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Expressive Therapies Theses

Capstone Theses from 2024 2024

Embodied Queerness: Exploring Cultural Dimensions of Asian Queer Body Narratives, A Literature Review, Wanyi Huang

Empowering Children with Music Therapy: Trauma Narrative Songwriting, Deborah Hudson

Peering through the Window: Engaging Older Adults in Different Art Media to Build Community and Find Identity through Play and the Challenge of Trying Something New, Kate Hunter

Grief Like Mine: A Literature Review Exploring Culturally Informed Grief Work for Black Youth Using Dance/Movement Therapy, Darrell Hyche

Dance/Movement Therapy and the Beginnings of Decolonizing the Post-Restraint Process: A Literature Review, Marissa Jax

Dance/Movement Therapy: Approach for Women Who Have Experienced Intimate Partner Violence, Mia Jewell

Improving Quality of Life and Connection Amongst Pediatric Oncology Patients and Their Families Through Art Therapy: A Literature Review, Gabby Johnson

The Use of Music Therapy with Non-English Speaking Older Adults, Yeeun Lee

Developmental Transformations and Pediatric OCD: A Review of the Literature and Proposal for Drama Therapy in Treatment, Elizabeth A. Lewis

Art Therapy Meets Dungeons and Dragons: Supporting the Development of Social Skills in High School Students, Ben Li

From Boys to Non-Toxic Men: An Intervention Using Expressive Arts Therapy to Foster Healthy Masculinity in Adult Men, Jennifer Liff

Enhance Inner Resilience and Self-Esteem: An Exploration Utilizing Expressive Arts Therapy in a Curriculum-Based Approach with Asian Immigrant Adolescents, Kevin Lin

The Role of the Wounded Healer in Expressive Art Therapy: A Literature Review, Yu-Tzu Lin

Literature Review Nature-Based Art Therapy Exploring Connections and Relationships, Janell Lopez-Curtis

Expressive Therapies and Resiliency – Resistance in Mental Health: A Literature Review, Gabrielle Lopez

Mindfulness, Music, & Art: Development of a Mindfulness Based Expressive Arts Therapy Method for Adults in a Short-Term Psychiatric Hospital Setting, Annabelle Lord-Patey

Climate Grief and Dance Movement Therapy: A Literature Review, Elisabeth Lovin

Intimate Partner Violence perpetrator's Attachement Style's Effect on Parenting and Art Therapy Implications: A Literature Review, Patricia Lucas and Patricia Lucas

Community Project: Dominican Palo Dance, a Non-Pathological Intervention to Enhance Youth Therapeutic Engagement in Community Based Healing, Johanny Maria Castillo

The Arts as a Bridge for Connection with Filipino-Americans: A Literature Review, Jillian Mariano

Culture Matching and its Impact on the Therapeutic Relationship: A Literature Review, Taylor Marsyla

Theatrical Intimacy Direction and Drama Therapy: A Community Workshop, Caitlin McFann

Utilizing Flow Arts Movement as an Expressive Arts Therapy Tool to Treat Trauma: A Literature Review and Autoethnography, Shannon McGrail

Dance/Movement Therapy as a Potential Supplementary Treatment for Vasovagal Syncope: A Literature Review, Natasha Skye McLeod

Engagement With Nature for the Well-Being of All Beings as Applied to An Urban Environment: A Literature Review, Jen McManus