Strength-Based Art Therapy Group for Teen Mothers
Graduation Date
Fall 2010
Document Type
Master's Thesis
Document Form
Degree Name
Master of Arts in Marriage and Family Therapy
Degree Granting Institution
Notre Dame de Namur University
Program Name
Art Therapy
Dean
Lisa Bjerknes, MD, MBA
First Reader
Laury Rappaport, PhD, ATR-BC
Second Reader
Gwen Sanders, MFT, ART-BC
Abstract
The purpose of this grant proposal is to request funding to support services provided to teen mothers through Planned Parenthood Mar Monte. The grant proposes a strength-based art therapy group based on Positive Psychology, for teen mothers designed to help build upon the resiliency and strengths of each pregnant or parenting teenage mother between the ages of fifteen to nineteen years old. The literature review provides an overview of teen pregnancy and parenting, adolescent development, positive psychology, self-esteem, resiliency, group work, and the significance of art therapy with adolescence. The hypothesis to this study is that a strength- based art therapy group will positively impact self-esteem and resiliency in teen mother participants.