Content Posted in 2022
Accessing the Ecosphere: An Indoor Nature-Based Community Expressive Arts Therapy (ExAT) Exploration Project, Heather Powers
Adolescents and Art Therapy: Exploring Safe Spaces Through Telehealth, Sarah Murphy
Advancing A Mixed Methods Approach to an Evidence Based Practice in Drama Therapy: A Literature Review, Travis Ciempa
A Group Music Therapy Method to Promote Mentalization Skills in Clients with Narcissistic Personality Disorder, Lisa Riggs Hobbs
A Literature Review: Posttraumatic Growth in Trauma Recovery Using Art Therapy: "How a Superhero Learns to Fly", Patricia Ezzard
All You Knead is Love, Donna Madoff
Allyship of Teachers and Drama Therapists: How Drama Therapy Can Empower Educators Restricted by Neoliberalism; A Literature Review, Madelyn Dominiski
A Mixed Methods Approach to Understanding Common Factors Association with Pain and Functional Outcomes in Musculoskeletal Pain Conditions, Mary Beth Holmes
A Narrative Approach to Songwriting in a Pediatric Medical Setting: Understanding Caregivers’ Lived Experience through Development of a Method, Izabella Lidrbauch
An Embodied Drama Therapy Approach to Restorative School Practices: A Method, Sarah Harmer
Anti-Oppressive Pedagogy in Dance/Movement Therapy Education: Embodied Experiences of Black, Indigenous, and Students of Color, Chevon Stewart
A Qualitative Study on Nurse Facilitators of Mind-Body Skills Groups, Paula D. Blake-Beckford
Artful Journey: An Art Journaling Method for Adults with Physical Disabilities and Progressive Conditions, Madeline Ludtke
Art Therapy and Parts Work with Survivors of Sexual Violence: Development of a Method, Maddie Gerig Shelly
Art Therapy with Juvenile Offenders-Building on Community, Strengths and Self-Esteem: A Literature Review, Rylee Donovan
AVOIDING EDUCATOR BURNOUT: USING MINDFULNESS TO EMBODY TEACHER VALUES, Ami Amero and Ami Amero
Becoming The Monster: The Use of Monstrous Role with Queer Adults in a Partial Hospitalization Program, Zaira Boylan
Belonging Amidst Bias: Embracing Difference on the Path to Common Humanity, Alyssia Sheikh
Benefits of Expressive Arts in Coping with Anxiety for Inpatient Adolescents: Development of a Method, Cecelia Fioriello
Bibliotherapy with Children with Neurodiverse Profiles: A Literature Review, Jessica Piltch-Loeb
Black Deaths Matter: Critically Understanding Black Female Clinicians’ Perspectives About Suicide In Black Communities, Heath Hightower
Body-Based Activism and Embodied Protest Art, Community Engagement Project With Karen and Karenni Young Adults, Ivy I. Kuhn
Body Mapping and Body Scan: Meditation and Art Therapy: A Literature Review, Christina Tremblay
Body Presence of Public Safety Officers in the Emergency Room and Effect on Pediatric Psychiatric Patients’ Behavior, Alyssa Cooperider
Building Character by Building Characters: A Literature Review Examining the Efficacy of Tabletop Roleplay as a Creative Intervention for Developing Social Skills in Adolescents, Kathleen Angela L. Bautista
Building Community: A School-based Art Reflection Method for Newcomer Students During COVID-19, Kate Johnson
Building Connections Through Community Art With Middle School Students: A Community Engagement Project, Amber Raguckas
Building Nature: A Nature-Based Drama Therapy Method in an Urban Program, Courtney Bennett McDuffee
Building the Therapeutic Relationship with Youth Online Through Expressive Arts Therapy, A Literature Review, Miranda Sass
Can Hope Be Primed in Chronic Pain? A Clinical Application of Health Priming, Brenda Stockdale
