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Capstone Theses from 2023

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Working with What You Have: A Literature Review of the Culture and Accessibility of Mental Health Therapy in Rural Communities, Paige Tiefenthaler

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Exploring Core Concepts and Uses of Makeup in Expressive Arts Therapy and Mental Health: A Critical Review of the Literature, Rhys Triolo-Rodriguez

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Self Determination Theory and Expressive Arts Therapy: A Path to Needs Satisfaction and Mindful Autonomous Motivation, Sara Truitt

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Unpacking Racial Trauma and Reclaiming a Sense of Self with The Expressive Therapies Continuum: A Literature Review, Binh Truong

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A Literature Review Exploring the Effectiveness of Dance/Movement Therapy as a Treatment Modality for Adults with Dual-Diagnosis in Recovery, Helen Turnbull

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Healing Trauma through Dance/Movement Therapy: Literature Review, Shelby Turner

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Exploring the Sociocultural Importance of Dance Movement Therapy and African American Mental Health, Karla Victum

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Facilitating Attachment through Therapeutic Rapport and Expressive Arts Therapy with Children Experiencing Complex Trauma: A Literature Review, Johanna Voeller

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Growing In Grief: A Meaning-Making Expressive Arts Therapy Method Developed for Bereaved Youth, Jessica Wilson

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Can Collage-Based Art Therapy be a Bridge to Engage Patients Experiencing Social Isolation with a Diagnosis of a Psychotic Disorder?, Nora Wolff

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The Benefits of Dance/Movement Therapy for Adult Survivors of Adverse Childhood Experiences, Aubrey Workman

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How Drama Therapy Interventions May Enhance the Psychological Health of Astronauts: A Literature Review, Mackenna Wysocki

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Jewish Wordless Singing in Music Therapy and Burnout Prevention with Outpatient Mental Health Clinicians, Elizabeth Zinn

Capstone Theses from 2022

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Mortality, Mortuaries, and Movement - Implications of Dance/Movement Therapy and Death: a Literature Review, McKenna L. Allred

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Development of a Method - All in the “Letters”: Exploring the Relationship Between Expressive Arts Therapy and the Grieving Process with Adolescents, Robby Auld

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Building Character by Building Characters: A Literature Review Examining the Efficacy of Tabletop Roleplay as a Creative Intervention for Developing Social Skills in Adolescents, Kathleen Angela L. Bautista

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Examining Resilience in Women Living with HIV/AIDS Through a Photo Narrative Lens, Mary Bell

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Building Nature: A Nature-Based Drama Therapy Method in an Urban Program, Courtney Bennett McDuffee

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Musical Theatre and Drama Therapy: A Duet for Dementia, Amy Bingen

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Becoming The Monster: The Use of Monstrous Role with Queer Adults in a Partial Hospitalization Program, Zaira Boylan

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Queering Clinical Spaces Through Gender Discussions Development of a Method: Collage and Creative Storytelling at an Adolescent Partial Hospitalization Program, Kierstyn Brady

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Examining the Role and Benefits of DMT in Adults with Down syndrome: A Critical Review of the Literature, Melissa Briggs

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Streamlining the Performance/Talkback Model Using Media and Alternative Action (MAAct): An Intervention, Daniel Brown

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Literature Review: Foundations of Self-Care Practice Utilizing Expressive Arts for Counselors in Training, Wendy Chambers Brown

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How Geek Therapy Plays Into Expressive Arts Therapy: A Literature Review, Caroline Bryan

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Music as a Tool to Help Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder Develop Social Skills, Taylor Burnett

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Examining Sibling Relationships with Older Adults Through Songwriting: Development of a Method, Amanda N. Bysheim

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Empowering Dance Movement Therapy: Implementing a Dance Break Method in Healthcare Systems to Benefit Patients in Eating Disorder Treatment, Pamela C. Caira

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Potential of the Arts to Promote Healing from the Social Effects of COVID-19, Caroline Carr

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Healing Collective Generational Trauma and Building Resilience Through Art Therapy, Ruzanna Carter

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Hypocrisy in Higher Education: Racism and Transphobia as Barriers and Harm in Mental Health, Tosh Chabot

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Where I’m From: Internal Manifestations Among Cambodian Women Using The Expressive Arts A Literature Review, Noeun Chhim

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Advancing A Mixed Methods Approach to an Evidence Based Practice in Drama Therapy: A Literature Review, Travis Ciempa

