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 2005

Reducing Stress: An Art Therapy-Based Group for Parents of Children with Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder, Jane Y. Kim

Significant Images of Mary, Donnamae Eachus

The Ageless Current of Water, Mark Hudson

The Durga Project: A Narrative Approach to Art Therapy Groups with Adolescent Nepali Survivors of Forced Prostitution, Veronica C. San Chirico

The Effect of Keeping a 30 Day Creative Journal by Art Therapy Students and Interns, Linda Powers

The Grape Group: An After-School Therapeutic Art Group Designed to build Self-Esteem and Social Skills in Elementary School Children Who Have Learning Disabilities, Colleen M. Lewis

The Use of the Mandala as a Coping Strategy in Breast Cancer Patients, Tobey Allen

Visual Preferences of Women with Postpartum Depression, Jennifer Tuepker

Working the First Three Steps of Alcoholics Anonymous in Art Therapy Groups with Female Substance Abusers, Stacey C. Dirzuweit

Theses/Capstones from 2004

A Bereavement Art Therapy Support Group for Grieving Adults, Jessica Tang

A Grant Proposal for an Art Therapy Program for Young Girls Focusing on INcreasing Self-Esteem and Reducing the Development of Eating Disorders, Jennifer Koegen

A Grant Proposal for Reflecting the Relationship: Using Partner Art Mirroring to Enhance Relationships, Juli Espinoza

Asian American Identity Group: Using Art Therapy to Support Ethnic Identity Awareness for Second-Generation Asian American Adolescents, Vicky Huey

Assessing the Use of Rawley Silver's Draw-A-Story for Depression Indicators and Peer Victimization in Elementary School Age Children, Trudy Willadson

Enhancing Teacher-Child Relationships Through Art, Elizabeth Recktenwald

Fire All Through Time, Laura Phillips

Healing Anxiety Associated With Sudden Loss Trauma Via a Group Art Therapy Experience, Myriam Martinez

Measuring the Validity of F.E.A.T.S Using the Apple Tree Projective Drawing with Children Diagnosed with ADHA, Alice Locke Chezar

Measuring the Validity of the Formal Elements Art Therapy Scale to Assess for Anxiety in Middle School Aged Children, Susan Kleene Barnes

Projective and Self-Report Assessment tools Used to Assess for Eating Disorder Risk Factors in Young Women, Erika I. Hirsch

Self-Concept Through Art Therapy: Using Therapeutic Creative Arts Techniques With Students With Learning Disabilities, Madeline F. Pascua

Story, Symbol, and Metaphor in Art: Using Art Therapy to Facilitate Change in Dominant Client Narratives, Tanya Alexander

The Art and Science of Art Therapy, Emily Heald

The Masks of Mexico: Mexican-American's Relationship With Their Cultural Heritage and Self-Concepts, Tara F. Franklin

Using Art Therapy as a Tool for Rehabilitating Individuals With Prosopagnosia: Two Case Studies, Shauna Goodenough

Using Sandplay in a Creative Arts Therapeutic Intervention Program for Depression in Elementary School Children, Elaine Gaidis Swanson

Vampires and Art: Addiction and Treatment from a Jungian Perspective, Xan B. Walker

Theses/Capstones from 2003

A 10 Week Creative Arts Expression Workshop in a School Based Environment and Its Effect on Self-Esteem in 6th, 7th, and 8th Graders, Shannon M. Asbury

A Grant Proposal Examining Mirroring as an Art Therapy Technique With High Risk Preschoolers in Head Start, Majica Phillips

A Group Art Therapy Initiative to Serve Women with Breast Cancer and Their Children in Mountain View, and Surrounding Santa Clara County Area, Karen R. Sturm

A National Survey of Art Therapists Regarding: How Art Affects the Development of Trust in the Therapeutic Relationship, Jennifer R. Alward

A Thesis Examining Historic Images of Christ as They Reflect Existential Themes of Love, Loss and Hope and Their Implcations Within the Terapeutic Process, Carolyn A. Farrell-Shaw

Combining Art Therapy and Ecopsychology: An Art and Wilderness Experience, Allie Andrus

Defining Self Through Symbol: A Psychological Analysis of the Cinderella Fairy Tale, Colette Fujimoto

Developing Positive Self-Talk Using Symbols in Sandplay, Jennifer Joyce

Huichol Yarn Painting as an Art Therapy Intervention to Promote Insight in Latino Children, Iris Rodriguez-Costello

Increasing Self-Awareness and Positive Feelings Towards Self: The Use of Art with Individuals with Developmental Disabilities, Jennifer Schott

Medical Art Therapy: A Synthesized Literature Review Resource Guide, Daynia J. Flynn

Menopause: A Rite of Passage Creation of a Menopausal Mask: Honoring Women in Midlife, Mary H. Lowe

Preferences and Descriptions of Religious Imagery According to Anxiety Level, Shay Lynn Alderman

Self-Portrait Drawings by Adolescents Diagnosed With Borderline or Narcissistic Personality Disorders, Elizabeth Zimmerman

The Effects of Digital Storytelling on Healing and Closure with World War II Veterans, Deborah A. Vanni

The Old Masters Art Collage With Couples: Increasing Intimacy Through a Six-Session Art Intervention With Couples, Justina Larson

The Option Mandala: A Brief Art Therapy Intervention for Sexually Active Teens, Jacqueline Tabb

Using the FEATS with Brain Tumor Patients, Jennifer Taylor

Theses/Capstones from 2002

A Correlational Study of the Effects of Acculturation and Body Image on the Perceptions of Obesity and Thiness by Latin Women, Rosa M. Morrow

An Art Therapy Program for Women Who are Experienceing Postpartum Depression at California Pacific Medical Center in San Francisco, Brittany Ryan Michaelian

A Preventative Intervention for Children at Risk for Depression Using Learned Optimism and Art Therapy, Anne B. Stockwell

Art Therapy for the First Three Steps of AA's 12-Step Program, Pen-lung Liao

Art Therapy Program for At-Risk Children of Battered Women, Melissa Miel Foster