Dissertations by Sanville Graduates
Since the first graduating class in 1978, the institute granted doctoral degrees to over 110 students whose dissertation topics cover a wide range of clinical and social issues. The Sanville Institute was renown for its qualitative research and an exceptional number of dissertations have become the basis of published books, articles, and further research.
Here you will find the full text of graduates’ dissertations (minus one that was not available to be scanned), as well as Jean Sanville’s own dissertation from International College in Los Angeles.
This is a unique body of research that we want to make available to current and future clinicians and researchers. We invite you to browse through and/or download any of the dissertations. If you spot something that would be relevant to a colleague’s research or interest, please let them know how to access our library.
Note that, depending on when they were written, dissertations refer to the institute’s different names: The Sanville Institute
for Clinical Social Work and Psychotherapy was formerly known as the “Institute for Clinical Social Work” and “The California Institute for Clinical Social Work.”
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Aaronson, Sid. Countertransference Enactments in Couples Therapy. 2007. The Sanville Institute for Clinical Social Work and Psychotherapy, PhD dissertation.
Ahern, Mary. A Differential Context Approach to Treatment Based on a Social Cognitive Model of Character Structure. 1978. Institute for Clinical Social Work, PhD dissertation.
Alexander, Jannette. Marriages Without Weddings: Changes in the American Family. 1978. Institute for Clinical Social Work, PhD dissertation.
Allphin, Claire Isaacson. Envy in the Transference and Countertransference. 1979. Institute for Clinical Social Work, PhD dissertation.
Antin, Patricia K. Psychological Impact of Combined Treatment: When the Psychopharmacologist Joins the Psychoanalytic Psychotherapist. 2000. The California Institute for Clinical Social Work, PhD dissertation.
Avrech, Gloria. Countertransference and Spontaneous Imagery in the Therapeutic Relationship. 1987. The California Institute for Clinical Social Work, PhD dissertation.
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Bellow, Gregory. The Psychological Functions of the Bi-Polar Self. 1981. Institute for Clinical Social Work, PhD dissertation.
Bennett, Robert. Mothers’ Emotional Responses to the Homicidal Deaths of their Adolescent Children. 1998. The California Institute for Clinical Social Work, PhD dissertation.
Berliner, Gabie. Regressive Behavior in Girls at the End of Latency: A Developmental Consideration. 1983. Institute for Clinical Social Work, PhD dissertation.
Blumenfeld, Elise Silverman. A Study of a Woman’s College Class Thirty Years Later: Maturity in Middle-Aged Women. 1983. Institute for Clinical Social Work, PhD dissertation.
Bro, Ruth Erlicht. An Exploration of the Role of Mentor: A New Clinical Teaching Concept for the Education of Advanced Professionals. 1980. Institute for Clinical Social Work, PhD dissertation.
Brown, Selma B. A Retrospective Study of Six Cases of Primary Anorexia Nervosa in Young Females. 1983. Institute for Clinical Social Work, PhD dissertation.
Burch, Beverly. Unconscious Bonding in Lesbian Relationships: The Road-Not-Taken. 1989. Institute for Clinical Social Work, PhD dissertation.
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Cameron-McCoy, Vivian. Personality Characteristics of Economically Independent Women Involved in Psychologically Abusive Relationships and their Theoretical Links to Deficits in Early Maternal Love. 1994. The California Institute for Clinical Social Work, PhD dissertation.
Chestnut, Geraldine Egbert. Child Developmental Theory Applied to Foster Placement Decisions. 1983. Institute for Clinical Social Work, PhD dissertation.
Choo, Virginia. The Therapeutic Value of Suffering. 1978. Institute for Clinical Social Work, PhD dissertation.
Clarke, Maureen. Life Beyond 80: What Provides Meaning and Satisfaction. 2014. The Sanville Institute for Clinical Social Work and Psychotherapy, PhD dissertation.
Cohen, Betsy. Eros in Analysis. 2009. The Sanville Institute for Clinical Social Work and Psychotherapy, PhD dissertation.
Cook, Janice B. A Study of the Relationship Between Empathy and a Mother’s Satisfaction with Her Decision to Remain at Home or at Work After the Birth of Her Infant. 1992. The California Institute for Clinical Social Work, PhD dissertation.
Cottle, Margaret Ann Kohls. Women and Meaningful Work. 1987. The California Institute for Clinical Social Work, PhD dissertation.
