As the only Master of Arts in Art Therapy program in Northern California, Dominican University of California offers an intimate on-campus learning environment designed to prepare students for successful careers in art therapy while encouraging the artistic and therapeutic process.
This site brings together a collection of master's theses from the students of the Art Therapy program.
Theses/Capstones from 1987
The Effects of Art Therapy on The Self Esteem of Young Adolescents, Joan K. Workman
The Environment is a Factor in Experiencing the Feeling of Safety and Wellness, Toni Morley
The Mandalas in the Artwork of the Mentally Ill, Ingeborg Johanna Matte
The Relationship Between Premorbid Personality and Senile Dementia of the Alzheimer Type and the Stress of Male and Female Caregivers, Marti Erickson
The Tao of Art Experiential: A Measurement Designed to Identify Jung's Typology, Gerry Anne Lenhart
The Use of Art Therapy With Chonically Ill Adolescents, Ava Charney
Theses/Capstones from 1986
A Humanistic Approach to Art Therapy, Andrew Schwartz
An Exploration of the Use of Mirroring as a Therapeutic Technique for the Art Therapist, Robyn Nolta
Art Therapy with a Latency Age Child with Borderline Features, Reid M. Dorwin
Coming Out of Childhood: Adolescents and Art Therapy, Christa Hanson
"Flowers, Only Flowers" Art Therapy, The Elderly, and Depression A Case Study, Anne Elizabeth Peterson
Grant Proposal for Art Therapy Outreach Program Through the Mental Health Services, Dominican Santa Cruz Hospital, Bruce R. Arnold
Group Art Work with Chronic Schizophrenic Patients, Leonora Olds
The Effectiveness of the Art Therapy Process in the Survival of Suicide Aftermath, John B. MacCracken
Theses/Capstones from 1985
An Overview of Art Therapy with Children, Gail M. Ferens
A Proposal fo a Longitudinal Study to Document the Effects of Art as an Integral Part of Developmental Therapy, Kathleen M. Park
Art Therapy and the Pathological Child, William B. Cleland
Conversion Disorder: A Case Study Using Art Therapy, Margaret Anderson
Grant Proposal for Art Therapy Program Through the Community Health Abuse Council, Phyllis S. Rose
Men in Art Therapy: Exploring a Minority, Andreas Schmitz
Oedipal Triangle: A Case Study of Temperature Contrasts in Color and Symbol, John Dickinson
Relational Art Therapy: Bridge to Healing of the Abused Child, Cari Rondeau
Stress Management, Relaxation Techniques and Free Drawings with Elementary School Children, Demetra Paras
The Borderline Personality in Art Therapy, Sandra A. Songy
The Utilization of Art Therapy in Helping Children Deal with Loss, Mary Michelle Duffy
Theses/Capstones from 1984
Art Therapy as Crisis Intervention and Psycotherapy with a Four Year Old Girl in a Bereaved and Distressed Family, Barbara Joan Rossiter
Art Therapy Sessions with a Schizophrenic, Alice Folger
Art Therapy with Vietnam Veterans: The Importance of the Therapeutic Alliance, Barbara L. Cowan
Child Abuse An Indictment of a Society in Spiritual Crisis, Christen Grace Aaron
Grant Proposal An Art Therapy Program for Pregnant High School Age Women, Katherine McCleary
Grant Proposal: Expressive Art Program, Dorothy Perry
The Compensating Male and the Adolescent Transitional Stage, Scott P. Gregory
The Utilization of Art Therapy Techniqaues with Hospitalized Anorexic Patients, Karen L. McMichael
Transition to Manhood Thwarted: Struggles Portrayed Through Images, Virginia Taylor
Theses/Capstones from 1983
"A Boost Into Manhood" Violence and Aggression as it Relates to Sex Role Confusion, Scott P. Gregory
Art Therapy in an Acute Care Short Term Pschiatric Facility, Veronica Magay
Working Through the Art Therapy Program and Personal Process (in Conjunction with Primary Therapy), Marilyn Marshall
Theses/Capstones from 1982
A Personal Search for Definition as an Art Therapist, Alex Silberstein
Art: A Therapeutic Modality in the Treatment of Adolescents in Crisis, Sharon Rose McInerney
Art Therapy in a Geriatric-Psychiatric Rehabilitation Center, Mary May Wood
Grant Proposal for Directed Art Therapy for Children with Behavioral Problems: Preschool Through Latency Age, Alyce Curtiss-Cobb
Theses/Capstones from 1981
A Proposal for an Art Program to Enahnce the Self-Esteem of the Mentally Disabled, Sharyn McDonald
Art Therapy with an Electively Mute Child, Joyce E. Houser
Art Therapy with Three Autistic Boys, Lori Wroblewski
Comparison of Attitudes and Knowledge Regarding the Effect of Parent Workshops on the Learning Handicapped Child, Barbara Whitelaw
Expressive Play/Art Therapy with Children and Adolescents in an Ambulatory Care Center, Charleen Rubin
Grant Proposal, Martha Castillo