Capstone Theses from 2019
A Time to Play: A Literature Review on Trauma-Informed Play and Expressive Arts Therapy Approaches for Low-Income Children, Leila Hashimi Malone
Culture, Identity, and Critical Theory in Expressive Arts Therapy: A Literature Review, Isaac Hunnewell
A Nature- Informed Expressive Arts Therapy Method and Group Participation in Youths, Ella E. Huzdovich
Facing Neurotypical Normativity: An Ethical Call for Therapeutic Sensitivity to Neurodiversity, Karen Irvine
Existential Art Therapy in Children’s Bereavement Groups: Development of a Method, Catherine Johnson
Development of a Method: The Use of Flowers in Group Art Therapy, Paige Johnson
Digital Music Making: Developing a Method for Using Technology in Music Psychotherapy, Sangeetha Kavety
Expressive reflections: Using multi-modal response art as a method of understanding and verbalization, Brayden Kendziora
Trauma-Informed Expressive Arts Therapy for Adults at a Short-Term Inpatient Psychiatric Hospital, Megan Kenyon
Feeling Colors: Reflections on the Creative Process of a Child with Autism Spectrum Disorder, Kimberly Ann Knowles
Promoting Resilience in Economically Disadvantaged Adolescents through School-Based Expressive Arts Groups, Bailey Knox
Fostering Creativity for Healing: A Literature Review on the Use of Art Therapy and Mindfulness with Traumatized Adults, Kathryn Kost
Trauma-Focused CBT Informed Music Therapy: Connecting Traumatized Youth with Affective Modulation — Developing a Method, Genevieve Kurtzman
Exploring Intersections of Queer Artist Identities through Music: A Community Engagement Project, Derrick Lacasse
Art Therapy Blossoms: Developing Floral Design in Art Therapy for Adults with Anxiety, Katharine Lagreze
A Laughing Matter: Transforming Trauma Through Therapeutic Humor and Expressive Arts Therapy, Alison M. Landoni
Beyond Regression: An Investigation of Art Material Choice for Children with Trauma, Natalie Lane
Two Worlds, One Family-Acculturation, Identity Development, and Storytelling: Literature Review, Christie Lebrun
The Relationship Between Therapy And Students’ Anxiety, Seung H. Lee
Songwriting as Self-care - A Burnout Prevention Tool for Mental Health Professionals: Development of a Method, Brittany Leonard
“There was something magical about this group”: Building Cohesion in a Psychiatric Hospital, Mariah L. Logan
The Mandala as Response Art: A Method for Centering, Containing, and Exploring, Kristine Lorentzsen
Drama Therapy with Queer Adults: Identity Reflection and Expression, Emily Lunardi
Role Method with Patients with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder: Development of a Method, Megan Marchant
Structured Songwriting in Special Education Group Music Therapy from a Humanistic Lens: Development of a Method, Katherine Marsh
Exploring Ageism Intergenerationally with the Expressive Arts, Sarah Masciave
An Open Studio Approach to Adolescent Identity Formation: A Development of a Method, Bailey E. McCombs
Images of the Self: A Literature Review Exploring the Use of Altered Book Making with Adolescent Girls with Anxiety and Depression, Erica McCracken
Using Expressive Arts Therapy to Test Construct Limitations in Temperament, Julia McGlew
Healing the Encounter between People and Place in Southern Appalachia, Caroline Merritt
Music Therapy Assisted Childbirth in the United States: A Critical Literature Review, Sydney Mohr
Developing a Dance/Movement Therapy Based Method for Cultivating Mind-Body Connection in Individuals with Parkinson’s Disease, Amy E. Motson
Back to Belonging: Nature Connection and Expressive Arts Therapy in the Treatment of Trauma and Marginalization, Jesse Newcomb
Moving Blind Spots: Cultural Bias in the Movement Repertoire of Dance/Movement Therapists, Ebony Nichols
I Will Circle Back: A Literature Review of Witnessing in Developmental Transformations, Chelsey O'Connor
Development of an Art Therapy Method for the Prevention and Treatment of Vicarious Trauma, Leanna Pai
Ethical Art Waste: Examining Resource Management in the Art Studio, Amanda Peavey
Creativity and Movement Maintain Synaptic Activity, Improving QOL in Older Adults: A Critical Review, Caitlin Pilette
Using Dance/Movement Therapy to Educate Hospice Providers on Preventing Burnout: A Method, Victoria G. Powell
An Exploration of Whiteness, Resilience, and Dance/Movement Therapy, Sharon Elizabeth Quimbay Nolasco
Expressive Arts Therapy for Healing Gang Trauma: A Community Engagement, Margaret Reid
The Metaphor of Protected Spacein Therapy with Survivors of Trauma: Development of an Art Therapy Method, Aiden J. Reis
DMT and “The Man Box:” Provoking Change and Encouraging Authentic Living, An Arts-Based Project, Steven Reynolds
Considering Art Therapy for Adults with Fear of Cancer Recurrence (FCR): A Literature Review, Max Roberts
Art Therapy and Art Education: A Conversation - A Critical Review of the Literature, Shannon Rogers
The Role of Meaning Making in Expressive Writing and Adults with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder: A Literature Review., Leah Kennedy Rose
Dance/Movement Therapy for Competitive Dancers: A Community Engagement Project, Melanie Ryder
Development of a Method: Self-Directed Self-Expression through Digital Storytelling for Students with Behavioral Concerns, Stephanie Sabins
Watering Black Roots: Exploring Black Ecological Identity Development within Nature-Based Expressive Arts Therapy, Stormy Saint-Val
