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Capstone Theses from 2024

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Rupture and Repair: Developing a Saggar-Fired Ceramic Approach to Building Trauma Resilience Through Making, Tending, Breaking and Mending, Jenny Bernstein Rangan

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Neuroqueering Art Therapy: Bringing Neurodivergent Gender Diversity into the Creative Arts Therapy Room: A Literature Review, Avital Eisen

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Integration of Adverse Childhood Experiences in Adulthood Through Dance Movement Therapeutic Techniques, Kimberly Hoj

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

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

Capstone Theses from 2023

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A Literature Review Furthering the Field of Expressive Arts Therapies Through Acts of Decolonization, Leticia Alcuran

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The Phenomenon of Dissociation with the Application of Expressive Arts Therapy: A Literature Review, Katherine Alexander

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Intersections in Clowning and Drama Therapy’s Core Processes, Brett Alters

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Songs for a Crying Earth: A Community Music Therapy Engagement Project, Sarah Ames

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Connecting With Our Roles Through Post Traumatic Growth After Experiencing Medical Trauma, Marie Angier

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Prescribing Music to Forensic Settings: A Literature Review, Sydney A. Bouchard

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Art Therapy and Chronic Pain: Exploring Pain Tolerance, Body Sensations and Emotions, India Brown

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Playing in an Earthquake: Development of a Method Integrating TraumaPlay and Drama Therapy Core Processes, Lisa Bumpus

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Whatever It Takes: A Literature Review Exploring the Psychological Cost of Actor Training and How Drama Therapy Can Help, Kelsey Burke

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The Value of Therapeutic Farming as an Art Therapy Intervention for Emerging Adults: A Literature Review, Neva Callaghan

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Tattoos and Healing: Considerations from an Art Therapy Lens, MARIELLE CARPENTIER

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Re-Storying Teaching: Using Narradrama to Address Burnout in Public School Teachers, Heather Carroll

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Exploring the Hinterland: The Development of a Person-Centered Music Therapy Method for a Hospice Patient with Lewy Body Dementia, Paige Chaplin

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The Role of Cultural and Expressive Arts Therapies in the Puerto Rican Diasporic Identity: A Literature Review, Melissa Clay

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The Dance/Movement Embodied Experience of Grief and Loss Using the Five Senses: Development of a Clinical Method, YARMISHA COFIELD

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Dance Movement Therapy and Families with Children with Disabilities: Working and Moving Together: A Literature Review, Gabriella Cohen

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Examining State of Flow and its Future in Dance/Movement Therapy: A Literature Review, Rachael A. Cohen

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Playful Dance/Movement Therapy for Traumatized Individuals with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities: Development of a Clinical Method, Teagan Collis

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Text-based drama therapy and role: Development of a method for identity integration of adolescents exposed to trauma at a partial hospitalization program, Daniel Coonan-Helmer

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Promoting Identity Development in Adolescent Adoptees: A Literature Review, Alyson Summer del Castillo

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Connecting Creativity, Bipolar Spectrum Disorder and Art Therapy, shelby de luna and shelby carmen de luna

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Overcoming the Inner Critic: The Therapeutic Use of Self-Portraits with Older Adults, Brenda Echeverry

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Overcoming the Inner Critic: The Therapeutic Use of Self-Portraits with Older Adults, Brenda Echeverry

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Exploring Role Method as an Identity Building Tool with Adolescent Adoptees: Development of a Method, Rebecca Elowe

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Culturally Centered Eco-Art Therapy Practice for Self-Awareness: Development of a Method, Venita Figueroa

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Restorying Queer Family: A Scoping Review, Matthew Freeman

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Nerf This! Navigating the Accessibility and Inclusivity of Video Games Through Expressive Arts Therapies: A Literature Review, Tiffany Golando

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Reimagining Disability: Expressive Arts Therapy as an Empowerment Tool, Isla Goldstein

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Post COVID-19 Self-Care of the Therapist: A Community Project, Alexandra Graf

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Recovering Vitality After Trauma Through the Use of Body-Oriented Expressive Arts Therapy: A Literature Review, Kate Hall

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Social-Emotional Learning in Children, Second Step Curriculum, and Expressive Arts Therapy: A Review of the Literature, Rachael Hathaway

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Fiber Art Circles, Belonging, and Mental Health in the Queer Community: A Community Arts Based Project, SAGE HESS

