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Expressive Therapies Theses

Theses/Dissertations from 2026 2026

Exploring Expressive Arts Journaling for Older Adults in a Psychiatric Hospital using Mindfulness, Self-compassion and Open Studio, Lesley Rodriguez

Playing the Part Online: A Role-Based Telehealth Intervention Supporting Trauma Integration in Adults, Mary Schwabenland

All Together Now! Synchrony as a Pathway for Music Therapy to Improve the Social Strengths of Individuals Diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Literature Review, Jason Scolnick

How Can Dramatic Play Address Masking in Autistic Adolescents?: A Literature Review, Victoria Sebastian

Person, Process, and Between: Art Therapy Through the Lens of Transformative Learning Theory, Lacy Silas

Reclaiming the Narrative: Integrating Narrative Therapy and Songwriting for Children and Adolescents Living Through Adverse Childhood Experiences, Emma Smith

Dropping Into The Expressive Art Therapy: A Community Engagement Arts Based Project, Sydney C. Smith and Meg Chang

Embodied Identity in Dementia: Art Therapy as a Pathway to Selfhood, Sarah E. Southwick

Harness the Darkness! Blackout Poetry and Drama Therapy for Systemic Existential Dread: A Proposed Methodology, Kerry Sullivan

Burnout In Dancers & the use of Dance/Movement Therapy as an Intervention: A Literature Review, Delia Tan

Dance/Movement Therapy as a Person-Centered Treatment for Alzheimer’s Disease and Dementia Through Physical, Social, and Sensory Elements: A Literature Review, Margaret Carson Thatcher

Queer Creativity in a State of Surveillance: Community Art-Making as Embodied Resistance, Rachel "Frankie" Uhrig

Relationships Between Adolescents with Substance Use Disorders, their Guardians, and Expressive Arts Therapy: A Literature Review, Sarah K. Unkefer

Opening space for joy: Play as a pathway in dance/movement therapy with adults in addiction recovery, Brittany M. Walsh

Dance Movement Therapy enhances Experiential Master Play in Child Centered Play Therapy: Literature Review, Fallon M. Walsh

Implementing Narrative Family Art Therapy to Address Trauma and Conflict Resolution, Haley Elizabeth Watson

Co-Active Therapeutic Filmmaking: A Methodology Pilot Project, Blair Webber

Evolving Art Therapy in Virtual Environments: Exploring Telehealth Art Therapy Within Gaming, Kathleen A. Wilber

Contemporary Ceremony: Healing Circles & Support Groups for Black Women, almaz wilson

Art Therapy and a Strength-Based Approach for Working with Children with Emotional and Behavioral Challenges: A Qualitative, Arts-Based Study, James D. Wyld

Theses/Dissertations from 2025 2025

Implementing a Six-Week Intermodal Expressive Arts Therapy Program for Individuals with Parkinson’s Disease: A Practitioner-Based Perspective, Sara Adams

Exploring Self-Portraiture as a Means of Centering Sessions with a Resistant Client, Brenna L. Almborough

Development of a Method: Expressive Arts Therapy as a Means of Transformation for Incarcerated Individuals and Carceral Institutions at Large, Morning Amani-Roe

As if We Could Get Along: Dramatic Reality’s Influence on the Prosociality of Adolescent Boys with Problematic Sexual Behavior, Joel David Bender

Stirring the Senses: A Culinary Model of Neuroplastic Healing in Expressive Arts Therapy, Nell J. Benedict