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 1995
A Grant Proposal for a Pilot Art Therapy Program with Hospice Patients, Sharon A. Stohl
The AIDS Memorial Quilt: Therapeutic Benefits of Panelmaking as an Art Therapy Intervention, Michelle A. Thibaudeau
Art Therapy and People with HIV/AIDS a Grant Proposal: Group Art Therapy Program for the San Mateo County AIDS Program, Karen Lee Tripp
Art Therapy: An Alternative Therapeutic Approach in the Treatment of Adolescents at-risk for Depression, Michelle Gay Wheatley
Substance Abusers and Differentiation: Viewing the Self within the Family System, Jeannette Lynn Whitfield
Art Therapy Program for Children of Battered Women, Laura Anne Whitson
A Video Proposal about the San Francisco General Hospital and Medical Center Pediatric Play Therapy Program San Francisco, California, Rebecca Ann Wyatt
Theses/Capstones from 1994
Mari Card Test: Profile of the Cardiac Patient, Eunice Brown
An Exploration of the Soothing Affects of the Mandala on an Adolescent Population, Aleeza Cohen
The Psychological Related Effects of Children Creating Mandalas, Carol DeLue
A Stepmother Archetype, Georgia Jackman Fink
Using Collage to Overcome Resistance in Troubled Adolescents, Shirley Gallup
Five Graphic Indicators of Sexual Abuse, James R. Gattis
Art Used as a Therapeutic Intervention Between Isralie Arabs and Jews, Sandrine Elizabeth Hahn
Insight into Factors Involved in the Developmental Process of Professional Identity Formation of the Art Therapist, Marsha Hardaway-Burke
The Supervisor/Student Relationship in an Art Therapy Prcticum Setting, Carla A. Hawke
A Study of Recurrent Symbols and Visual Construct Choices in the Art of Adolescent Substance Abusers, Pamela Malkoff Hayes
H-T-P Pre and Post Tests with Schizophrenic Patients on Antipsychotic Medication, W. Kay Inman
The Use of Art and Wilderness Experience to Inncrease Hope in Adolescents: An Exploration of an Intervention, Brian Andrew Lewis
Evolution of the Tree Symbol as a Metaphor for Individualization, Sharon Quinn
Finish the Picture An Art-Based/Projective Technique Used With Children, Teresa Schall
A Japanese Art Form Koinobori, Hospitalized Children, and Hope: A Proposal, Nancy Tolin
The Validity and Reliability of the Draw-A-Person Directive as a Global Self-Esteem Assessment in Elementary Schools, Elizabeth Van Horn
Mirroring Through Art to Repair the Damaged Self, Elenore Kanner Weinberg
Assessment of Suicide Risk in Abused Adolescents Using the Rosebush Visualization Technique, Evie Zepernick
Theses/Capstones from 1993
The Influence of Time and Professioanlization on The Evolution of Art Therapists Identity, Sally V. A. Benson
Grant Proposal for an Art Therapy Program for At Risk Children in Residence at the Battered Women's Shelter Program San Mateo, CA, Rachel Cherry
Research Proposal to Study Sandplay Therapy as a Modlaity to Enhance Self-Esteem in SED Adolescents: Part I, Robert A. Goulart
Research Proposal to Study Sandplay Therapy as a Modlaity to Enhance Self-Esteem in SED Adolescents: Part II, Robert A. Goulart
The Effects of Art Therapy on the Self-Worth of Inner City Youth, Erica Saltiel Levin
The Effect of Momentary Emotional States on Color Response Patterns, Lea Nazarathy
Tattoo Significance Among Woment, Christine L. Pulliam
Assessment of Multiple Personality Disorder Using Art Therapy, Liesel Roberts
The Validiity and Reliability of the "Draw a Rosebush" Art Assessment to Discriminate Between Abuse and Non-Abuse in Adolescents, Maura Katrin Schapper
Assessment of Suicidal Youth Using Art Therapy, Susan Scoskie
The Impact of Borderline Clients Studied in Post-Session Artwork of Nine Therapists, Debbie J. Wessels
The Art Therpist's Handbook, Victoria Z. Woodrow
Theses/Capstones from 1992
Eating Disorders and Contemporary Women, Joanna Denkin
Positive School Performance: Art as a Second Language to Promote Self-Esteem, Charlotte A. Flanagan
Art Therpay in a Behaviorally Oriented Day Program with a Schizophrenic Male Adult, Heidi R. Inglis
Preferred Symbol, Archetypal Stages, and Life Satisfaction of the Spritiual Woman at Midlife, Patricia J. Laszewski
Treatment of Adolescent Obesity Using Behavioral Art Therapy, Angela Faye Ruff
Theses/Capstones from 1991
Grant Proposal for a Pilot Study Addressing the Emotional Issues Surrounding Diabetes for Diabetic Children and Adolescents and Their Family Members, Barbara A. DeRose
Why Women Artists Choose to Become Art Therapists, Lisa A. Hill
For Kids: Grant Proposal for Pyramid Alternatives' Children's Therapy and Education Group, Amy Horn
An Analysis of the Feminist Perspective in Family Art Therapy Training, Constance A. Ingram
An Analysis of Stress in the Careers of the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur, Richard A. Jercha
The Path of Creation, Laura E. Langdon
Images of Crisis: Art Therapy Process in Short Term Shelter Settings, Sandra Lehti
Grant Proposal for a Pilot Program to Increase Self-Esteem in Abused Severly Emotional Disturbed Adolescents, Melissa Ann Locke-Quan