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Expressive Therapies Theses

Capstone Theses from 2022 2022

Joining the Advocacy Conversation: How Dance/Movement Therapy can Influence Shared Decision-Making Policy for Children Seeking Grief Support: A Literature Review, Taylor Storlie

I, You and We: Expressive Arts Therapy Interventions and Childhood Identity Development: Development of a Method, Nicole Stroumbos

Intermodal Transfers Offer Creative Recovery Options from Postpartum Depression: A Critical Literature Review with Recommendations for Treatment, Sarah Swedlow

Music Therapy and Self-Esteem: A Method on Building Self-Esteem in Children with Special Needs, Chris Thomann

Body Mapping and Body Scan: Meditation and Art Therapy: A Literature Review, Christina Tremblay

Toward Holistic Mental Wellness: A Literature Review of Mindfulness-Based and Focusing-Oriented Art Therapies, Lesley Vernon

Applying Expressive Arts Therapy Interventions with Chinese Adolescents with Academic Maladjustment, Huaxin Wang

Feeling Timeline: A Threshold Ritual to Anchor Expressive Arts Therapy Sessions with Children and Adolescents in Partial Hospitalization Programs, MacKenzie Ward

Exploring Songwriting with Bereaved Adolescents: A Literature Review, Jordan Waters

A Systemic Approach to Understanding Burnout Through the Lens of the United States’ Professional Art Therapy (and Mental Health) Community: A Literature Review, Mary Welch

Art Therapy Interventions for Fear of Childbirth: A Model for Implementing Expressive Arts Interventions in Prenatal Populations, Cheyne West

Epistemic Injustice, Endometriosis and Dance/ Movement Therapy: An Autoethnographic Investigation, Kevana West

On Developmental Transformations and Neural Integration: A Literature Review, Savannah White

Integrating Expressive Arts Therapies into Facilitated Online Therapy Groups for Adults: A Review of the Literature, Lora Williams

Artivism and the Importance of Community for DACA and Undocumented College Students in the United States: A Literature Review, Crystal Yanez

Expressive Arts Therapy with Pregnant Adolescents in South Africa: Observations and Reflections on Intimate Partner Violence and Intergenerational Transmission of Violence, Alexandra Zimeray

Redistributing the Responsibility of Self-Care: A Model to Prevent Early Burnout Amongst New Clinicians, Ashley Zimmer-Larsen

Capstone Theses from 2021 2021

Exploring the usefulness of Mindfulness Practices through Zoom meetings in reducing Anxiety and/or Stress of Adults with Learning and Developmental Disabilities during the COVID-19 Pandemic, Thatiane Abra

Beyond Performance: Modern Art Therapy and AATA Through the Lens of Critical Race Theory, A Literature Review, Elanna Abreu

How Nature Calls in a More Secure Sense of Self in the Face of Perfectionism: An Expressive Arts Therapy Journey to Self-Identity, Marissa Aldieri

Disrupting Self-Silencing in Cisgender Women Using Drama Therapy’s Role Theory and Role Method, Jennifer Ansted

Exploring the Circle of Courage Through Art Therapy: A Literature Review, Kendra Denny Arey

A Literature Review on Expressive Dance/Movement Therapy Supporting Mental Health and Menstruation, Chantal Nathalie Bañuelos-Atienza

Considerations and Reflections on Being a Brazilian - Latina Expressive Arts Therapist Working in USA, Maiara Bastos

Giving A Voice to Children in Foster Care Through Narrative Puppetry and Storytelling, Lindsay Beebe