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 1991
Color as a Bridge from Mental Illness, Sherryl-Anne Malone
Grant Proposal for the Establishment of an Art Therapy Program at the Family Resource Center of Salinas/Seaside Facility of Monterey County, Kimberly Roach
A Pilot Program: Family Art Therapy as Psychological Intervention with Terminally Ill Patients and Their Caregivers, Gwen J. Sanders
The Role of Precombat Personality in the Development of Postcombat Stress Disorder: A Case Study Using Art Therapy, Jana Tuschman
Theses/Capstones from 1990
Grant Proposal for Outpatient Art and Family Therapy Groups with Schizophrenic Clients, Elaine Marley Beaver
Clinical Art Therapy With Adult Patients in the Western Psychiatric Center, Nadine M. Blaschak
Grant Proposal for a Pilot Art Education Program for Room-Bound elders at Hillsdale manor Convalescent Hospital, Catherine Crawford
Grant Proposal to Establish an Art Therapy Trauma Surviviors Group for Kings Outreach Boys Ranch, Mary De Santos
Robert: A Case Study using Art Therapy to Facilitate Growth, Sahanta Lee DiCesare-Pannutti
Pediatric Leukemia Patients: Their Family Relations and Significant Artistic Symbols, Pamela Dobbins
The Effects of Art Therapy on the Self-Esteem of a Subject Exhibiting Dieting and Overeating Behavior, Emily Groce France
Grant Proposal to Support a Pilot Art Therapy Project for a Short-Term Outpatient Chemical Dependency Group, Juanita Ghalamkar
Grant Proposal for a 1991 Appointment Calendar Featuring the Art Work Created by Children Who are Patients at Napa State Hospital, Connie Holmund
Proposal for Training in Psychiatric Rehabilitation Utilizing Art Expression in Establishing Client Determined Values and Goals, Robert E. Johnson
Group Art Therapy for Repetitive Symbolism of an Austistic Adolescent, Joyce M. Kafoury
Sandtray Therapy With a Seriously Disturbed Adolescent, Joan W. Lundborg
Artworks: A Traveling Art Program, Cathleen Meadows
Art Therapy in West Germany: A Study of Theories and Methods, Tatjana Meschede
Using Artwork in a Multifamily Therapy Group, Elisabeth E. Middelberg
Development of a Database of Artwork by Vietnam Veterans with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), E. Anne Reidy
Emotional and Organic Indices Based on Human Figure Drawings by Persons With Traumatic Brain Injury, Benne E. Rockett
Using Art Therapy Groups to Promote Insight in Adult Inpatients, Lili Y. Suzuki
Grant Proposal for a Pilot Art Therapy Program for Children of Battered Women Temporarily Housed in the San Mateo Battered Women's Shelter, Diana W. Young
Theses/Capstones from 1989
Triumph of the Spirit: Creative Art Therapy and How It Impacts on the Quality of Life of Handicapped Elderly Patients in a Convalescent Home Setting, Lynette Joy Ben-Sushan
Art Representations as Functions of Depressive State: Longitudinal Studies in Chronic Childhood and Adolescent Depression, Thomas J. Brudenell
The Use of a Circular Sand Tray in Sandplay, Dorothy T. Chrisman
The Art of Process: A Program Designed for the Apple Child Care Center, Apple Computer, Inc., Margaret Francis Conroy
Facilitating the Therapeutic Alliance Through the Art Process in Short-Term Family Art Therapy, Barbara Danielsen
The Effectiveness of a Group Art Therapy Project in the Treatment of Latency Age Boys, Linda Marnell
Grant Project for a Group Mural Pilot Project Designed for and Supported by the Fred Finch Youth Center, Beverly Stone
Theses/Capstones from 1988
Partner Drawing With Seriously Emotionally Disturbed Children, Nancy Backstrom
Postcombat Stress Disorder: A Case Study Using Art Therapy, Priscilla Barbanica
A Proposal to Establish an Art Therapy Program at Mercy Manor: Skilled Nursing Facility, Meredith Standiford
Theses/Capstones from 1987
Facilitating the Death/Rebirth Experience Through Art With Three Adolescent Girls Who Had Each Lost a Parent, Adele M. Aced
Art Therapy with Blind and Visually Impaired Adults, Rosalyn Benjet
Proposal to Support an Art Gallery at Napa State Hospital, Elaina Rose Cameron
The Use of Art Therapy With Chonically Ill Adolescents, Ava Charney
The Relationship Between Premorbid Personality and Senile Dementia of the Alzheimer Type and the Stress of Male and Female Caregivers, Marti Erickson
Grant Proposal: St. Luke's Hospital Pediatric Unit Play Therapy Program, Sara A. Gaines
An Overview of French Art Therapy, Sande Griffith
Emotional Indicators on Human Drawings of Learning Handicapped Children:, Patricia Barry Hollister
The Tao of Art Experiential: A Measurement Designed to Identify Jung's Typology, Gerry Anne Lenhart
The Mandalas in the Artwork of the Mentally Ill, Ingeborg Johanna Matte
Art Therapy and the Empathic Relationship: Three Case Studies, Patricia McKay
The Environment is a Factor in Experiencing the Feeling of Safety and Wellness, Toni Morley
Art Therapy with Depressed Patients in an Institutional Setting, John Robert O'Brien
Grant Application: Art Therapy as an Assessment of Substance Relapse, Carol Marie Smyth
Artwork of Alzheimer's Disease Patients in an Institutional Setting, Kaoru Watanabe
The Effects of Art Therapy on The Self Esteem of Young Adolescents, Joan K. Workman