Capstone Theses from 2020
We Are Super - Building a Strengths-Based Superhero Suit: Development of a Method, Gabrielle Kosta
Subverting the Narrative: Addressing Gaps in the Medical Model of Mental Health Through Expressive Arts and Critical Race Feminism Paradigms, Sofiya Kostareva
Good-Enough Therapeutic Space Design: A Literature Review and Considerations for Expressive Arts Therapy, Rebecca Kreshak
The Use of Dolls and Figures in Therapy: A Literature Review, Jennifer Krystyniak
Moving Towards Intimacy: A Literature Review on the Use of Dance/Movement Therapy with Couples, Rachel Kuntz
Emotional Regulation & Therapeutic Rapport with Adolescents: Exploring the Effectiveness of the Expressive Therapies Continuum, Kasey Larsen
Art Therapy, Mass Media and Self-Acceptance with Adolescents: A Literature Review, Samantha Leary
Co-leadership in Dance/Movement Therapy: An Art-based Literature Review, siyao li
Re: Traumatizing – The Interactions Between Clinicians and Therapeutic Helpers and Vicarious Trauma, Stephenie Loo
“Calming Watercolors”: Using Mindful Art in Treatment of Mood Disorders, Patrick Macleod
Critical Pedagogy in the Intercultural Classroom: The Influence of Values on Participatory Patterns in the Classroom, Misheel Mandalsaikhan
Beyond Resistance and Resilience: The Altered Book in Adolescent and Young Adult Complex Trauma Recovery, a Method, Colleen Mann-Buxton
The Effect of Songwriting on Identity Formation After a Diagnosis of Bipolar Disorder, Barbara Rose Marese
Embracing The Cape: Increasing Social Emotional Skills Using Self-Distancing Superhero Therapy With Middle School Students- A Method, Erika Marinelli
T is for Territory: A Literature Review of Human Experience in Dramatic and Virtual Spaces, Jennifer Marshall
Community Music Therapy for Marginalized Middle School Students, Karen J Mathews
Lyric Analysis and Songwriting with Adolescent’s Processing Complex Trauma, Peyton Mayzel
What We Bring to the Space: Considerations for Emerging Therapists on Nonverbally Communicating Safety, Isabella Mazza
Motherhood: The Role of a Lifetime, Amy Larson McGuirk
Healing Miscarriage Trauma Through Expressive Arts Therapy, Ritual, and Healing Circles: A Critical Literature Review, Amanda McKernan
Burnout Treatment and Prevention using Multimodal Expressive Arts Therapy in Massachusetts Wellness Programs., amanda medas
Gaming Intentionally: A Literature Review of the Viability of Role-Playing Games as Drama-Therapy-Informed Interventions, Jonathan Mendoza
What Was Lost: How Dance/Movement Therapy Can Support the Retention and Repair of Cognitive Abilities in Cancer Patients, a Literature Review, Sarah E. Menser