Charter School Leaders and Their Students’ Resilience, Katy Bridget Angelone
Collaborative Partnerships—Improving Teacher Retention, Karen Zimbrich and Susan Kando
Commonthought (2021), Commonthought Staff
Compassion in the STEM Curriculum: Integrating Emotional Peer Support Within Undergraduates’ Classroom Work, Jared Berezin
Confronting Contemporary Mythmaking: On artists’ engagements with popular culture, Jonathan Case
COS 2014 poster, Lesley University
COVID-19 Mindfulness Toolkit: A 4-Week Course for Adult Working Professionals, Ilene Gregorian
Creating Order Out of Chaos: A Method of Cognitive Behavioral Art Therapy for Psychosis (CBATp), Alexandra Hayes
Creative and Expressive Arts Therapy in Motivational Interviewing, Mary Hunt
Dance and Dance/Movement Therapy to Support Social-Emotional Learning in the Boston Public Schools, Bethany Lynch
Dance/Movement Therapy and a Positive Impact on Sense of Self for Individuals Living with Dementia: Development of a Method, Brittany Metrolis
Dance/Movement Therapy and Nonverbal Communication Among Older Adults With Dementia: Development of a Method, Diane Davis
Dance/Movement Therapy as a Transdisciplinary Approach to Treating Trauma, Destany Schadder
Dance/Movement Therapy Combined with Tai-chi as a Regulation Strategy for Children Who Have Experienced Trauma: Developing a Method, Brenna Meindersma
Dance Movement Therapy for Neurological Development in Ages 0-3: A Critical Review of the Literature, Anna Rupert
Dance/Movement Therapy for Reducing Restraints in Inpatient Psychiatry: A Critical Review of the Literature, Olivia Naya
Dancing With Your Baby: The Experiences of the Breastfeeding Mother-Infant Dyad Discovered Through the Artistry of Symbolic Dance., Lynda Perez-Venero Naimoli
Defining Best Practices for the Development and Implementation of Music Therapist Verbal Processing Skills in Clinical Spaces, Rachel Quirbach
Development Art Therapy Methods for Korean Immigrant Elders in an Independent Residential Community Setting, Wansu Kang
Digital Mindfulness: An Emerging Field of Inquiry and Practice, Sherri Henderson
Do We Belong? Promoting a Sense of Belonging in LGBTQ Youth Through Artistic Community Engagement: A Literature Review, Patricia Moran
Effect of Art Media on the Collective Mood of a Middle School Art Therapy Group: A Development of a Method, Jaime Isaak
Empowering Dance Movement Therapy: Implementing a Dance Break Method in Healthcare Systems to Benefit Patients in Eating Disorder Treatment, Pamela C. Caira
Epistemic Injustice, Endometriosis and Dance/ Movement Therapy: An Autoethnographic Investigation, Kevana West
Examining CBT with Music as an Early Psychosis Intervention: A Critical Review of the Literature, Andrew Maher
Examining Developmental and Sociological Effects of Restrictive Behavioral Sanctions on College Students, Patrick Sharry
Examining Resilience in Women Living with HIV/AIDS Through a Photo Narrative Lens, Mary Bell
Examining Sibling Relationships with Older Adults Through Songwriting: Development of a Method, Amanda N. Bysheim
Examining State of Flow and its Future in Dance/Movement Therapy: A Literature Review, Rachael A. Cohen
Examining the Role and Benefits of DMT in Adults with Down syndrome: A Critical Review of the Literature, Melissa Briggs
Examining the Use of Expressive Arts Therapies in Neurorehabilitation Treatment Planning, Rebecca J. Horner
Experiential Learning and General Education: A Critical Source of Liberal Learning, Rob Wauhkonen
Exploring Attachment in the NICU: A Music Therapy Model, Shelby Huskey Jordan-Lake
