As the only Master of Arts in Art Therapy program in Northern California, Dominican University of California offers an intimate on-campus learning environment designed to prepare students for successful careers in art therapy while encouraging the artistic and therapeutic process.

This site brings together a collection of master's theses and doctoral dissertations from the students of the Art Therapy program.

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Theses/Capstones from 1982

A Personal Search for Definition as an Art Therapist, Alex Silberstein

Art: A Therapeutic Modality in the Treatment of Adolescents in Crisis, Sharon Rose McInerney

Art Therapy in a Geriatric-Psychiatric Rehabilitation Center, Mary May Wood

Grant Proposal for Directed Art Therapy for Children with Behavioral Problems: Preschool Through Latency Age, Alyce Curtiss-Cobb

Master of Arts Internship Crystal Springs Rehabilitation Center's Geriatric Psychiatric Ward Day Treatment/Continuting Care Program of Region IV of San Mateo County, Joan M. Evans

Theses/Capstones from 1981

A Proposal for an Art Alternative Program for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Elementary Students a the Jackson Hearing Center Palo Alto, California for the Academic Year of 1982-3, Barbara Stevenson

A Proposal for an Art Program to Enahnce the Self-Esteem of the Mentally Disabled, Sharyn McDonald

Art Therapy with an Electively Mute Child, Joyce E. Houser

Art Therapy with Three Autistic Boys, Lori Wroblewski

Comparison of Attitudes and Knowledge Regarding the Effect of Parent Workshops on the Learning Handicapped Child, Barbara Whitelaw

Expressive Play/Art Therapy with Children and Adolescents in an Ambulatory Care Center, Charleen Rubin

Grant Proposal, Martha Castillo

Growth Through Creativity, Jean Priestley

Implementation of an Art Therapy Program at a Child Abuse Residential Center, Elizabeth Joyce Voss

Peppermint Patty as a Possible Illustration of a Right-Brain-Dominant Child, Laura F. Williman

Theses/Capstones from 1980

Art and Play Therapy with Pediatric Brun Patients, Valerie Appleton

Art Experiences for Personal Growth, Virginia Meyer

Grant Proposal to Evelyn and Walter Haas Jr. Fund, Sandra Lynne Gleeson

Theses/Capstones from 1979

Redwood House: Art Experience Group in a Residential Treatment Center, Valerie Appleton

Theses/Capstones from 1978

Mandala: Path of Beauty, Joan Kellogg

Theses/Capstones from 1974

A Comparative Study of the Socialization Process of Young Children in a Montessori Preschool and a Traditional Nursery School, Karen Arnold

Theses/Capstones from 1972

Grant Submitted to the College of Notre Dame for A Program for Physically Handicapped Children Through the San Mateo County Arts Council, Sharyl C. Thode