Nature of Hope

2018Eleanor MadeleyMarch 13, 2019group art therapy, case study, domestic violence, rural, feminist, female, arts-based research, first person, self-expression, empowerment, self-mastery, trauma, nature

Shapeshifter

2017Nicole FeatherstoneMarch 13, 2019female, feminist, spirituality, ritual, trauma

Transforming Trauma

2016Monica KreftMarch 13, 2019metaphor, attachment, neuroscience, trauma, sensory stimulation, repetition

An Exploration into Trauma

by Charmaine Husum

How can using one art therapy activity which integrates all three stages of trauma therapy as outlined by Judith Herman (1992b), help survivors of trauma and abuse heal? What precautions need to be made to assure safety and stabilization are established and felt throughout?

Creating Connections: The Value of Art Therapy for Individuals with Mental Illness

by Michelle Murphy

This research project explored the value and function of group art therapy by illuminating its benefits for individuals with chronic mental illnesses who reside in tertiary psychiatric care.

GroWings: A Poetry & Art Therapy Self-Exploration

by Angelica Atkins

This self-study was an arts-based exploration of identity through spontaneous art making and poetry writing in the context of the final year of training group at an art therapy institute.

Pieces Found and Placed: A Mindfulness Approach to Art Therapy With a Group For Female Survivors of Childhood Trauma

by Cindy Fawcett

This research study highlights the intersection of mindfulness and art psychotherapy and its influence on trauma recovery work with a group for female survivors of childhood trauma in later stages of recovery.

The Internal Compass: Self-discovery and The Use of Art Therapy

by Sarah Leyes

This thesis asks the question how does short-term art therapy assess and improve appropriate emotional expression and emotional identification?

Embracing Art In Supervision: Cultivating An Identity

by Gerri Ann Riehl

This thesis examines how art making can be utilized in the Supervision process as a way of strengthening the identity, resiliency, and holding capacity of the art therapist.

2010Gerri Ann RiehlJuly 10, 2016supervision, identity, resiliency, trauma, vicarious trauma, self-care, heuristic, humanistic

Visual Mythopoesis in the Community Art Studio: A Case Study

by Jean Tait

In this paper the role visual imagery provides as a foundation for the emergence of storytelling or personal mythmaking (mythopoesis) is examined with an Aboriginal cultural basis. A single case study emerges from one woman's experience in an open community art studio.

Who's It? Scribble Tag with Children Who Have Witnessed Abuse

by Catherine Swanston

This study examines the usefulness of including the game of Scribble Tag in the initial assessment process with children who have witnessed and experienced abuse.

Betrayal of Intimacy: An Exploration of Art Therapy and Adolescent Acquaintance Rape Survivors

by Michelle Stoutenberg

My thesis explores the value of art therapy in the treatment of acquaintance rape in the adolescent population.

2002Michelle StoutenbergJuly 2, 2016adolescent, sexual abuse, violence, trauma, survivor, female

The Function of Art-Making in Critical Incident Stress Debriefing with Children and Youth

by Katharyn E. Morgan

The functions of art-making in Critical Incident Stress Debriefing (CISD) with children and youth have not previously been fully examined. This study furthers the inquiry in this area by documenting the inclusion of art-making in four specific debriefings with a total of 29 participants, ages 8 to 18 years.

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