Exploring Group Art Therapy Techniques in Complimenting The 12-step Program in Healing Substance Abuse in Adults: A Literature Review, Nadine El Essawi
Exploring Multicultural Competency in International Art Therapy Student Through Art Journal Inquiry, Tanvi Kulkarni
Exploring Songwriting with Bereaved Adolescents: A Literature Review, Jordan Waters
Exploring the Benefits of Expressive Arts Therapy with Survivors of Sexual Violence, A Literature Review, Allison Dooley
Exploring the Intersection Between Facial Movement, Physiology, and Emotional Regulation: Developing a Method for Children, Kimberly Parker
Exploring the Lived Experience of Disabled Music Therapists: A Literature Review, Katherine Perakis
Exposure to Mindfulness Basics Through Existing Habits: A Brief 5-Week Curriculum for Exercisers, Meredith Tedford
Expressive Arts Therapy and Therapeutic Relationship with a Child with Selective Mutism: Development of a Method, Sophie McLaughlin
Expressive Arts Therapy with Pregnant Adolescents in South Africa: Observations and Reflections on Intimate Partner Violence and Intergenerational Transmission of Violence, Alexandra Zimeray
Expressive Therapies and Suicidality in Youth, Emily Devlin
Facilitating Attachment through Therapeutic Rapport and Expressive Arts Therapy with Children Experiencing Complex Trauma: A Literature Review, Johanna Voeller
Finding a Middle Path: Using Expressive Arts Therapy to Engage Adolescents in Dialectical Behavior Therapy: A Literature Review, Rebecca Miller
Finding and Answering Our Own Questions, Margery Staman Miller, Harriet Deane, Mike Pabian, Barbara Govendo, Roberta Jackson, and Ben Geiger
Finding Sanctuary: Getting Clear in the Midst of Illness, Crisis or Change, Joan Klagsbrun
Forming and Performing Online Playback Theatre for Drama Therapy Students and Faculty, Frances DuMar
From Mud: Lessons of Mindfulness Found in Clay Work, Casey Williams
Gap Analysis of 2SLGBTQIA+ Curriculum in Counseling Programs, Erika Graves
Giving A Voice to Children in Foster Care Through Narrative Puppetry and Storytelling, Lindsay Beebe
Group Scriptwriting for Male Survivors of Childhood Sexual Abuse: A Community Engagement Project, Anna Coleman
Group Singing as a Tool to Bridge Communication Between People with Aphasia and their Caregivers: A Literature Review, Allison Whiteside Pollard
Healing Collective Generational Trauma and Building Resilience Through Art Therapy, Ruzanna Carter
Healing Our Connection with Nature: An Expressive Arts Community Engagement Project, Meghan McCrillis
Healing Racial Injustice with Mindfulness Research, Training, & Practice, Danielle "Danae" Laura
Healing Stories: Bibliotherapy and Art Therapy as Tools to Support Bereaved Children, A Literature Review, Sarah K. Robinson
How Art Therapy and Energy Work Can Effectively Shift Core Beliefs: A Literature Review, Rachael Holland
How Art Therapy Promotes Resiliency in Individuals with Chronic Pain: A Literature Review, Margaret Lukas
How Clay in Group Art Therapy Helps Female Veterans Maintain Well-being: Development of Methods, Sooho Park
How Geek Therapy Plays Into Expressive Arts Therapy: A Literature Review, Caroline Bryan
Hypocrisy in Higher Education: Racism and Transphobia as Barriers and Harm in Mental Health, Tosh Chabot
Integrating Art Therapy and Narrative Therapy through a Multicultural Lens, Vanessa Padilla
Integration of Adverse Childhood Experiences in Adulthood Through Dance Movement Therapeutic Techniques, Kimberly Hoj
Investigating the Spiritual Dimensions of the Theatrical Rehearsal Process, Dorothy C. Bryan-Ployer Mrs.