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Pool-based Dance/Movement Therapy With An Elder Population: A Literature Review, Jabyn Cleere

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Preparing for an Unpredictable Future: A Community Engagement Project, Rebecca Coates-Finke

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Using Art Therapy With Grieving Adolescents Through Telehealth: A Critical Review of the Literature, Brenna Cole

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Group Scriptwriting for Male Survivors of Childhood Sexual Abuse: A Community Engagement Project, Anna Coleman

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A Literature Review on Decolonization of The Expressive Arts in Order to Help Facilitate Racial Healing Within the Black Community, Kateri Collins

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The Use of Music Therapy in the Development of Socio-Emotional Skills in Children: A Literature Review, Kathryn Coolidge

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Body Presence of Public Safety Officers in the Emergency Room and Effect on Pediatric Psychiatric Patients’ Behavior, Alyssa Cooperider

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Interoception and Expressive Writing in Expressive Arts Therapies: A Trauma-informed Approach – Literature Review, Julianne Corey

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Playing the Roles of the Eating Disorder: Suggestions for the Use of Drama Therapy in Adolescent Residential Eating Disorder Treatment, Olivia Cosby

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Letters to Your Future Self and Reducing Anxiety: Development of a Method, Molly Cowan

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Fostering Self-Awareness Through Songwriting: Development and Heuristic Self-Inquiry of a Method for Graduate Music Therapy Students, Emily Damore

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Dance/Movement Therapy and Nonverbal Communication Among Older Adults With Dementia: Development of a Method, Diane Davis

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Patient-Drama: A Literature Review of Simulated Patient Experiences in Medical Education and Training, Shelby Davis

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The Art and Dark of Assessments: A Literature Review and Personal Arts-Based Research, Liza Dennis

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Music Therapy and Counseling with Mixed-Race Populations: A Literature Review, Jay DeRosa

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Expressive Therapies and Suicidality in Youth, Emily Devlin

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Allyship of Teachers and Drama Therapists: How Drama Therapy Can Empower Educators Restricted by Neoliberalism; A Literature Review, Madelyn Dominiski

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Art Therapy with Juvenile Offenders-Building on Community, Strengths and Self-Esteem: A Literature Review, Rylee Donovan

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Exploring the Benefits of Expressive Arts Therapy with Survivors of Sexual Violence, A Literature Review, Allison Dooley

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Forming and Performing Online Playback Theatre for Drama Therapy Students and Faculty, Frances DuMar

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Moving Through Loss: The Experience of Ambiguous Loss with Hospitalized Children, The Development of a Method, Peyton Edington

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Exploring Group Art Therapy Techniques in Complimenting The 12-step Program in Healing Substance Abuse in Adults: A Literature Review, Nadine El Essawi

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A Literature Review: Posttraumatic Growth in Trauma Recovery Using Art Therapy: "How a Superhero Learns to Fly", Patricia Ezzard

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Benefits of Expressive Arts in Coping with Anxiety for Inpatient Adolescents: Development of a Method, Cecelia Fioriello

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Using Animal as Metaphor in Drama Therapy with Psychiatric Patients in an Intensive Outpatient Program Group Therapy Session: An Intervention, Juliana Fort

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Using Animal as Metaphor in Drama Therapy with Psychiatric Patients in an Intensive Outpatient Program Group Therapy Session: An Intervention, Juliana Fort

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Prioritizing Bereavement in Counseling Education and Expressive Therapies: A Critical Review of the Literature, Kayla Frazer

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Art Therapy and Parts Work with Survivors of Sexual Violence: Development of a Method, Maddie Gerig Shelly

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Trauma-Informed Expressive Therapies Continuum: A Literature Review and Discussion of a Guide for Art Therapists Working with Veterans Experiencing Complex Trauma, Dina-Marie Gorynski

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Magic at Work! Exploring How Expressive Arts Therapies Support Healing from Trauma and Adverse Childhood Experiences: Developing a Method for Adolescents, Kendra Grant

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Gap Analysis of 2SLGBTQIA+ Curriculum in Counseling Programs, Erika Graves

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The Implications of Stillness in Dance/Movement Therapy and its Significance in the Treatment of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: A Literature Review, Fernanda Greco Quentel

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A Dance Movement Therapy Tool: To Name It To Tame It: A Development of a Method with Grieving Children and The Four Zones of Emotional Regulation, Khary Green

