This is a collection of Art Therapy Master's Theses (1981 - 2015) from the time that the program was located at Notre Dame de Namur. The program moved to Dominican University of California in the Fall of 2021.
The theses listed here currently reside at the Archbishop Alemany Library and only available for use in the Library
Theses/Capstones from 2013
Speaking of the Unspoken: A Phenomenological Inquiry of Women's Experiences of a First Trimester Induced Abortion Through Particiaption in a Post-Abortion Art Therapy Group, Camille de Meneses
"Art of Dreaming" A Humanistic-Experiential Approach for Integrating Art Therapy into a Dream Group, Clementine Do
Increasing Optimism in Adolescents: An Integrative Intervention of Positive Psychology, The Mindup Program, Mindfulness, Yoga, and Art Therapy, Elizabeth Doyle
Fostering Resiliency in School Aged Children Through Art Therapy Group Interventions, Ruth Doyle
Using the Kinetic-Family-Drawing (KFD) to Assess Attachment in a Young Adult Population, Jonathan Etkin
Using Art Therapy to Reduce Anxiety and Improve the Quality of Recovery in Post-Operative Patients with Amputations, Jan-Gabrielle Galiñanes
Dreams, Art and Well-Being: A Positive Psychology Approach to Bringing Awareness to Dreams, Margaret Ann Gammie
Increasing Resilience Through Art Therapy in Children with Domestic Violence Exposure, Katleen M. Gilliland
Art Therapy as a Treatment Modality for Processing Recurring Dreams and Anxiety, Nicole Hallenbeck
Bereaved Adults' Art Therapy Group, Andrea Hans
I Feel Beautiful: A Narrative Art Therapy Group Designed to Increase Positive Body Image and Self-Esteem in Adult Women, Chelsea Hunter
AVPT Art Assessment with Survivors of Human Trafficking, Jessica Jarocki
Art Therapy and Chinese Immigrant Mental Health: Acculturation of Chinese Adolescents in the United States - A Female Chinese Teenager Support Group, Chia-I Ruby Jen
Reminiscence Through Collage: Elders newly Transitioning into an Assisted Living Community, Kelly Kanclerowicz
Digital Art Therapy with Older Adults: An Exploration of the iPad as a Medium, Melissa Kinches
Harnessing Technology: Art Therapy as Early Intervention in School-Based Counseling for Latino Adolescents with Low SES, Tiffany Landis
Creating Symbols to Identify and Stabilize Character Traits: Using Art Therapy and Positive Psychology Perspective with Adolescents in Residential Substance Abuse Treatment, Faith Matter-Kratzer
CAS with Art and Chronic Pain: The Effects of Clearing a Space with Art on Women with Chronic Pain, Jenny McGrath
Dance Movement and Narrative Art Therapy for Adolescent Girls: A Combined Treatment Approach, Lindsay Parkinson
A Survey of Sandplay Therapy Practices Among Licensed Psychotherapists, Melissa Sherman
The Utilization of Art Therapy and Narrative Therapy in a Support Group for Adults with Facial Disfigurement After Treatment of Cancer, Ornit R. Shoham
Using the Bridge Art Therapy Assessment to Measure Resiliency Levels in Latino Immigrants: A Review of the Literature, Vanessa Ventura
Mindfulness-Based Art Therapy and Stress Reduction with Veterans Living in Transitional Housing, Chanel R. Wittmershaus
Focus on Fatherhood: A Visual Journe Using Phototherapy Techniques With At-Risk Teen Fathers, Abby Zimberg
Theses/Capstones from 2012
Art Therapists Experiential Interview Using Art Therapy for Individuals with Autism, Melina Diana Antichevich
Smoking Cessation and Art Therapy: A Cognitive-Behavioral and Mindfulness Approach to Quitting Cigarettes, Autumn Bayliss
Integrating Ecotherapy and Art Therapy to Foster Professional Identity Formation, Elizabeth A. Brandt
What is Family? Examining Polyamorous Families: Implications for Art Therapists, Jessie Craig
Playing Together: Using Art-Based Shared Creative Play to Promot Creative Engagement for Elders, Anne D. Danberg
Color and Emotions: Exploring How Middle-Aged Adults Associate Color and Emotion, Jamie Giannotti
Culturally Sensitive Art Therapy Group with Latina Adolescents, Priscilla Gomez
Using Idiomatic Expressions as a Stimulus for Art Therapy with Adolescents With Asperger's and High-Functioning Autism, Kristen Haney
"Just Like Us" A Mural Painting Project With Children Living at an Emergency Domestic Violence Shelter, Rachel Howard (Nova)
Understanding Parenting Styles, Parenting Satisfaction, and Bird's Nest Drawings of Chinese Immigrant and Euro-American Mothers, Susan M. Lindblade
Art Therapy in Hospice and Palliative Care Setting, Sheryl Llarena
Using Draw-A-Person in the Rain Projective Drawing Assessment in Measuring Resilience and Coping in Children, Maria Paull
The Efficacy of Sandplay as an Art Therapy Intervention to Improve Communication Between Children With Autism and Their Familes, Julie Rittenmyer
Henna Serves as Visual Reminder for Goals or Tasks in an Art Therapy Session, Janali Savarimuthu
Focusing-Oriented Art Therapy as a Means of Stress Reduction With Graduate Students, Liz Weiland
Normative Study of Art by Children on Autism Spectrum Age 2-14 Years: A Pilot Study, Cora Wood
Body Invasion: Cancer Survivorship and Quality of Life, Andrea M. Zihar
Theses/Capstones from 2011
The Use of Mandalas as a Developmental Assessment of Emerging Adulthood, Sara Barulich
Group Art Therapy to Reduce Stress in Aging and Elderly People with Intellectual Disabilities, Mandi Baughman
Honoring Mothers with Self-Car Through the Use of Art, Kathleen Dancing Brand