Israeli Professionals Understanding of Selective Mutism, Tal Hanan
I, You and We: Expressive Arts Therapy Interventions and Childhood Identity Development: Development of a Method, Nicole Stroumbos
Lessons to Learn from Teacher Activists Organizing for Systemic Change Through A Community-Based Coalition, cynthia roy
Letters to Your Future Self and Reducing Anxiety: Development of a Method, Molly Cowan
Lighting Neural Maps: Using a Neuroscience Lens to Examine Quantitative Performance from Urban Districts, Hengameh (Heny) M. Taraz
Literature Review: Foundations of Self-Care Practice Utilizing Expressive Arts for Counselors in Training, Wendy Chambers Brown
Matchmaker, Matchmaker Make Me a Match: Triangulating the Internship Experience, Don Boyle
Mindfully White: An Anti-Racist Affinity Podcast Inspired by the Buddha’s Teaching of the Four Noble Truths, Christine Eaton
Moral Distress and Allostatic Overload in Clinicians: Mitigating Burnout Through Expressive Arts Therapy - A Literature Review, Kate Salonen
Mortality, Mortuaries, and Movement - Implications of Dance/Movement Therapy and Death: a Literature Review, McKenna L. Allred
Movement in Meal Time: A Movement Observation Assessment for Individuals with Eating Disorders, Ellery Mills
Moving Through Loss: The Experience of Ambiguous Loss with Hospitalized Children, The Development of a Method, Peyton Edington
Moving with the LGBTQ+ Community in Grief and Elderhood: A Literature Review, Marea Newell
Music Therapy and Counseling with Mixed-Race Populations: A Literature Review, Jay DeRosa
Music Therapy and Self-Esteem: A Method on Building Self-Esteem in Children with Special Needs, Chris Thomann
Music Therapy Program Development in a Hospital Setting: A Critical Review of Literature, Alexandria Rodriguez
New Pathways to Scholarship, Marilyn Geller, Vincent Livoti, and Karen Kivisto Mellor
On Developmental Transformations and Neural Integration: A Literature Review, Savannah White
Parental Support, Dance/Movement Therapy, and Early Childhood Self-Regulation – A Literature Review, Yuliana Santos Pagan
Partial Hospitalization Programs and Adolescents: The Impact of Brief Art Therapy Treatment, Andrea Sepe
Patient-Drama: A Literature Review of Simulated Patient Experiences in Medical Education and Training, Shelby Davis
Pause. Reset. Return. Mental Hygiene and Mindfulness in Daily Routines for the Mental Wellbeing of Mental Health Professionals, Jamie Tolson
Phototherapy and Empowerment for People Living with Chronic Conditions, Lauren St John
Polyvagal Informed Embodied Mindfulness: An Online Program, Stephanie D'Angelo
Pool-based Dance/Movement Therapy With An Elder Population: A Literature Review, Jabyn Cleere
Postpartum Depression: Healing through Archetypes and the Expressive Arts Therapies, Macushla Roulleau
Potential of the Arts to Promote Healing from the Social Effects of COVID-19, Caroline Carr
Preparing Emerging Adults for the 21st Century: Diapraxis as a Bridge to Dialogue in the First-Year Seminar, katina fontes
Preparing for an Unpredictable Future: A Community Engagement Project, Rebecca Coates-Finke
Prioritizing Bereavement in Counseling Education and Expressive Therapies: A Critical Review of the Literature, Kayla Frazer
Queering the Bible Belt: Stories of Student Affairs Professionals Establishing LGBTQ Pride Centers in the Deep South, Kevin David Linton
Reconceptualizing Massachusetts’ Public High School Mentoring Programs, Michelle L. Addario
Redistributing the Responsibility of Self-Care: A Model to Prevent Early Burnout Amongst New Clinicians, Ashley Zimmer-Larsen
Reimagining Disability: Expressive Arts Therapy as an Empowerment Tool, Isla Goldstein
Re-Storying Teaching: Using Narradrama to Address Burnout in Public School Teachers, Heather Carroll
Sand Tray and Play Therapy with Homeless Families: Strengthening Caretaker Bonds, Development of a Method, regina sayers
Siblings of Autism Spectrum Disorder and Art Therapy, Corinne Kelly
Singing Voices: A Digital Arts-Based Exploration of Recording and Visualizing Combined Vocal Parts, Christina Lee
Spirituality & Wellness in the Black LGBTQIA+ Experience: A Literature Review, Black Pruitt
Storytelling and Narrative Therapy through Art among Refugee Children: A Literature Review, Haley E. Lansing
Streamlining the Performance/Talkback Model Using Media and Alternative Action (MAAct): An Intervention, Daniel Brown
Students Who Identify as Black and Their Perceptions of and Experiences with Public High School Student Council, AMANDA R. GODDARD