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Free Play Music Therapy for "In Between" Youth in an Emergency Shelter Setting: Development of a Clinical Method, Rebecca Kay Hoffschneider

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Examining the Use of Expressive Arts Therapies in Neurorehabilitation Treatment Planning, Rebecca J. Horner

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Lost in Treatment: Finding the Person through Developing a Method and Parallel Drawing, Hisaya Ishii

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Self-Care for Hospice and Palliative Nurses and How Drama Therapy Could Help: A Literature Review, Heidi Jackson

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Can psycho-social benefits be observed in those with intellectual disabilities during DMT?, Hannah Johnson

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Talk Box in Music Therapy with Speech and Language Impairments Resulting From Tracheostomy: A Critical Review of the Literature, Jonathan Kang

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A Role-Based Integrative Community Engagement Model: Drama Therapy with Survivors (Option 3), Jodi Kanter

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Exploring the Motivations and Therapeutic Benefits of Fandom and Fanart Online Communities: A Literature Review, Miriam Kilian

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Language Barriers and Expressive Arts Therapy with Refugees: A Literature Review, Zeenia Kolah

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Unified Co-Op Art: Empowerment and Collaboration through Group Art Therapy and a Community Engagement Art Show, Gianna Krovocheck

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Rhythmic Co-regulation as a Recovery Tool for Grief, Loss, and Change: A Literature Review, Rebecca Kushner

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Integrating Movement Breaks to Support Developmental Goals in Early Intervention: A Method Development, Cassandra Laskowski

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Caring for Former Caretakers: Utilizing Collage to Explore Transition, Development of a Method, Noelle LeBlanc

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Sandtray Therapy through the lens of the Expressive Therapies Continuum: Helping children who experienced trauma tap into their creative potential, Mollie Lesnever

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Developing A Creative Community Workshop for Educators During the Covid-19 Pandemic: A Community Engagement Project, Alexa Licata

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How Art Therapy and the Expressive Therapies Continuum can be used to Enhance Executive Functioning Skills: A Literature Review, Hannah Lima

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Exploring the Effects of Intersectionality on Mental Health and Identity Development with Adolescents Through Culturally Humble Art Therapy, Cal Loiselle

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Using Bibliodrama in Hong Kong to Address Mental Illness, Ka Pik Lo

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Applying Self Care Methods: Burnout Prevention for an Art Therapist in Training, Hannah Marshall

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Applying Self Care Methods: Burnout Prevention for an Art Therapist in Training, Hannah Marshall

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Perceptions and Impacts of Unpaid Internships within Expressive Therapies Education: A Literature Review, Sophie McConkie

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Using Expressive Arts Therapy to Develop Coping Mechanisms to Manage Substance Use, Zayna McDonald

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The Benefits of Sensory Exploration in Art Therapy with Children with Social, Emotional and Behavioral Difficulties Through a Trauma Informed Lens, Shannon McGorrill

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“Staged Combat”: A Literature Review on the Potential Advantages of Drama Therapy Over Traditional Talk Therapy With Veterans, Christopher McNeill

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Dance/ Movement Therapy as a Primary Therapeutic Intervention to Improve Social and Communication Skills of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Literature Review, Allyssa Millar

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Do We Belong? Promoting a Sense of Belonging in LGBTQ Youth Through Artistic Community Engagement: A Literature Review, Patricia Moran

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The Breath as a Holistic Regulator: An Expressive Arts Therapy Community Project, Jacobita Munoz

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A Return to The Roots: Mysticism and Psychodrama for Traumatized Populations: A Literature Review, Hyde Nichols

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Dance/Movement Therapy Used as an Intervention to Heal Racial Trauma Within the Black Community: A Literature Review, Jennifer Noboise

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From Dread to Aliveness — Bottom-Up Creative Arts Therapies for Resilience in the Face of Existential Stress: A Literature Review, Anna Olinova

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Expressing Emotional Catharsis and Professional Identity Formation Through the Medium of Metal Music: Development of a Heuristic-Informed Music Therapy Method, Steven Otto

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An Embodied Approach to Sexual Education: Developing a Method for Disabled Adults, Eliza Owen-Smith

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Art Therapy as a Tool for Korean American Families: A Literature Review, Minju Park

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Art Therapy and Parts Work in the Treatment of Complex Trauma: A Literature Review, Amy Patel