Empowering the Plus Size Body Using Dance as Therapy, Ashley Sampson
Mindful Mandala Art Therapy in Partial Hospitalization with Children: Development of a Method, Kristen Sampson
Holistic Music Therapy – Reconnecting Mind to Body Through SMART-Supplemented Music Therapy: Development of a Method, Jacqueline San Nicolas
Creating Connection: Group Expressive Arts Therapy with Incarcerated Women, María Luisa Santamaría
The Embodiment of Attachment and Grief in Adolescents: A Literature Review, Kelsey Sawyer
Movement and Support as Treatment for Parkinson’s Disease: A Literature Review, Sara K. Schmidt
Observing, Understanding, and Treating Disordered Attachment Patterns: A Dance Movement Therapy Perspective, Arika Schultz
Solution Focused Brief Expressive Arts Therapy, David Sherman
How can Storytelling Facilitate Body Positivity in Young Women Struggling with their Bodies?: Literature Review, Natalie Slaughter
S’Klallam Wellness: Community Engagement Project, Rachel Smart
Utilizing Dance/Movement Therapy to Help Alleviate the Physical and Emotional Effects of Thoracic Outlet Syndrome: A Literature Review, Cara Spilsbury
Social and Emotional Effects of Language-Based Learning Disabilities on Adolescents Approached Through Dance/Movement Therapy: A Literature Review, Lindsey V. Spratt
Teachers' Stress and the Benefits of Expressive Arts Therapy: A Critical Review of the Literature, AnnaRose Squillante
A Literature Review on Substance Related Grief and Expressive Art Therapy Support Groups, Holly N. St. Cyr
How Can Drama Therapy Support the Military Spouse During A Deployment Cycle: A Literature Review, Victoria Stephens
Queering Music Therapy: Literature Review of Queer Music Therapy and Music Therapy Education, Eva M. Steward
Integrating Digital App Technologies within Traditional Expressive Arts Therapy for Children and Adolescents, Sarah Storjohann
Exploring the Relationship Between High-SES and Anxiety/Depression in Adolescents: Development of a Method, Angela Talkowski
Connecting ETC and ARC: The Beginnings of an Integrative Framework for Working with Children with Relational Trauma, a Literature Review, Melissa Taylor
Community Art Installation As An Approach To Art Therapy: A Community Engagement, Abigail Thompson
Enduring Resilience: An Exploration of Puerto Rican Colonization, Hurricane Maria, and Ongoing Healing through Cultural Rituals, Jasmin Isabel Torrejón
Dimensions of Culture: A Literature Review of Cross-Cultural Competencies for Music Therapists, Meng-Chin Tsai
The Effectiveness of Dance Movement Therapy with Elderly Women Who Have Dementia, Han Wang
Fostering Resilience Through Breath: A Literature Review, Savannah Weatherington
Adult Adoptees Exploration of Self-Identity Through the Use of Art Therapy, Erin Weaver
The Study of Neurological Response in Art Therapy and Trauma: A Literature Review, Kristin Weber
Treating the Trauma Within: Dance/Movement Therapy and Survivors of Child Sexual Abuse, A Literature Review, Alexandra Welych-Miller
Breathing Life into Life: A Literature Review Supporting Body-Based Interventions in the Treatment of Trauma, Andrea Werbalowksy
Deconstructing Embodied White Supremacy Through Dance Movement Therapy Community Engagement Project, Jessica White
Narrative In Higher Education: A Tool For Sustaining Communities - A Literature Review, Carrie Wicks
Finding My Superpowers: Developing a Coping Skills Method Using Art Therapy as an Intervention for Children and Adolescents with Mood Disorders, Maria Williams
Visual Art Therapy, Attachment, and the Adoption Constellation: A Literature Review, Caitlin Woodstock
Dance/Movement Therapy as Influence on Sense of Self: A Community Engagement Project, Jasmine Yahid
Anxiety Symptoms, Childhood Autism and Improvisational Music Therapy: A Clinical Method, Talaye Zarafshandardaky
Capstone Theses from 2018
Understanding Identities of Internationally Adopted Adolescents Through the Use of Art Therapy: A Literature Review, Joselin Acosta Toledo
Expressive Arts Group Therapy with Children and Adolescents who have Experienced Trauma, Shade Alfred
A Literature Review on how Landy's Role Theory and Role Method might be used to Develop Alternative Roles in Individuals with Decreased or No Mobility, Chabreah Alston
Dance Movement Therapy with Adolescents in a Partial Hospital Program: A Method for Engagement, Claude Michelle Aubourg
Dance Movement Therapy with Adolescents in a Partial Hospital Program: A Method for Engagement, Claude Michelle Aubourg
Meeting Spiritual Needs through Dance/Movement Therapy when the Mind Dissipates in Dementia: Development of a Method, Mallory Barnes
Music as a Catalyst for Altered States of Consciousness and Peak Experiences in the Treatment of Depression, Anxiety, and PTSD, Paul Battles
Using an Experience with the Creative Process to Initiate Personal Grief Narratives, Kelia Bergin
How Art and Entrepreneurship Meet the Needs of Homeless Youth, Lauren Blackerby
Group-Based Songwriting with Adolescents in a Partial Hospitalization Program, Jonathan Blake
How Expressive Arts Therapy Benefits Children Living with Acquired Brain Injuries, Stacia Boynton
The R.A.I.N.E. Method, Ramanda Brockett
Adolescents With Attention-Deficit Hyperactive Disorder And/Or Oppositional Defiant Disorder Benefit From Active Arts Therapy, Caitlin Carey
