Dissertations from 2024
Artistic Expression of Medical Experiences of Mothers of Color: Perspectives using Art Therapy, Lauren Barrett
Relational Permanence for Individuals Adopted from Care, Darci Nelsen
STORIES IN THE SAND: THE USE OF PLAY AND THE ARTS WITH SIBLINGS OF CHILDREN WITH CANCER, Kristina Sawetz-Glasener
Bird’s Nest Drawing: Exploring the Attachment of Left-Behind Children in China, Ziyi Su
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TEACHER’S EXPERIENCES OF OPEN STUDIO PROCESS IN EXAMINING DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND INCLUSION TOPICS, Tiffany Thompson
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TEACHER’S EXPERIENCES OF OPEN STUDIO PROCESS IN EXAMINING DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND INCLUSION TOPICS, Tiffany Thompson
Dissertations from 2023
What is Competency? Exploring Perceptions of Functional Musicianship in Music Therapy, Catherine Befi-Hensel
When Words Weave Wings: Just Beyond the Bars, Barbara Bethea
THERAPEUTIC PRESENCE IN MUSIC THERAPY EDUCATION: AN ARTS-BASED PHENOMENOLOGICAL INQUIRY, Elizabeth Jane Eggerding
Using Vignettes to Change Music Therapists' Attitudes Toward Research, Adrienne Flight
Israeli Professionals Understanding of Selective Mutism, Tal Hanan
Dancing With Your Baby: The Experiences of the Breastfeeding Mother-Infant Dyad Discovered Through the Artistry of Symbolic Dance., Lynda Perez-Venero Naimoli
Bone Flute:Exploring Voices from the Margins of Entrepreneurship with Expressive Therapies, Cherith A. Pedersen
USING DRAMA THERAPY TO FOSTER PEER SUPPORT AMONG NURSE LEADERS, Chyela Rowe
EXPERIENCES OF POST-MASTER'S ARTS BASED SUPERVISION WITH ART THERAPISTS OF COLOR, Madoka Urhausen
Examining Ableism in Music Therapy Education and Clinical Training: Student and Educator Perspectives, Rebecca Warren
Dissertations from 2022
Teacher Perceptions of Self-Efficacy Before and After Engaging in Hevruta or Psychodrama-Based Online Workshops, Merav Berger
Tacit and Kinesthetic Healing Factors in Chacian Dance/Movement Therapy, Corinna Brown
Singing Voices: A Digital Arts-Based Exploration of Recording and Visualizing Combined Vocal Parts, Christina Lee
Embodied Digital Storytelling with Ancestral Legacy, Giselle Ruzany
Anti-Oppressive Pedagogy in Dance/Movement Therapy Education: Embodied Experiences of Black, Indigenous, and Students of Color, Chevon Stewart
Dissertations from 2021
Grieving Artists: Influences of Loss and Bereavement on Visual Artmaking, Rebecca Arnold
Examining the Experience of White Privilege for Human Service Providers Using the Expressive Therapies, Melanie Carbonneau
Exploring Taiwanese Creative Arts Therapists' Professional Identity After Returning Home from Studying Abroad, Rhona Jung Jung Chang
Tanden Art-Making as Contemplative Practice, Rumi Ito
THE EXPERIENCE OF AN INTERMODAL ARTS EXPLORATION, MaryEllen Mahar
Artistic Expressions of Vegan Women with Disturbed Eating Behavior and Body Image Distress, Lee Ann Thill
Dissertations from 2020
Recovery-Oriented Dance Movement Therapy: A Controlled Trial in Mental Health Rehabilitation, Talia Bendel-Rozow
The Experience of Equanimity Expressed Through Art: How Artmaking Facilitates the Practice of Equanimity, Seyma Cavusoglu
Exploring Inclusion in a Therapeutic Theater Production, Angelle Cook
Using Playback Theater with Adolescents in Refugee Camps in Palestine to Tell Their Stories, Khitam Edelbi
Multicultural Orientations in Music Therapy Education, Debra Jelinek Gombert
An Art-Based Exploration of Interdisciplinary Reactivity Toward Problematic Clients, Devon Govoni
Art, Movement and the Body: An Art-Based Research Exploration of Slow, Gentle, and Repetitive Painting Movements, Melissa Hedlund Nelson
Student Wellbeing and Open Studio Process in the School Curriculum, Maria Kim
The Art of Forgiveness: How the Arts Helped Facilitate Forgiveness, Darlene Kuehn
One-Canvas Method: Art Making That Transforms On One Surface Over a Sustained Period of Time, Abbe Miller
The Imagery Experience of Korean GIM Therapists' Reactions toward Their Clients' Resistance, Jung Pyo Moon
The Dramasphere: Adding a Dimensional Lens to the Practice of Developmental Transformations, Renee Pitre
Lived Experience of Music Therapists as Musician-Therapists, Kotoe Suzuki
Dissertations from 2019
The Dance of Becoming: Pedagogy in Dance/Movement Therapy in the US, Valerie Blanc
Experiences of Single-Session Improvisational Group Music Therapy: Therapist and Patient Reflections from Inpatient Psychiatry, Yu-Ying Chen
Experiences of Single-Session Improvisational Group Music Therapy: Therapist and Patient Reflections from Inpatient Psychiatry, Yu-Ying Chen
Meeting Point: Partner Dancing as Couple's Therapy, Rami Eckhaus
An Art-Based Study of Adult Perspectives on Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Dina Fried
An Exploration of the Experience of Adults with Learning Disabilities Through Art, Adi Greenboim-Zimchoni
Pieces of Place: Finding Meaning through the Material and Process of Artisanal Craft in Central Mexico, Eliza S. Homer