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The Development of a Dance/Movement Therapy Method for Social Engagement with Adolescents in a Partial Hospital Program, Kayleah Pensalfini

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Art Therapy and Internal Family Systems for Adolescents at a Therapeutic School: A Qualitative, Arts-Based Study, Emma Pici-D'Ottavio

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Parental Differential Treatment and its Impact on the Sibling Relationship: A Literature Review, Kanisha Pierre-Noel

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Bibliotherapy with Children with Neurodiverse Profiles: A Literature Review, Jessica Piltch-Loeb

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The Battle for Control: Why Dance/Movement Therapy Should be the Foremost Therapy for the Treatment of Eating Disorders: A Literature Review, Melody Plastow

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Dance/ Movement Therapy’s influence on students’ social-emotional learning and academic success: Developing a method in Hong Kong, Teresa Poon

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How Creative Arts Journaling Offers a Holistic and Humanizing Container for Chronic Pain Experiences: A Literature Review and Autoethnography, Courtney Putnam

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Redefining Anger for Sexual and Gender Minorities Using Art as a Visual Voice, Kirsten Ranheim

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Enacting Stories: Discovering Parallels of Narrative and Expressive Therapies, A Literature Review, Zoe Reddig

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Preventing Military Suicide Through Dance/Movement Therapy: A Literature Review, Chae Reid

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La Pausa Sagrada: Embodiment of Relational-Cultural Mindfulness- Development of a Method, Annalise Reinhardt Kohlberger

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The Benefits of Existential Art Therapy in the Wake of COVID-19: A Literature Review, Alyson Rezendes

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How Art Therapy Can Help Survivors of Trauma Access an Embodied Sense of Safety: A Literature Review ศิลปะบำบัดสามารถช่วยให้ผู้รอดชีวิตจากการบาดเจ็บทางจิตใจได้เข้าถึง ความรู้สึกปลอดภัยภายในตัวตนได้อย่างไร: การทบทวนวรรณกรรม, Catherine L. Ripley

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Group Singing and Songwriting for Emotion Regulation: Development of a Dialectical Behavior Therapy-Informed Music Therapy Method for Adults in Crisis Residential Treatment, Angelica Rodriguez

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Putting the Pieces Together: Inside/Outside Box Collage as a group art therapy directive for supporting emotional containment in an Inpatient Psychiatric Hospital, Rachel Rogalski

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Postpartum Depression: Healing through Archetypes and the Expressive Arts Therapies, Macushla Roulleau

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Developmental Transformations with Refugee Children: Exploring Different Cultural Responses to Traumatic Experience, Katrina L. Sanyal

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Sand Tray and Play Therapy with Homeless Families: Strengthening Caretaker Bonds, Development of a Method, regina sayers

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What Drama Therapy Core Processes Can Be Observed in a TimeSlips Session with Residents in Dementia Care Units?, Saverina Scopelleti

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The Benefits of Art Therapy on Stress and Anxiety of Oncology Patients During Treatment, Helen Shiepe

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My Voice Is Tired: The Reclamation of Voice Through the Expressive Arts to Aid in Self-Care and Processing for BIPOC Interns and Therapists Amidst Microaggression Experiences: A Literature Review and Autoethnography, Kahelia Smellie

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How Art Therapy Can Be Used to Teach Queer Inclusive Sex Education to Queer Youth: A Literature Review, Olivia Souza

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COVID, Creativity, and Connecting Through Change: Reviewing the Literature on How Art Therapy Can Help Children and Adolescents Cope with Pandemic-Related Grief, Lydia Speicher

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Playing with Policy: What Insights Arise from Transgender Adults After Participating in a Legislative Theatre Exercise, Skylar A. Stratemeyer

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Expressive Arts Therapy to Support Positive Experiences of Embodiment Among Rural LGBTQ+ Adults: A Literature Review, Ann Stromgren

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Social Media and Dance Movement Therapy in the Latinx Community, Ambrie Sward

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Developing a Chinese Herb-based Art Therapy Method for Older Adults in Community Settings, YuCheng Tai

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Expressive Art Group Therapy to Improve Children with Autism's Social and Expressive Skills and Facilitate Parent-Child, Yueyun Tang

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The Potential of Using Dance/Movement Therapy in Treating Depression in the Adult Population in Thailand: A Literature Review, Vararom Tavivoradilok