Capstone Theses from 2021
Impact of Dance and Dance Movement Therapy Interventions for Student Mental Health, Karen Yatsko
“Los Colores del Duelo”: Expressive Arts Therapy as a Culturally Sensitive Intervention for Grief at an Individual and Systemic Level, Francesca Zanatti
Capstone Theses from 2020
The Benefits of Intergenerational Arts-Based Experiences for Older Adults: A Review of the Literature, Lauren Adams
How Art Can Be Used to Grieve and Heal: Making Altered Books with Parentally Bereaved Adolescents, Samantha Adams
The Integration of a Dance/Movement Therapy Practice for Midwifery and Pregnant Women, Brianna Anderon-Frazier
Using Ritual and Expressive Arts with Parentally Bereaved Children, Chelsy Bailly
Creating Connection through Dance/Movement Therapy among Older Adults with Dementia: Development of a Method, Anna J. Barnes
Place-Based Intercultural Liminality and the Potential of Art Therapy in Cultural Identity Negotitations, Adee Benartzy
Dance/Movement Therapy and the Quality of Life for Individuals with Late Stage Dementia: A Clinical Method, Brianna Berg
Therapeutic Use of Mudras in Dance/movement Therapy with Children in a Partial Hospital Program: The Development of a Method, HARSHITA BHARGAVA
How Dance and Music Stimulate Therapeutic Change in a Personal Movement Ritual, Cassidy Bingham
Healing the Body through Awareness, and Expression: The Polyvagal Theory and the Expressive Arts in Therapy with Women Who Have Been Abused, Giselle Bonilla
Intermodal Art Method to Explore Personal and Cultural Narratives, Zoe Boucher
Reducing Stress in Creative Spaces: Art Therapy with Adults Living with Physical Disabilities, A Literature Review, Kelly Brennan
How Choreometrics Reflects Self-identity and Self-concept Through Cultural Dance: A Developing Method, Naowarat Buddee
Understanding the Verbalization of Child Trauma Through Dance/Movement Therapy: A Literature Review, Nicole C. Camuso
Emotional Layering: An Art Therapy Intervention with Children and Adolescents in an Inpatient Setting, Victoria L. Carey
Exploring Storytelling with Survivors of the Sierra Leone Civil War, Manu A. Carpenter
Transitioning into Assisted Living Facilities: A Community Engagement Project, Alisa Carstens
Examining the Creative Therapies as a Strategy for Addressing the Trauma of Intimate Partner Violence: A Literature Review, Gina Cestaro
Embodied Transformation: A Review of Play and Dance Movement Therapy for Complex Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, Kaiyue Chen
Becoming: How Expressive Arts Nurture Self-Esteem, Identity and Empowerment, Development of a Method, Nikah Chevalier-Amy
Literature Review on the Effectiveness of Expressive Therapies with Spirituality to Hong Kong Traumatized Protesters, Constance Chung
A Holistic Approach to Neuro-informed Music Therapy for Acute TBI Rehabilitation, MIcaela Connelly
A Proposed Music Therapy Protocol for Trauma-Informed, Culturally Aware Practice with Migrants at the US-Mexico Border, Mackenzie K. Conner
Expressive Arts Therapy and The Loneliness Epidemic- A Critical Review of Literature, Tiffany Crockett
Reclaiming Metaphor; Myths, Monsters, and Narratives with LGBTQ+ Adolescents in Drama Therapy, Christina Dennis
Presence through Expressive Arts and Buddhism, Akshita Desore
(Re)humanizing: A Culturally Informed Approach to Coping with the Manifestation of Super Woman Schema in Black Women with Trauma Exposure, Jasmine Dowery
Addiction, Mental Health, Systemic Racism, and Expressive Arts Therapy: A Review of the Literature Capstone Thesis, Melanie Dunbar
Argo Ergo Sum - I Perform, Therefore I Am: An Art-Based Community Engagement Project, Emily Eckel
Art Therapy in Public Education, Sophie Edelman
Development of a Method for Utilizing Oriental Belly Dance Rhythms to Deepen a Client’s Understanding of Their Emotions After Experiencing Trauma, And Move Towards Healing, Jenny Nehir Eish-Baltaoglu
