships. Collectively, The Clementine Tree and Other Uncanny Stories extends an invitation to illusion, cycles of deception, and strange afflictions, encouraging readers to leave no symbol, word, or phrase unturned – nothing is as it seems
I See You! Play: A Therapeutic Playgroup for Caregivers and Their Intensive Care Group Infants
No full textThis paper articulates a new therapeutic playgroup for caregivers of Intensive Care Unit (ICU) infants, named I See You! Play. This intervention is an adaptation of WePlay! (Gross et al., 2021), a cooperative learning and therapeutic playgroup for caregivers and their children from 6 to 36 months old. Dr, Tracy Vozar developed this program inspired by Saleem Penny’s program with the same name in Chicago. Parents of ICU infants face several challenges that can affect their experience of parenthood, their parenting skills, caregivers\u27 sensitivity, their mental health, and their relationship with their premature infant. This in turn affects infant’s attachment patterns development. The quality of the caregiver-premature infant relationship and the infant attachment patterns can be improved by targeted clinical interventions among parents of premature babies that promote positive changes in the family environment. There is a need for group interventions for caregivers of ICU infants. I See You! Play was created to fill this gap. To create I See You! Play a comprehensive literature review and interviews with stakeholders were conducted. The results of these interviews and consultation provided a preliminary intervention base on which the pilot I See You! Play group will be implemented
Functional Analytic Psychotherapy (FAP) for Sport Psychology: Enhancing Performance Enhancement
Get PDFThe field of applied sport and performance psychology has seen remarkable growth and innovation over its relatively short history. Current sport psychology models have shown promising outcomes, but largely focus on addressing performance from an intrapersonal perspective. Functional Analytic Psychotherapy (FAP) is part of a third wave of behavioral therapies that has been found to be effective in ideographically addressing client issues through an interpersonal lens utilizing the client-therapist relationship. FAP has been deployed as both a standalone intervention and as an enhancement to several existing theoretical orientations, including those most commonly used by sport psychology professionals. This paper proposes FAP as a unique approach for enhancing performance and outlines the process for applying FAP to the context of sport
Music Therapy and Evidence-Based Treatments: Combined Approaches for Military Populations
No full textThe need for responsive and adequate mental health services is particularly acute within the military and Veteran population. In the past two decades demand for these services, and particularly trauma processing interventions have increased tremendously. However, this population faces many barriers in terms of accessing these services. Some of these barriers include mental health stigma, staffing shortages, long wait times, and competency of providers. Due to the high need, the Department of Defense (DoD) and Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) have dedicated many resources to researching appropriate trauma treatments. The current gold standards used by the DoD and VA include Prolonged Exposure, Cognitive Processing Therapy, and Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing. Research into these treatments has shown promising results in the reduction of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) symptoms, though high dropout rates and reduced effectiveness in some individuals present challenges. There is also a gap in research related to investigating the benefits of more integrated and creative approaches for trauma treatment. This paper aims to illustrate the effectiveness of integrating creative approaches into evidence-based treatments. There will be a review of Creative Art Therapies, and specifically music therapy, including their development in the field of military psychology and their current applications. A case study will be utilized throughout the paper to bring to life the effectiveness of combining evidenced based trauma treatments with music therapy
The Transition from Military to Civilian Life: A Proposed Military Transition Psychological Skills Training Manual
