Garcia, Andrea

Abstract The relevance of this research is to help better understand the importance of resilience in occupational therapy graduate students and how complementary health approaches and integrative health (CHAIH) techniques can be used as strategies to build resilience for students’ personal lives and future professional experiences. The purpose was to explore the perceived feelings of resilience of first-year doctoral occupational therapy students before and after utilizing complementary health...

Abstract Mindfulness based practices have been shown to have positive impacts on overall wellbeing and resilience. The LGBTQ+ population faces unique challenges that puts them at risk for decreased mental health and decreased resilience. This project explored the lived experiences of LGBTQ+ students a private, non-profit university and their experiences with mindfulness-based practices and the impact on perceived resilience. This project utilized a narrative qualitative approach with semi...