Men’s Rehabilitation Therapy Thesis We’ve come into a dynamic and challenging era in the new age of Gender in the United States. As sexual equity has increased, creating more egalitarian opportunities for both men and women. The challenges of sexual fluidity, the marginalized intersex community … Continue readingMen’s Rehabilitation Therapy Thesis
Confidence roots in shamelessness. Imperviousness to embarrassment constitutes immovable pride. –QABradford 2014-02-15 07:00:07 Our most debilitating fear is being seen for who and what we aren’t. Inevitably we become less. 2014-02-07 16:08:26 Our most debilitating fear is being seen for who and what we aren’t. … Continue readingQamarisms: Selected Tweets
A CBT Approach to Photography When we participate in photographing and being photographed we are also engaging in mirror-gazing, but in a positive and prolonged fashion. Artistic figure modeling allows us to understand the plastic nature of our bodies and how we have enough power … Continue readingThe Art of Photocounseling
Samadhiraja Sutra The Moon Lamp Sutra (三摩地王经): “There are, O monks, these three feelings: pleasant feelings, painful feelings, and neither-painful-nor-pleasant feelings.” A disciple of the Buddha, mindful, clearly comprehending, with his mind collected, he knows the feelings [1] and their origin, [2] knows whereby they … Continue readingSpiritual Aesthetics: Gekkyoudou
An exclusive collection of Sunday morning boudoir photography with Nicholas Bustos after earning his IFBB Professional card during the summer of 2018. Sunday Morning Coffee with IFBB Pro Nicholas Bustos By Qamar A. Bradford
ABSTRACT The Department of Rehabilitation handles large numbers when it comes to processing cases of disability for employment. When it comes to caseworkers’ loads, cognitive disabilities dominate–mental health disorders, learning disabilities, autism spectrum disorders, ADHD, traumatic brain injury, PTSD and others. Using the power of … Continue readingVirtual Rehabilitation
ABSTRACT This paper explores the relationship of identity on disability and employment. Age, race, congenital development and acquisition affect aspects of an individual’s self-image, esteem, efficacy and identity in relationship to their diagnosis and interaction with their social and physical environment. The paper will initially … Continue readingDysmorphia and Disability
Marvel’s X-Men: A Literary Archetype for the VR Counseling Field ABSTRACT In the 1960s, Stan Lee and Marvel Comics premiered X-Men. The book was an enthralling narrative of people born with congenital or genetic characteristics that made them different from the rest of society at … Continue readingX-Men as Vocational Rehabilitaiton Archetype
ABSTRACT Coming from a house of counseling parents, I grew up acclimated to an environment of helping, consideration and introspection. As I have experienced the curriculum regarding the theory and practice of counseling and psychotherapy as posited in Gerald Corey’s text, I’ve realized that … Continue readingQamarism: A Personal Counseling Approach
ABSTRACT Sexuality is a major component fitting into Maslow’s needs hierarchy as it is a spectrum. This paper will investigate sexual needs as an explorable palette and capacity that needs to be met and can be met in a safe, minimal risk environment. Sex work … Continue readingMedicalizing Sex Work with Sexual Surrogacy