Painting Intimacy: Art-Based Research of Intimacy, Michal Lev
Full Circle: A Qualitative and Art-informed Investigation into the Experience of Midlife Transition for Female Art Therapists, Sharon Marianetti-Leeper
Creative Arts-Based Parents Training Program for Parents of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder, Jung Eun Park
Social Identity and the Music Making Choices of Black/African American Youth from Limited Resource Communities, Natasha A. Thomas
Dissertations from 2018
The Somatic Experience of White Privilege: A Dance/Movement Therapy Approach to Racialized Interactions, Wendy Allen
Complicated Grief and Art Therapy, Rachel Brandoff
The Moccasin Project: Understanding a Sense of Place Through Indigenous Art making and Storytelling, Colleen Carew
Rhythmic Movements and Feeling States, Melanie Johnson
Mutual Vulnerability and Intergenerational Healing: Black Women HBCU Students Writing Memoir, Zelda Lockhart
“I Am Not Deaf”: Art-Based Participatory Action Research with Refugee Women From Burma, Hillary Rubesin
Therapeutic Theatre with Adolescents At-Risk of School Dropout, Dan Summer
Dissertations from 2017
Filmmaking as Artistic Inquiry: An Examination of Ceramic Art Therapy in a Maximum-Security Forensic Psychiatric Facility, Serena Duckrow
Music Therapists' Self-Care: Examining the Effectiveness of Educational Preparation for Clinical Practice, Maureen C. Hearns
Participation in Amateur Orchestra and Subjective Well-being in Korea: A Perspective from Community Music Therapy, Hyun-Jung Kang
Group Art Therapy and Self-care for Mothers of Children with Disabilities, Ji Hyun Lee
Effective Psychodrama Supervision: A Grounded Theory Study on Senior Supervisors' Perspectives, Simone Levy Tabib
Evaluation of The Dyad Bonding Dance Model for Mothers and Infants Exposed to Stressful Life Situations, Hadas Vered Weissberg
Dissertations from 2016
Touch Painting: An Art Therapy Intervention on Anxiety in Older Adults, Carrie May Ezell
The Art Museum as a Therapeutic Space, Sarah Hamil
Embodied Creative Arts Therapy Interventions with Trauma: A Qualitative Study, Brian Timothy Harris
Understanding the Roles and Uses of Art Making in Art Therapy, Mary Ellen Hluska
Developing a Dance/Movement Therapy Approach to Qualitatively Analyzing Interview Data, Tomoyo Kawano
Art Therapy and Cancer Care: A Qualitative Analysis of Visual Oncology Narratives, Jill McNutt
Family-Based Music Therapy: Family Therapists' Perspectives, Beth Nemesh
Art Therapy Using Possible Selves and Digital Media for Individuals with Alcohol Addiction in Korea, Sojung Park
The Effect of Personal Portrait Photographs on Cultural Attitude among Jewish and Arabic Expressive/Art Therapists in Israel, Varda Serok-Jeppa
Adlerian Psychotherapists' Perspectives of Using Psychodrama in the Treatment of Neurotic Clients, Anabella Shaked
Effectiveness of Dance Movement Therapy on the Quality of Gait and Socialization of Children with Cerebral Palsy, AYŞE NİLGÜN TÜRKCAN
Dissertations from 2015
Separation From and Reconstruction of Home: A Study of Immigrant Expressive Therapists, Dana Albert-Proos
Using Art Therapy to Understand the Experience of African-American Girls With Childhood Obesity, Elva Anderson
Contributing to Quality of Life by Facilitating Music-Based Social Interaction for Adults with Intellectual Disability, Julie Lynn Andring
Experiential Training to Address Secondary Traumatic Stress in Aid Personnel, Odelya Gertel Kraybill
Effects of Art Therapy Intervention for Chronic Pain and Psychosocial Comorbidities, Molly O' Neill Haaga
Keeping the Peace: Playback Theatre with Adolescents, Timothy J. Reagan
Making Personal Public Service Announcements with Adopted Young Women from Foster Care: A Narrative Inquiry, Myriam Dominique Savage
Asian Dance/Movement Therapy Educators’ Experiences of Teaching Dance/Movement Therapy in East Asia after Training in the US, Ko Kyung Soon
The Use of Therapeutic Group Drumming with Korean Middle School Students in School Violence Prevention Programs, Eun Sil Suh
Rocky Mountain Alba Emoting Training for Creative Arts Therapists, Brant P. Wadsworth
Dissertations from 2014
Digital Media Use in Art Therapy, Natalie Rae Carlton
The Bridge Drawing with Path Art-Based Assessment: Measuring Meaningful Life Pathways in Higher Education Students, Olena Darewych
Music Therapy as an Intermodal Practice: Clients and Therapists Perspectives, Daniel Hyams
Singing an Imaginal Dialogue: A Study of a Bereavement-Specific Music Therapy Intervention, Yasmine A. Iliya
Examining the Identity of the Art Therapist: The Voice of Practice and Relational Care, Denise Malis
Essential Music Therapist Attributes for Relationship-Building with Children: Does our Profession Train Personal Abilities?, Jean M. Nemeth
Half In Shadow She Speaks: An Expressive Therapies Exploration of The Self Image of African American Women, Lillian Marie Sylvester
Dissertations from 2013
Intergenerational Mythweaving and Cultural Identity, Ethelyn Anguluan-Coger
