Nova Southeastern University NSUWorks Department of Family Therapy Dissertations and Applied Clinical Projects College of Osteopathic Medicine 2020 Therapeutic Autoethnography: From Epiphany to Catharsis Kelsey Railsback Follow this and additional works at: https://nsuworks.nova.edu/shss_dft_etd Part of the Marriage and Family Therapy and Counseling Commons, and the Social and Behavioral Sciences Commons Share Feedback About This Item This Dissertation is brought to you by the College of Osteopathic Medicine at NSUWorks. It has been accepted for inclusion in Department of Family Therapy Dissertations and Applied Clinical Projects by an authorized administrator of NSUWorks. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. Therapeutic Autoethnography: From Epiphany to Catharsis by Kelsey Railsback A Dissertation Presented to the College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy Nova Southeastern University 2020 Copyright by Kelsey Railsback July 2020 Nova Southeastern University College of Arts, Humanities, & Social Sciences This dissertation was submitted by Kelsey Railsback under the direction of the chair of the dissertation committee listed below. It was submitted to the College of Arts, Humanities, & Social and approved in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in the Department of Family Therapy at Nova Southeastern University. Approved: June 10, 2020 ____________________ ___________________________ Date of Defense Ronald J. Chenail, Ph.D. Chair ___________________________ Shelley Green, Ph.D. ____________________________ Kara Erolin, Ph.D. July 8, 2020 ______________________ ____________________________ Date of Final Approval Ronald J. Chenail, Ph.D. Chair 6 Acknowledgement With gratitude to my clients, colleagues, mentors, family, and friends, from whom I have learned to become a better person and therapist.