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An Embodied Drama Therapy Approach to Restorative School Practices: A Method, Sarah Harmer

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Creating Order Out of Chaos: A Method of Cognitive Behavioral Art Therapy for Psychosis (CBATp), Alexandra Hayes

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Redefining Connection and Meaning-Making through Virtual Artistic Community Amidst Persistent Adversity: A Community Engagement Project, Gwendolyn Healy

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How Art Therapy and Energy Work Can Effectively Shift Core Beliefs: A Literature Review, Rachael Holland

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Touch in Drama Therapy: A Literature Review, Sara Hood

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Dance Movement Therapy Interventions to Build Coping Skills and Identity in Adolescent Patients Dealing with a Cancer Diagnosis: Development of a Method, Ariel Hortin

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Creative and Expressive Arts Therapy in Motivational Interviewing, Mary Hunt

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Music of the Parts: Exploring Clinician Reflexivity, Internal Family Systems, and Community Music Therapy: A Critical Review of the Literature, Sophia Inaba

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Effect of Art Media on the Collective Mood of a Middle School Art Therapy Group: A Development of a Method, Jaime Isaak

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Building Community: A School-based Art Reflection Method for Newcomer Students During COVID-19, Kate Johnson

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Exploring Attachment in the NICU: A Music Therapy Model, Shelby Huskey Jordan-Lake

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Development Art Therapy Methods for Korean Immigrant Elders in an Independent Residential Community Setting, Wansu Kang

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Siblings of Autism Spectrum Disorder and Art Therapy, Corinne Kelly

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Combining Non-traditional Therapeutic Competencies with Dance/Movement Therapy in Response to Client Reactivity: The Development of a Method, Nicole Koontz

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Art Therapy for Veterans in the Military to Civilian Transition: A Literature Review, Sydney Kroll

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Body-Based Activism and Embodied Protest Art, Community Engagement Project With Karen and Karenni Young Adults, Ivy I. Kuhn

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Exploring Multicultural Competency in International Art Therapy Student Through Art Journal Inquiry, Tanvi Kulkarni

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The Effectiveness of Music Therapy with Children Who Have Experienced Trauma Using the Neurosequential Model of Therapeutics (NMT): A Literature Review, Brianna Lambert-Jenkins

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Storytelling and Narrative Therapy through Art among Refugee Children: A Literature Review, Haley E. Lansing

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Using Expressive Arts Therapies to Aid the End-of-Life Transition for Older Adults: A Literature Review, Rosemary Lape

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A Narrative Approach to Songwriting in a Pediatric Medical Setting: Understanding Caregivers’ Lived Experience through Development of a Method, Izabella Lidrbauch

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The Use of Drama Therapeutic Play and Unconditional Positive Regard in Fostering Self-Actualization in Unhoused Individuals, Amanda Ludeking

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Artful Journey: An Art Journaling Method for Adults with Physical Disabilities and Progressive Conditions, Madeline Ludtke

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How Art Therapy Promotes Resiliency in Individuals with Chronic Pain: A Literature Review, Margaret Lukas

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Dance and Dance/Movement Therapy to Support Social-Emotional Learning in the Boston Public Schools, Bethany Lynch

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All You Knead is Love, Donna Madoff

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Examining CBT with Music as an Early Psychosis Intervention: A Critical Review of the Literature, Andrew Maher

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The Traumatology of Adverse Childhood Experiences in High Risk Youth: Examining the Healing Potential of the Neurobiological Processes in Art Therapy- Option 1: Development of a Method, Marisa Massaro

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Healing Our Connection with Nature: An Expressive Arts Community Engagement Project, Meghan McCrillis

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Widening the Lens, Capturing the Gaps: DBT and Phototherapy, A Critical Review of the Literature, Megan McElroy

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Expressive Arts Therapy and Therapeutic Relationship with a Child with Selective Mutism: Development of a Method, Sophie McLaughlin

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Thoughts, Feelings, Actions; the Brevity of Being: A Haiku Method, Scott Medeiros

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Dance/Movement Therapy Combined with Tai-chi as a Regulation Strategy for Children Who Have Experienced Trauma: Developing a Method, Brenna Meindersma

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The Role of Dance/Movement Therapy on Inmates After Restrictive Housing – A Literature Review, Savannah Melo