Engagement and the Therapeutic Process in Art Therapy with Adolescent Boys in Residential Care: A Literature Review, Lauren Gallagher
Creative Therapies, Complex Childhood Trauma, and Neurological Improvement: How the Arts can Enhance Neuroplasticity: A Literature Review, Kelseigh E. Garrett
Using Child-Centered Play Therapy as an Intervention to Reassess ADHD Diagnoses and Trauma in Children: A Literature Review, Bethany Gibbons
How Can Art Therapy Be Utilized to Improve the Mental Health and Quality of Life of Pediatric Oncology Patients?, Emily Golubowski
Using Art to Mitigate Burnout for Those Working in Direct Care, Jessica E. Goodchild
A Literature Review of Community Art Therapy with Youth in Inner City Communities of Color, Jennifer Habeeb
Exploring Effects of Improvisation in Expressive Arts Therapy with Children: Development of a Method, Buneshte Hakhamaneshy
Finding a Higher Power: Developing a Method to Weave Spirituality in Dance/Movement Therapy Interventions for Addiction Recovery, Tawna Halbert
Songwriting a Short Song of Meaning with Adults with Severe Mental Illness: A Development of a Method, Shari Hallas
The Use of Mindfulness and Art-Based Interventions for Competitive Athletes in Treatment of Sports-Related Injury, A Literature Review, Jaclyn Hammond
Positive Art Therapy and Well-Being in Urban US Schools: A Critical Review of the Literature, Jennifer Hicks
The Use of Art Therapy to Address Attachment in Autism Spectrum Disorder, Hilary Holmes
Mapping the Dissociated Body, Elizabeth Hough
Connecting to the Self: Increasing Self-Awareness in Children with ASD, Development of a Method, Madison Janke
Creating a Space to Externalize: Mindfulness Based Art Therapy for Childhood Trauma, A Literature Review, Emily Jaworski
Laban Movement Analysis as an Aid to Teach Bharatanatyam Dance Form: A Literature Review, Priyanka Jayaram
Utilizing Expressive Art and Dance/Movement Therapies as an Embodied Practice to Inform Childbirth, Kayla Johnson
Conducting Our Inner Critic Chorus: Development of a Method for a Music Therapy Intern and Young Adults in a Partial Hospitalization Program, Morgan Johnston
The Effect of Melody and Rhythm in Music-Based Therapy for Nonfluent Aphasics: A Literature Review, M. Abraham Kimball
Collage Therapy with Elders: Group Socialization and Communication Beyond Words, Cassandra Knowles-True
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
Mitigating Loss, Discrimination, And Acculturation: Supporting Long-Term Immigrants Through Dance/Movement Therapy, A Literature Review, Sabrina Mijares
Can Expressive Arts Therapy Help Caregivers of Persons with ASD?: A Community Engagement Project Capstone Thesis, CHIE MITSUI
Hands On: Sexual Satisfaction, Communication, and Clay-work, Courtney Kim Morgan
Claywork in Art Therapy With Survivors of Childhood Sexual Abuse, Jennifer Morrison
What’s Emergent? A Literature Review of Thirdness and the Guide in Drama Therapy, Kathleen D. Moye
Expressive Arts Workshop: The Relationship Between Educators & Trauma-Informed Care, Courtney Muttart
Psyche and Planet: Multiplicity of Systems Mirroring Modes of Being and Bonding via Eco Arts Therapeutic Practices, Amber Nolli
Moving Through Depression: Development of a Dance/Movement Therapy Method in Psychiatric Inpatient Care, Melissa Olmedo
Integrating Expressive Arts Therapy and Spirituality: A Literature Review of Trauma Treatment, Kylie O'Neill
Warming Up to Dance/Movement Therapy Through Humor, Amanda E. Ouimette
Therapeutic Support Found in a Printmaking Method with Older Adult Veterans Through a Recovery Model Lens, McKenzie Paddock
Deathucation: On Childhood Bereavement and Drama Therapy, Morgan Price
Fostering Hope in Adolescents Via Art Therapy Teen Group, Caitlin Pritchard
