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One in three Americans suffer from chronic pain, a condition more prevalent and costly than heart disease, diabetes, and cancer. Patients and providers report dissatisfaction with standard medical care, prompting the need for further research on effective chronic pain treatments…
This dissertation is an ethnographic study that traces the production, cultivation, and maintenance of selves. Modern culture includes a growing interest in the cultivation of inner spheres, advising each and every individual to search for an experience of interiority that is in…
Converging research suggests that spirituality and meaning in life may influence physical health. This experimental clinical trial tested whether Psycho-Spiritual Integrative Therapy (PSIT), which combines spiritual and psychological practices, positively influences physical hea…
In my work I am intrigued and inspired by mysticism, which is to believe in the unity of Allah, signifying that all creation emerges from one source and eventually goes back to it. It is an all-encompassing unity and nothing exists without it. This belief influences both the con…
Today, there is a rapidly growing sense of impending crisis with dire consequences for all humanity. The way humanity currently lives on earth is no longer sustainable. The incidence and course of human misery and suffering and the likelihood of extinction are increasing signifi…
The purpose of this study is to investigate the impact of adding a non-denominational meditation space to a mortuary and burial location. First, a comprehensive review of literature regarding meditation, meditation benefits, emotions associated with grief and bereavement, and co…
This dissertation is an exposition and philosophical defense of the theory of vipaśyanā (insight meditation), as presented by the eighth-century Indian Buddhist Kamalaśīla in his triad of practice manuals, The Process of Meditation (Bhāvanākrama I, II, III). In the dissertation,…
Investigating Contemplative Christian Spirituality as Christian Formation through a Process Hermeneutic: an analysis of History, Evolution, and Neuroscience in Christian Meditation argues that a contemplative approach to contemporary Christianity may serve to deepen the formatio…
The objective of this portfolio is to develop a system of notation and compose neoliturgical music featuring the handpan. Until this point, no means of written communication has been in place to express advanced handpan techniques in printed sheet music. My process in researchin…
Chanting is a form of meditation that could be used to help people with wellness, well-being, and stress. The research on chanting varies from different chanting practices to physiological studies such as brain scans. There is little research on the impact and experiences of cha…
Mindfulness practices have been associated with religions such as Hinduism and Buddhism for over 5000 years in Asia. Mindfulness techniques are now widespread in eastern countries as well thanks to Jon Kabat-Kinn who decided to adopt these techniques for therapeutic purposes in …
Black women are a marginalized group in the United States and experience tremendous suffering as a result of their intersecting minority identities. Clinical psychology, a field dominated by White professionals, has a history of perpetuating oppressive systems and causing harm t…
This dissertation covers the role of contemplative prayer and meditation and the role they may play in spiritual growth. This project included a model for teaching various contemplative practices. The means of teaching these practices included lecture, small group experiential o…
Studies suggest that 8% to 20% of mental health providers struggle with secondary traumatic stress (STS), but the number of investigations evaluating psychologists’ STS is limited. Furthermore, although literature on the effects of self-care practices on STS is vast, no studies …
This thesis, which was completed as part of the requirements for the Doctor of Ministry degree program at New Brunswick Theological Seminary in New Brunswick, NJ, describes a study done in a small, rural, Vermont United Church of Christ congregation comparing the use of spoken g…
This paper discusses the author's creative practice as it relates to the evolutionary origins of the unique aspects of human consciousness and their implication throughout time. A methodological approach that models cognitive systems that have developed based on these implicatio…
The purpose of this project was to create a resource on spiritual exercises that would provide support for families participating in the Pennsylvania Tourette Syndrome Alliance. The design of the project was to survey a panel of experts. They were given access to the resource an…