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 2001
A Correlation Study Using the Formal Elements Art Therapy Scale and the Coopersmith Sel-Esteem Inventory (School Form) With Fourth and Fifth Grade Students, Monica M. Garcia
An Educational Video Illustrating the Theories of Margaret Naumberg and Edith Kramer: "Art as Therapy" and "Art as Psychotherapy", Philip J. Lawson
Teacher's Perception of Art Education in the Kindergarten Classroom, Ellen J. St. Amand
Theses/Capstones from 2000
A Blind Study Using the House-Tree-Person Test to Determine Birth Order, Amalia Leigh Collins
Art Therapy Can be Used to Detect Triggers That Cause Violent Behavior, Steven Edmonds
Providing the "Release" Through an Art Therapy Journal While Promoting Insight: For Adolescent Self-INjurers, Melissa Ciappetta
Using Art to Process Aggression With Children Who Are Severly Emotionally Disturbed, Erin Kelly
Using The AVPT to Establish Viusual Concepts Norms of Taiwanese College Students, Su-Fen Liu
Using the AVPT With German University Students to Establish a Norminative Base for Visual Construct Preferences, Julie Haschemeyer
Theses/Capstones from 1999
A Historical Survey of the Angel Archetype: Convergence of Psychology, Art Therapy and Soul, Christine Marie Springer
A Research Project on Mood and Color Choice in Children With Autism, Heather Suzanne Eckenrod
Art Therapy in a Business Community: A Creative Outlet for Enhancing the Work Experience Through Communication Skills Training and Stress Reduction, Kenda Swartz-Perez
Effect of Group Art Therapy on Depressed Mother-Child Dyads, Amy K. Keucher
Measuring the Validity of the DAP-SF Using the Draw-a-Person Projective Drawing to Assess Self-Seteem in Latino Adolescents, Yvette Duarte
Physiological Calming Effect of the Color Blue on Children, Lydia Cho
Presence of Defense Mechanisms in the Art of Children in Treatment for Luekemia, Kathryn S. Rogers
Quilts: A Textiel Tradition for Processing LIfe and Cultural Experiences With Art Therapy Applications, Constance Hunt
Surviving and Thriving: Increasing the Hope of Public School Adolescents Through Art Therapy, Eleanor Fisher Ruckman
The Effects of Artistic Expression on Identity Formation Within a Learning Disabled Adolescent Population, Paula Artac
The Role of Creating an Art Journal During the Art Therapy Practicum, Mary Greaney
Women in Mid-Life: Looking at Spirituality Through the Use of Art, Saundra E. Akridge
Theses/Capstones from 1998
Aesthetic Preference and Poetic Writing Style: A Correlational Study, Mary M. Gende
Art and Poetry for Stress Reduction: An Outcome Study with an Acutley Depressed Partially Hosptilalized, Adult Population, Samantha Renee Schmidt
Art Therapy With Adolescent Marijuana Users: A Means of Promoting Insight, Jana Olias Silverman
Assessment of Mental Disorders: The Rainbow Phenomenon, Laura Huber
A Study of the Mother-and-Child Drawing as an Indicator of Separation Anxiety in the Adolescent Population, Margaret Hunter
Drawing Mandalas: Its' Psysiological Effects on Children with Severe Emotional Disturbances, Antonia Fokken
Graphic Indicators of Sexual Abuse in Children Using the Human Figure Drawing, Sandra Mailloux
Is There Life After Menopause? A Study of Changing Self Concept in Midlife Women, Constance Milligan
Looking for Recurrent Archetaypal Images Through the Use of the Arrigton Visual Preference Test With Children Who are Severely Emotionally Disturbed, Lesley Ann Mastey
Masks of Northwest Coastal Indians: Transformation of the Human Spirit, Karen Cornell
Retablos: The Tradition of Painting the Tragic, The Miraculous, and Art Therapy Applications with Latino Adolescents, Deann Acton
Symbols of Self: Use of the Arrington Visual Preference Test With Severely Emotionally Disturbed Adolescents, Amy Lynne Rogers
The Collarborative Mural: An Art Intervention Offering Curative Experiences for the Individual, Group, and Community, Vicotria de los Santos Mycue
The Cultural Identity and Self-Esteem of Chinese-American College Students as Seen Through the Draw-a-Person Test, Kealailani A. Zane
The Evolution of the Sun Symbol: Its Meaning and Signifigance in Beliefs of Cultures throughout History, Chris Chiochios
The Eye as Symbol, Elizabeth Olson
The Use of Kramer Art Therapy Evaluation to Study Behaviors Related to the Diagnostic Indicators in the Art of Adolescents, Marjan Mokarram
Young and Old Together: An Intergenerational Art Therapy Handbook, Carrie Lenihan
Theses/Capstones from 1997
A Cross-Cultural Perspective of the Perception of Color as it Relates to Affect, Delia Lynn Yskamp
A National Survey on Art Therapists Beliefs Regarding Optimal Duration of Treatment with Specific Popualtions, Jennifer J. Cartwright
Art and Healing Among the Native Americans, Serita Rardin
Art Therapy Masters Theses Indexes, Waldena R. O'Sullivan
Art Therapy with Abused Adolescents: an Efficacy Study in the Non-profit Setting, Louis Buchhold
Children Dealing with Life-Threatening Illnesses Through the Use of Creative Art Therapy, Janet Marie Natale
Early Intervention: Teaching Social Skills to Preschool Aged Children Using Art Therapy, Erin K. McElhinney
Exploring Alienation with Adolescents Identified with Serious Behavior Disordered Using Personal Symbols, Brooke Brown
Fairytales and Therapy: Using Fairytales in Assessing for Child Abuse, Kimberley Haws