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Dasteel, Joan C. The Impact of Marital Dissolution on People Attending an Adult Education Course on Divorce. 1978. Institute for Clinical Social Work, PhD dissertation.
Davenport, Judith J. An Investigation of the Relationship Between a Clinical Supervisor’s Theoretical Orientation and Preference for a Model of Supervision. 1985. The California Institute for Clinical Social Work, PhD dissertation.
Denton-Lewis, Mae. An Exploration of Narcissistic Vulnerability in Relation to the Beginning Phase of Treatment. 1981. Institute for Clinical Social Work, PhD dissertation.
Deshler, Joyce A. An Exploration of the Application of Separation-Individuation Theory to the Adult Female at the Time of Marital Separation. 1983. Institute for Clinical Social Work, PhD dissertation.
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Eisenhuth, Elizabeth. An Adaptation of the Theories of Heinz Kohut’s Psychoanalytic Psychology of the Self to the Practice of Clinical Social Work. 1979. Institute for Clinical Social Work, PhD dissertation.
Emerson, Margaret B. The Impact of Geographic Relocation on Married, Career Women: A Story in Social Exchange Theory and Coping Theory. 1985. The California Institute for Clinical Social Work, PhD dissertation.
Estrella, Carmely. Optimal Responsiveness: An Exploratory Study of the Subjective and Intersubjective Experiences of Psychotherapists. 1993. The California Institute for Clinical Social Work, PhD dissertation.
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Ferry, Nancy W. The Existential Psychotherapeutic Encounter: An Examination of Existential Psychotherapy and its Relevance to Clinical Social Work. 1978. Institute for Clinical Social Work, PhD dissertation.
Fields, Nina S. A Study of Long-Term, Successful Marriage. 1979. Institute for Clinical Social Work, PhD dissertation.
Filloy, Beverlee H. Human Sexuality and Clinical Social Work. 1980. Institute for Clinical Social Work, PhD dissertation.
Fleischer, Priscilla Roman. Living with Schizophrenia: Rebuilding a Life — A Grounded Theory Study. 2004. The California Institute for Clinical Social Work, PhD dissertation.
Frisch, Michelle J. When Couple Therapy is Not Enough: The Couple’s Therapist Subjective Experience When Considering A Recommendation for Individual Therapy. 2009. The Sanville Institute for Clinical Social Work and Psychotherapy, PhD dissertation.
Fry, Adele L. The Case Study of Lynn: A Developmental Psychoanalytic Framework as a Basis for Making Interventions in the Ongoing Diagnostic and Treatment Process. 1979. Institute for Clinical Social Work, PhD dissertation.
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Godlewski, Katherine Normal. The Relationship Between the Formation of the Marital Dyad and the Development of a Self in the Preschool Child. 1982. Institute for Clinical Social Work, PhD dissertation.
Gorlick, Lorraine A. The State of Clinical Social Work in California–1985. 1985. Institute for Clinical Social Work, PhD dissertation.
Grayer, Elinor Dunn. The Use of Countertransference as Diagnostic Data in the Treatment of Narcissistically Disordered Individuals. 1981. Institute for Clinical Social Work, PhD dissertation.
Green, Roberta R. Social Work Consultation to Employee Assistance Program Personnel: An Exploratory Study. 1983. Institute for Clinical Social Work, PhD dissertation.
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Hanks, Karlyn Johnson. Music, Imagery, and Affect: A Cross-Cultural Exploration of Responses to Chinese and Western Classical Music. 1988. Institute for Clinical Social Work, PhD dissertation.
Hanks, Susan E. An Exploratory Study of Psychotherapists’ Biases in the Treatment of Domestic Violence. 1992. The California Institute for Clinical Social Work, PhD dissertation.
Harwood, Irene Halouchko. The Evolution of the Self in Group Psychotherapy. 1983. Institute for Clinical Social Work, PhD dissertation.
Hecht, Esther Indman. Development of Infants as Affected by Mothers’ Employment. 1981. Institute for Clinical Social Work, PhD dissertation.
Hein, Holly. Emotional Disruptions in the Therapeutic Relationship: A Study of the Benefits of Reconnection to Subsequent Psychological Development. 1996. The California Institute for Clinical Social Work, PhD dissertation.
