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Vassar Scholarship, the institutional repository formerly known as Digital Window, reflects the research and scholarly output of the Vassar College community.  It provides access to a variety of collections, including senior theses and projects across a wide range of disciplines.

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Internal Family Systems as Gender Affirming Care: A Personal and Systematic Investigation

Publication Date
2024-May-21
Authors
Boyum, Sydney
Department or Program
American Studies Program
Document Type
Senior Capstone Project
Access Level
Open
Abstract

This project weaves through personal experiences of gender dysphoria and the implementation of Internal Family Systems Therapy as a therapeutic technique, offering insight into the therapy's development and potential benefits for individuals facing mental health issues related to gender identity...

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Speaking to the Silences: Black Women's Mediation of Historical Trauma and Healing

Publication Date
2014-January-01
Document Type
Senior Capstone Projects
Authors
Pétigny, Naimah Zulmadelle
Department or Program
Sociology Department
Document Type
Senior Capstone Project
Abstract

Black women's trauma, which is largely unclaimed, un-mediated and unrecognized, is transgenerational. The physical, social, and psychological effects of holding on to a racialized history of trauma, caused by systematic and structural racism and sexism, continue to effect the identity...

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