No full textThis paper examined the topic of transition from military service to civilian life. Transition out of military service is a very significant and often time difficult process. The research continues to highlight the common challenges associated with this transition: military culture, identity, purpose and meaning, social connection, family and relationship issues, mental health and medical issues, behavioral addictions, and religion and spirituality. While the Department of Defense\u27s (DoD) Transition Assistance Program (TAP) currently provides training primarily related to career and education goals, it fails to provide the same level of assistance related to the most commonly reported challenges. To more proactively address these concerns, this paper further proposes a psychological skills training manual that provides psychoeducation, psychological skills, resources, and referrals related to each area. Future research and dissemination includes piloting a program that investigates the manual\u27s effectiveness in providing the necessary and appropriate tools and resources to servicemembers, veterans, and their families. It is the hope that this manual might be implemented across several domains, such as the Department of Defense\u27s Transition Assistance Program (TAP), Veterans Affairs (VA), nonprofit organizations, or private practices, to more fully prepare servicemembers and veterans for life after the military
Affirming Primary Care for Queer Natal Females: The Development of an Integrated Primary Care Curriculum for LGBTQ+ People Assigned Female at Birth
No full textQueer natal females (QNF) or LGBTQ+ people assigned female at birth (AFAB) encounter disproportionately higher risks of mental health challenges and preventable medical conditions in comparison to their cisgender and heterosexual counterparts. This heightened vulnerability predominantly stems from obstacles hindering access to affirming primary care settings, where such issues are typically identified. Ensuring effective prevention and early intervention within integrated primary care, particularly with a focus on behavioral health, emerges as crucial for fostering the overall well-being of LGBTQ+ AFAB or QNF patients. However, primary care providers often lack the requisite cultural competency training necessary to administer affirming care, resulting in instances of neutral or adverse patient-provider interactions. Consequently, QNF individuals may avoid seeking primary care altogether due to apprehensions surrounding discrimination and lack of knowledge by their providers. This doctoral paper underscores the urgency for educational initiatives targeted at primary care providers to address the integrated behavioral health needs specific to queer natal females. It contends that the provision of culturally responsive care holds the potential to significantly bolster prevention and early intervention endeavors targeting chronic mental health disorders and preventable diseases within this demographic. Lastly, this paper advocates for the development and execution of comprehensive, integrated primary care provider curriculum to effectively mitigate these disparities. It discusses the development and implementation of such a curriculum at Tepeyac Community Health Center in Denver, CO, sharing lessons learned and possibilities for future directions
Minimum Wage: Theoretical and Empirical Debates
Get PDFThis thesis aims to explore the evolution of research methodologies in the minimum wage debate, focusing on the contrasting perspectives of the neoclassical and institutional models. By examining the changes in research methodologies employed by economists from these two schools, this study seeks to shed the light on the shifting paradigms and the impact of these changes on our understanding of minimum wage policies and their implications. This highlights the limitations of relying on one economic school of thought in understanding socio-economic phenomena complexations and policy decisions. As well as it creates the necessity to critical evaluation of the method of economic research design, and essential need to adopt methodological pluralism which built upon diverse range of theoretical frameworks and empirical methodologies to understand the complexities inherent in real-world economic phenomena
Building Blocks for W-Algebras of Classical Types
Get PDFThe universal 2-parameter vertex algebra W∞ of type W(2, 3, 4; . . . ) serves as a classifying object for vertex algebras of type W(2, 3, . . . ,N) for some N in the sense that under mild hypothesis, all such vertex algebras arise as quotients of W∞. There is an ℕ X ℕ family of such 1-parameter vertex algebras known as Y-algebras. They were introduced by Gaiotto and Rapčák are expected to be building blocks for all W-algebras in type A, i.e, every W-(super) algebra in type A is an extension of a tensor product of finitely many Y-algebras. Similarly, the orthosymplectic Y-algebras are 1-parameter quotients of a universal 2-parameter vertex algebra of type W(2, 4, 6, . . . ), which is a classifying object for vertex algebras of type W(2, 4, . . . , 2N) for some N. Unlike type A, these algebras are not all the building blocks for W-algebras of types B, C, and D. In this thesis, we construct a new universal 2-parameter vertex algebra of type W(13, 2, 33, 4, 53, 6, . . . ) which we denote by W∞sp since it contains a copy of the affine vertex algebra Vk(sp2). We identify 8 infinite families of 1-parameter quotients W∞sp which are analogues of the Y-algebras, and 4 infinite families with sp2-level constant. We regard W∞sp as a fundamental object on equal footing with W∞ and W∞ev, and we give some heuristic reasons for why we expect the 1-parameter quotients of these three objects to be the building blocks for all W-algebras in classical types