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 1997
Art Therapy Masters Theses Indexes, Waldena R. O'Sullivan
The Diagnostic Drawing Series of Adolescent Anorexia Nervosa, Julie Price
Art and Healing Among the Native Americans, Serita Rardin
A Cross-Cultural Perspective of the Perception of Color as it Relates to Affect, Delia Lynn Yskamp
Theses/Capstones from 1996
Photo Art Therapy for the Adolescent Psychiatric Inpatient Program at McAuley Behavioral Health Services, Carolyn J. Donnay
Pilot Art Therapy Program for Emotionally Disturbed Adolescents at Maryhurst, Margaret K. Fennell
Assessigng Mandala Art in an Adolescent Diagnosed with Borderline Personality Features, Hauani Gibson
The Role of Art Therapy in the Formation of Identity in Female Adolescents, Kathleen M. Keller
A Jungian Based Study for Diagnosing Acculturative Stress Within the Hispainc Immigrant and Refugee Population, Lynnaia Keune
Read the Writing on the Walls: Graffiti and Art Therapy, Annie Marinovich
Pilot Art Therapy Program for SED Adolescents at the Institute for the Arts of Living, Sue Ann Martin
Art Therapy Program for the San Mateo County School-based Mental Health 599 Team, Anu Mathur
Individual Art Therapy with Hospice Clients and Their Loved Ones in a Hospital Hospice Program, Beth Newman
Meeting the Unborn: A Phenomenological Inquiry into Prenatal and Birth Experience, Patricia Nichols
Using Art Therapy in Developing Attachment of Adolecents in Fluid Families, Ellen Pompa
Sexual Abuse Indicators in Kinetic Family Drawings, Christopher Phillip Powers
The Diagnostic Drawing Series: A Comparison of Psychiatric Inpatient Adolescents in Crisis with Non-Hospitalized Youth, Hadass Shlagman
The Representative Use of Symbols Within the First Three Sessions of Cyber Sanplay Therapy, Sarah M. Slaughter
Grant Proposal for an Art Therapy Program for Pain Management at Packard Children's Hospital, Dennis Stott
A Cross-Cultural Comparison: Family Drawings of Japanese and American Elementary School Children in the United States, Junko Sumiya
Kids Helping Kids Side by Side, Mika Tomita
Theses/Capstones from 1995
The Diagnostic Drawing Series: Research with Depressed Acute Psychiatric Inpatient Adults, Megan J. Burdick-Grade
Documentation of the Use of Art Therapy in Croatia and Bosnia, Katie M. Cacic
Grant Proposal for Enhancing Self-Esteem for Severly Emotionally Disturbed Adolescents Through Art Therapy, Donna L. Capaldi
The Experience of Childlessness for Women in Midlife Who Delayed Childbearing Until It Was Too Late, Gail Caufield
Art Enhanced Parenting Education for Parents of Behavior Problem Children, Joyce R. Chesnos
Art Therapy Based Outcome Study for Assessment of Adolescent Acute Care Treatment: A Progrtam Designed for Acute Care Adolescent Patients, Christopher Nicholas Anthony DiRaddo
Grant Proposal for A Children's Bereavement Art Group, Tobi Garelick
Grant Proposal for an Art Therapy Program for Individuals Who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing, Theresa L. Hall
The Coming Out Process: Parental Knowledge of Sexual Orientation and the Self-Esteem of Adult Lesbians, Gabrielle M. Johnson
Descriptive Analysis of Kinetic-Family-Drawings by Adults with Develpmental Disabilities, Barbara Kauffold
Grant Proposal for an Art Therapy Program at the Comprehensive Pediatric Care Unit of Lucile Salter Packard Children's Hospital at Stanford, Susan L. Kleck
Drawing Out the Spirit: Art Therapy as a Healing Force with Epstein-Barr Virus, Bardi Koodrin
The Use of Imagery and Visualization in a Cognitive-Based Art Therapy Group to Increase Internality in Adolescent Girls, Kristin Joy Kuhlman
Family Art Therapy: A Therapeutic Approach to Aid in the Adjustment of Foster Child Placement, Gina R. Larsen-Mott
A Pilot Study for Art Therapy and the Wilderness Challenge: A Dual Modality in Adolescent Substance Abuse Treatment, Martha Brooke Lawrence
Myth or Trend: A Study of the "Clinification Syndrome" in the Field of Art Therapy, Corinne Celeste Meadows
Art Therapy for Adolescents with Behavior Disorders, Tricia Melican
The "Bridge Drawing" Used as an Assessment of Chemically Dependent Veterans, Hal Lynne Micali
The Diagnostic Drawing Series: Research with Male Inmates Incarcerated for Murder, Claudee D. Mitchell
The Effects of Adoption on Identity as Assessed by the Kinetic Family Drawing, Colleen Paul
The Use of a Body Sculpture Experience as a Means of Addressing Body-Image with Five Women, Jeanne Cory Preville
Visual Construct Choices of Incarcerated Women, Estelle Frances Rubenstein
Art Therapy Mirroring Techniques to Enhance Parents Sense of Self: Effect on Children and Adolescents, Claudia Sanchez-Cohen
A Grant Proposal for an Art Intervention for Anger Mangement/Violence Prevention Program, Lynn Spaulding
Assessing for Depression in Children with Severe Behavioral Disorders Using Kinetic-Tree-Person Drawings, Anne Tucker Stewart