[acb-hsp] Dissertation Update

[Anjelina Cruz]

HI Jessie,
thanks for sharing about your  dissertation progress. I sent you a
request on facebook. I'm interested in mental health counseling,
specifically substance abuse.

Anjelina

On 9/25/12, J.Rayl <thedogmom63 at frontier.com> wrote:
> Hello:  Here is an update on my dissertation progress.
> I had to change it from my criminology study to one on blindness first of
> all.
> I am a student of learning and several issues came up with the criminology
> study:
> 1.
> Because I am the therapist who would also have conducted the research, it
> brought up too many issues of dual-relationship, confidentiality, risks to
> clients of misuse, betrayal, etc., and, the clients are protected because
> they have mental health / substance abuse and illegal behavioral diagnoses.
> Therefore, they cannot be made to sign informed consents, reveal
> information, etc.  It would just have taken waaaay to long to sift through
> all of this for a dissertation.
> This is absolutely not to say that research cannot be done on this
> population, or even my study was not a good idea.  It is just not going to
> happen as a student's dissertation, would take far too long, posed far too
> many issues, too many questions, etc., etc.  So, that for a later time,
> place, ...all that good stuff.  <smiles>  All is well, I'm not unhappy, and
> move on to plan B.
>
> I'm not going into full detail on plan B, for probably some obvious reasons,
> but it will have to do with mediators to employment for people who are
> blind.  Right now, I'm in the literature-collecting phase, week 1 of the
> dissertation class.  And have completed, with all A's except a B in stats
> (yuck, LOL), my class work for the doctorate in counseling psychology.
>
> Deanna, I have not forgotten about, but still have not sent in, dues for
> membership.  What is the address, again?
>
> .    Jessie Rayl
> thedogmom63 at frontier.com
> www.facebook.com/Eaglewings10
> www.pathtogrowth.org
>


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Anjelina