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 2009
Integrating Art Theapy into Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Individual Treatment for Children Who Have Experienced Trauma, Amy Schillinger
Memories in the Making: An Art Therapy Group for Individuals Diagnosed with Alzheimer's Disease or a Related Form of Dementia, Erin Lynn Morgan
Narrative Art Therapy with Adult Sibling Dyads, Sara Bulger
New Perspectives of Self Through the Aperture: The Use of Photo-Art Therapy to Enhance Self-Esteem of Adolescents Lining in a Homeless Shelter, Mimi Mei Chi Tung
Raising Self-Esteem in Adolescent Females Through the Use of Art Therapy and Storytelling, Raphaelle Lamoureux Novotny
Reflective Materials and the Use of Glitter in Art Therapy, Amber Dee Mazza
The Creation of Roadside Memorials: Art Therapy in Response to Sudden and Traumatic Loss, Kathy Dodge
The Experience of Open Ceramics Studio as Art Therapy for Those Who Have Suffered from Stroke or Other Acquired Disabilities, Barbara Bailey-Porter
The Human Figure Drawing: A Survey of Art Therapists, Laura N. Rutledge
Using Art Therapy to Express Family of Origin Issues for Developing Empathy with Couples, Jacqueline Lumer
Using the Feats With the Person Picking an Apple From A Tree Art Directive to Diagnose Depression in SEB/SBD Children Placed in Special Education Classrooms, K. Paige Donnell
Theses/Capstones from 2008
A Collective Group Art Intervention for Aggressive Adolescents to Increase Their Anger Control Skills, Miyuki F. Coirin
A Comparison of Art Material Preferences in Anorexia and Bulima Nervosa: A Survey of Clinicians, Alissa Garcia
An Art Therapy Technique of Story Making: Sandplay Story Through Digital Comic Storytelling, Yulia M. Shin
Art Therapy, Communication and Emotional Expression: Exploring Joint-Drawing Directives with Couples, Kristina Goldbach
Plaster Hand Casting With Adolescents as a Means of Building Identity, Julie Anderson
Understanding the Natural Lives of Trees: Implications for Art Therapists, Nuquynhthi Velasquez
Utilizing an Identity-Based Art and Peer Group with At-Risk Youth: Supporting Identity Processes, Kelli Rae Avina
Theses/Capstones from 2007
Stained Glass at the Cutter's Edge, Jocelyn Fitzgerald
Theses/Capstones from 2006
A Cross Cultural Study of Evil Eye Symbols and Amulets, Sharon Gobuty
Community Art Therapy Group Intervention for Adolescents Battling Eating Disorders, Yulia Agafonova
Effective Art Interventions for Adult Immigrants, Wei Lin Ku
Helping Sexually Abused Children by Supporting Their Parents, Sarina Hamer
Increasing Empathy in Elementary School Age Children, Laura Purpura
Internal Locus of Control and Retablos: The Application of Art Therapy with HIV Positive Gay Men, Alberto Rangel
The Use of Group Art Therapy to Facilitate the Development of Identity with Adolescents in a Residential Substance Abuse Treatment Center, Sarah K. Moffitt
Using a Narrative Art Therapy Approach to Reduce Depression in Older Adults, Janet Ann Van Pelt
Using Art Therapy as an Intervention with Emotionally Disturbed Preschool Children, Katy Elizabeth White
Using the Coopersmith Self-Esteem Inventory-School Form, House-Tree-Person and Person Picking a Mango From a Tree in Salvadorian Children, Ana Enosensia De Ocampo
Theses/Capstones from 2005
Art Therapy Peer Support Group for 3rd, 4th, and 5th Grade Children of Divorce, Karen Gibbons
Comparitive Study of Persian Art of Garden and Field of Art Therapy, Shelia Zion
God Images: A Graphic Documentary, Irene Marisa Schell
Health (Internal-External) Locus of Control in Patients With Soft Tissue Chronic Pain, and Treatment With Art Therapy, Shannon Warming
Life-Story Book Program: An Art Narrative Approach to Make a Life-Story Book of Japanese American Former Internees, Mio Yamashita Delorimier
Narrative Art Therapy for Families That Have a Child With a Life-Threatening Illness, Andrea A. Seitz
Patients Dealing With Terminal Illness Through the use of Creative Art Therapy, Christine Endo
Reasons for Living and Visual Construct Choices as Related to Suicide Risk of Inpatient Adolescents, June K. Gerteisen
Reducing Stress: An Art Therapy-Based Group for Parents of Children with Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder, Jane Y. Kim
Significant Images of Mary, Donnamae Eachus
The Ageless Current of Water, Mark Hudson
The Durga Project: A Narrative Approach to Art Therapy Groups with Adolescent Nepali Survivors of Forced Prostitution, Veronica C. San Chirico
The Effect of Keeping a 30 Day Creative Journal by Art Therapy Students and Interns, Linda Powers
The Use of the Mandala as a Coping Strategy in Breast Cancer Patients, Tobey Allen
Visual Preferences of Women with Postpartum Depression, Jennifer Tuepker
Working the First Three Steps of Alcoholics Anonymous in Art Therapy Groups with Female Substance Abusers, Stacey C. Dirzuweit
Theses/Capstones from 2004
A Bereavement Art Therapy Support Group for Grieving Adults, Jessica Tang
A Grant Proposal for an Art Therapy Program for Young Girls Focusing on INcreasing Self-Esteem and Reducing the Development of Eating Disorders, Jennifer Koegen
A Grant Proposal for Reflecting the Relationship: Using Partner Art Mirroring to Enhance Relationships, Juli Espinoza