Hill, Gareth. Patterns of Immunity and the Archetypal Patterns of Masculine and Feminine: A Preliminary Exploration. 1978. Institute for Clinical Social Work, PhD dissertation.
Hodis, Lili Pila. The Impact of Cultural Similarities on the Initial Transference in the Early Phase of Psychotherapy of Israeli Patients with an Israeli Therapist. 1982. Institute for Clinical Social Work, PhD dissertation.
Holt, Paula Branch. The Psychotherapist Sitting with a Patient Who is Experiencing Shame: An Exploration of Shame’s Emergence, Subtlety, and Meaning. 2012. The Sanville Institute for Clinical Social Work and Psychotherapy, PhD dissertation.
Horwitz, Lael. The Relationship Between Social Support Networks and Divorced Midlife Males’ Intimate Relationships. 1983. Institute for Clinical Social Work, PhD dissertation.
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Jackson, Josephine Arburua. Clinical Social Work: Definition, Values, Knowledge, and Practice. 1979. Institute for Clinical Social Work, PhD dissertation.
Jacobson, Rebecca D. Language and Fantasy in a Borderline Child. 1979. Institute for Clinical Social Work, PhD dissertation.
Jenkins, Carol. The Theory of Interlocking Vulnerabilities: An Integrative Approach to Couple Therapy. 1999. The California Institute for Clinical Social Work, PhD dissertation.
Jern, Cheryl. The Subjective Experience of the Psychotherapist in Private Practice with a Chronic, Invisible Illness. 2007. The Sanville Institute for Clinical Social Work and Psychotherapy, PhD dissertation.
Jewell, Wanda Jane O’Gorman. Coming Home to Myself: Long Term Sobriety in Alcoholic Women. 2008. The Sanville Institute for Clinical Social Work and Psychotherapy, PhD dissertation.
Johnson, Rhea E. The Development of an Instrument to Measure Stress in Nonclinical Populations of Preschoolers. 1987. The California Institute for Clinical Social Work, PhD dissertation.
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Katz, Penelope J. Attachment in the Therapeutic Relationship: An Exploratory Study on the Patients’ Response Upon Reunion Following a Holiday Break. 1999. The California Institute for Clinical Social Work, PhD dissertation.
Kivowitz, Alexandra Lee. An Exploratory Study of the Therapists’ Experience and Response to the Creative Artist Client in Psychodynamic Psychotherapy. 1993. The California Institute for Clinical Social Work, PhD dissertation.
Klosterman, Sherrill Elise. The Impact of Text Messaging and Instant Messaging on Adolescent Social Behavior and Social Skills. 2011. The Sanville Institute for Clinical Social Work and Psychotherapy, PhD dissertation.
Kohl, Susan Lee. Self Fragmentation and Recohesion During Crisis: A Content Analysis. 1991. The California Institute for Clinical Social Work, PhD dissertation.
Kolodziejski, Katherine M. Stress and Social Work Education: Paranoid-Like-Thinking, An Adaptive Mechanism. 1979. Institute for Clinical Social Work, PhD dissertation.
Kotcher, Jean. Long-Term Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy: A Study of the Therapist’s Experience. 2012. The Sanville Institute for Clinical Social Work and Psychotherapy, PhD dissertation.
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Lamme, Frederick David. Androgyny and Clinical Social Work. 1975. Institute for Clinical Social Work, PhD dissertation.
Land, John Hilliard. Art Psychotherapy in the Treatment of a Puer Aeternus Problem. 1980. Institute for Clinical Social Work, PhD dissertation.
Leader, Elaine Lipert. A Training Model for Clinical Work with Adolescent Groups. 1981. Institute for Clinical Social Work, PhD dissertation.
Lebell, Malca B. Family Affect and Schizophrenia Relapse: An Exploratory Study of Four Assessment Procedures. 1983. Institute for Clinical Social Work, PhD dissertation.
Leopold, Saul Martin. Clinical Practice in Employee Assistance Programs: An Exploratory Study. 1984. Institute for Clinical Social Work, PhD dissertation.
Levine, Deborah Leila Cohen. Using Humor in Psychotherapy with Older Adults: An Exploratory Study. 2009. The Sanville Institute for Clinical Social Work and Psychotherapy, PhD dissertation.
Lewis, James C. The Negative Therapeutic Reaction. 1978. Institute for Clinical Social Work, PhD dissertation.