Tacit and Kinesthetic Healing Factors in Chacian Dance/Movement Therapy, Corinna Brown
Taming the Wandering Mind: Where Buddhism & Polyvagal Theory Meet, Tamara Embrey
Teacher Perceptions of Self-Efficacy Before and After Engaging in Hevruta or Psychodrama-Based Online Workshops, Merav Berger
Teaching Coping Skills Through Altered Book Making with Adolescents in Acute Crisis Treatment: Development of a Method, Sarah Rasmussen
The Art and Dark of Assessments: A Literature Review and Personal Arts-Based Research, Liza Dennis
The Benefits of Existential Art Therapy in the Wake of COVID-19: A Literature Review, Alyson Rezendes
The Bodhichitta Way: Igniting Mindful Leadership from Within - An 8-Week Online Program, Paula Ledbetter
The Effectiveness of Music Therapy with Children Who Have Experienced Trauma Using the Neurosequential Model of Therapeutics (NMT): A Literature Review, Brianna Lambert-Jenkins
The Efforts of K-12 School Principals to Increase Black Student Achievement, Kerry Moore
The Implications of Stillness in Dance/Movement Therapy and its Significance in the Treatment of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: A Literature Review, Fernanda Greco Quentel
The Mind’s Eyes: An Autoethnographic Exploration of Learning to Draw in Adulthood, Ramona Crawford
The Opioid Epidemic and the Need for Arts in Community Based Treatment Options: A Literature Review, Abageal Stasny
The Queer God, Rodney Simpson
The Role of Dance/Movement Therapy on Inmates After Restrictive Housing – A Literature Review, Savannah Melo
The Teaching Artist Experience: An Art-Based Study Exploring Teaching Artists' Perspectives on the Efficacy of Employment-Based Training and Support, Tessa Bry Taylor
The Therapeutic Intersection of Dance and Sport in Trauma, A Critical Review of the Literature, Molly Rockwood
The Use of Music Therapy in the Development of Socio-Emotional Skills in Children: A Literature Review, Kathryn Coolidge
The Use of Violin Family Instruments in Music Therapy with Individuals Experiencing Acute Psychiatric Presentations: A Literature Review, Brianna Rzeznik
The Value of Craft Art in Exploring Identity, A Critical Review of the Literature, Brooke Sicco
Thoughts, Feelings, Actions; the Brevity of Being: A Haiku Method, Scott Medeiros
Touch in Drama Therapy: A Literature Review, Sara Hood
Toward a Co-Working Posture in Global Mental Health: A Literature Review on the Use of PhotoVoice in Partnership with Forcibly Displaced Populations, Bethany Randolph
Toward Holistic Mental Wellness: A Literature Review of Mindfulness-Based and Focusing-Oriented Art Therapies, Lesley Vernon
Trial Teaching Strategies: Linking Testing to Teaching, Mary Beth Curtis
Understanding Factors Associated with Clinician Confidence to Identify and Treat PTSD and Complex PTSD, Parad Meier
Understanding the Role of Educator: Leveraging Social-Emotional Learning in Service of Equity and Inclusion in K-12 Public Schools, Jeanne Baskin
Using Art Therapy With Grieving Adolescents Through Telehealth: A Critical Review of the Literature, Brenna Cole
Using Expressive Arts Therapies to Aid the End-of-Life Transition for Older Adults: A Literature Review, Rosemary Lape
Using Expressive Arts Therapy to Develop Coping Mechanisms to Manage Substance Use, Zayna McDonald
Using Narrative Theory as a Process-Oriented Exploration of Attachment: The Development of A Method in Art Therapy, Taylor Saunders
Utilizing Collage to Address Disenfranchised Grief Amongst Older Adults Living with Dementia: A Method, Isabelle A. Olsson
Utilizing Expressive Art and Dance/Movement Therapies as an Embodied Practice to Inform Childbirth, Kayla Johnson
Virtual Dance/Movement Therapy as a Mechanism of Change for Patients Experiencing Chronic Pain: A Literature Review, Alexis Reale
Watering Black Roots: Exploring Black Ecological Identity Development within Nature-Based Expressive Arts Therapy, Stormy Saint-Val
WHITE, WORKING-CLASS ADULT MALE STUDENTS IN HIGHER EDUCATION: THE EFFECTS OF WORKING-CLASS IDENTITY ON EDUCATIONAL SUCCESS, Terence Lynn
Widening the Lens, Capturing the Gaps: DBT and Phototherapy, A Critical Review of the Literature, Megan McElroy
Working Together: The Process of Developing an Agreement between Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (ESE) and the Teacher Education Accreditation Council (TEAC), Sharyn Boornazian and Gene Diaz
Wound-Dwelling: Empowerment through Masochistic Experiences, Nizlyn
Yoga and Reiki as Self-Care Interventions for Professional Nurses: A Weekend Retreat, Diane Friel