Linder, Janet L. Lesbian Non-Biological Mothers During the Transition to Parenthood. 2011. The Sanville Institute for Clinical Social Work and Psychotherapy, PhD dissertation.
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Mass, Howard. A Psychoanalytic Theory of Jokes. 1983. Institute for Clinical Social Work, PhD dissertation.
McCloud, Russell B. The Impact of Hearing About Trauma on Experienced Social Work Clinicians. 2011. The Sanville Institute for Clinical Social Work and Psychotherapy, PhD dissertation.
Millhone, Martha M. An Application of Object Relations Theory to Understanding the Mourning Process. 1980. Institute for Clinical Social Work, PhD dissertation.
Miya, Kenneth K. Hope: Beginning Exploration of Development. 1980. Institute for Clinical Social Work, PhD dissertation.
Monahan, Rosalind M. The Continuum Construction Theory: A New Understanding of the Causation and Construction of Multiple Personalities in Persons Diagnosed with Dissociative Identity Disorder. 2011. The Sanville Institute for Clinical Social Work and Psychotherapy, PhD dissertation.
Mone, Louis C. Interpretation And Application Of Drive And Affect Theory In Clinical Practice. 1985. The California Institute for Clinical Social Work, PhD dissertation.
Moradians, Tanya Joy Encheff. Self Psychology and Women’s Self Esteem. 1981. Institute for Clinical Social Work, PhD dissertation.
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Nakamura, Lilly D. An Exploratory Case Study of Men’s Experience of Intimacy as Expressed in Marriage. 1985. The California Institute for Clinical Social Work, PhD dissertation.
Natterson, Idell Freed. An Exploratory Study of Selected Differences Between Mothers of High and Low Achieving Gifted Boys. 1982. Institute for Clinical Social Work, PhD dissertation.
Nelson, Judith Baker. An Ego Psychological and Object Relations Study of Crying. 1979. Institute for Clinical Social Work, PhD dissertation.
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O’Connell, Cynthia Ann. Amplification in Context: The Interactional Significance of Amplification in the Secured-Symbolizing/Context Plus Field. 1986. The California Institute for Clinical Social Work, PhD dissertation.
Oles, Eva Schindler. Spouses of Cardiac Patients: A Descriptive Study of a Self-Help Support Group for Wives of Cardiac Patients. 1982. Institute for Clinical Social Work, PhD dissertation.
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Penn, Patricia A. An Exploratory Study of Career Satisfaction in Seasoned Clinical Social Workers. 1996. The California Institute for Clinical Social Work, PhD dissertation.
Prince, Lonnie. The Meaning of Therapeutic Leaks in Psychotherapy: Why Therapists Gossip. 2012. The Sanville Institute for Clinical Social Work and Psychotherapy, PhD dissertation.
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Raffael, Irene Di. An Exploratory Study of the Life Experiences of Professional Empathizers. 1990. The California Institute for Clinical Social Work, PhD dissertation.
Rodriguez, Dolores. Becoming a Mother. 1996. The California Institute for Clinical Social Work, PhD dissertation.
Rosenfield, Lynn. Unraveling Cultural Countertransference: The Experience of Western-Trained Caucasian Therapists Working with Asian-American Adults. 2017. The Sanville Institute for Clinical Social Work and Psychotherapy, PhD dissertation.
Rubinstein, Terri. The Intersection of Empathy and Compassion in the Therapeutic Stance with Dual and Nondual Experience. 2017. The Sanville Institute for Clinical Social Work and Psychotherapy, PhD dissertation.
Ruderman, Ellen B. Gender Related Themes of Women Psychotherapists in their Treatment of Women Patients: The Creative and Reparative Use of Countertransference as a Mutual Growth Experience. 1983. Institute for Clinical Social Work, PhD dissertation.
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Saks, Nancy L. Clinical Consultation In Social Work: An Exploratory Study of A Dynamic Learning Model. 1989. The California Institute for Clinical Social Work, PhD dissertation.
Sanville, Jean Bovard. Play in Clinical Education: Learning Psychotherapy. 1978. International College, PhD dissertation.
Sax, Patricia R. The Use of Countertransference in Therapy with Schizophrenic Clients. 1981. Institute for Clinical Social Work, PhD dissertation.
Schain, Joan Seena. Applications of Kleinian Theory to Group Psychotherapy. 1978. Institute for Clinical Social Work, PhD dissertation.
Schore, Judith R. A Study of the Superego: The Relative Proneness to Shame or Guilt as Related to Psychological Masculinity and Femininity in Women. 1983. Institute for Clinical Social Work, PhD dissertation.
Schreiber, Penny. A Study of the Ways that Psychoanalytic Psychotherapists Hold a Sense of their Patients’ Futures, and How this Impacts Therapeutic Action. 2008. The Sanville Institute for Clinical Social Work and Psychotherapy, PhD dissertation.
Schulman, Terese. Therapists’ Experience with Patients who are Reluctant to Increase the Frequency of their Weekly Psychotherapy Sessions. 1999. The California Institute for Clinical Social Work, PhD dissertation.
Shaskan, Geoffrey William. Lived Experience of the Old/Old: A Grounded Theory Study of Six San Francisco Bay Area Residents Age 85 Years and Older. 2009. The Sanville Institute for Clinical Social Work and Psychotherapy, PhD dissertation.
Shkurkin, Olga Ivanovna. The Relevance of Neurocognitive Differences to Social Maladaptation. 1990. The California Institute for Clinical Social Work, PhD dissertation.
Silva, Nancy Neufeld. An Exploratory Study of Countertransference Related to Psychotherapists’ Religious Backgrounds. 2007. The Sanville Institute for Clinical Social Work and Psychotherapy, PhD dissertation.
Simon, Judith Cohen. The Criteria for the Therapist Self-Disclosure: An Exploration of the Conscious Use of Self in the Practice of Psychotherapy. 1987. The California Institute for Clinical Social Work, PhD dissertation.
Sohn, Norman Melvin. Awareness Groups for Children of Survivors of the Nazi Holocaust: An Application of Control-Mastery Theory. 1979. Institute for Clinical Social Work, PhD dissertation.
Sommers, Beatrice A. New Frontiers for the Clinical Educator: A Study of the Role of Animateure in the Clinical Colloquium. 1979. Institute for Clinical Social Work, PhD dissertation.
Sovak, Ronald J. School Phobia: Psychodynamic and Developmental Considerations. 1979. Institute for Clinical Social Work, PhD dissertation.
Spiegel, Susan. Growing Up Biracial. 2001. The California Institute for Clinical Social Work, PhD dissertation.
Starc, Mario. A Narrative Study of Exile: Writers’ Reflections. 2009. The Sanville Institute for Clinical Social Work and Psychotherapy, PhD dissertation.
Stock-Sitko, Judith. Self-Concept and Role of Performance: An Exploration of their Relationship in Stepmothers’ Experiences with Joint Custody. 1984. Institute for Clinical Social Work, PhD dissertation.
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Thomas, Sandra Staples. Grandparents Raising Grandchildren. 2000. The California Institute for Clinical Social Work, PhD dissertation.
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van Nouhuys, Whitney Daly. The Use of Transferences in Everyday Life in Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy: Exploring the Concept of the Extra-Therapeutic Transference. 2005. The Sanville Institute for Clinical Social Work and Psychotherapy, PhD dissertation.
Vanian, Ruben R. How Acculturation Affects a Rural Aged Filipino Populations View of Death. 1983. Institute for Clinical Social Work, PhD dissertation.
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Waters, Linda Kay. The Unpredictable Improvisational Moment and Touch: What Influences the Therapist? 2010. The Sanville Institute for Clinical Social Work and Psychotherapy, PhD dissertation.
Wein Shepard, Gaye. What is the Process of Attachment and Loss that a Birth Mother Goes Through When she Feels Pressured to Relinquish her Infant. 1996. The California Institute for Clinical Social Work, PhD dissertation.
Wilson, Thea Diste. Mastectomy: The Male Partners’ Psychosocial Dilemmas and Coping Processes. 1986. The California Institute for Clinical Social Work, PhD dissertation.
Wong, Marleen. Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Depression Among U.S.-Born Latino Students Exposed to Community Violence. 2005. The Sanville Institute for Clinical Social Work and Psychotherapy, PhD dissertation.
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Zaleski, Kristen. Pregnancy Resulting from Military Sexual Trauma. 2013. The Sanville Institute for Clinical Social Work and Psychotherapy, PhD dissertation.
Zemmelman, Steven E. The Ecology of Child Custody Conflicts. 2001. The California Institute for Clinical Social Work, PhD dissertation.