Here, Blooming: An Exploration of Anxiety, Grief, and Growth through Mindful Art Therapy

2023Catherine FriesenSeptember 15, 2023mindful art making, anxiety, poetry, free write

Expressing Her Soul's Palette: Exploring Art Materials and Anxiety

2019Jillian CookSeptember 22, 2020anxiety, female, art materials, poetry

Art For Life’s Sake

2018Danielle ByersMarch 13, 2019Capstone Project, anxiety, resiliency, school, community, children, psycho-education, adolescent, high school

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.

2016Michelle MurphyJuly 16, 2016group art therapy, chronic mental illness, mental illness, mental health, psychiatry, psychiatric care, case study, self-esteem, self-confidence, autonomy, self-mastery, stress, anxiety, inpatient, trauma, life review, thematic analysis

A Recipe For Integrating Self

by Juanita Kiff

The intention of this study is to assess the benefits of using the Expressive Therapies Continuum when working with issues stemming from adoption.

2013Juanita KiffJuly 13, 2016expressive arts, expressive therapies continuum, adoption, hermeneutic, phenomenology, developmental theory, thematic analysis, self-regulation, anxiety, storytelling, language, cognition

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.

2004Catherine SwanstonJuly 4, 2016children, assessment, sexual abuse, physical abuse, emotional abuse, psychodynamic, violence, domestic violence, coping skills, defenses, safety, boundaries, developmental theory, child development, trauma, anxiety, treatment plan

Crossing the Threshold: Creativity, Art therapy and Agoraphobia

by Millie Neufeld-Cumming

This study is an exploration into the nature of creativity and its function in the art therapy process with an adolescent client who has issues of anxiety, identity and agoraphobia.

2004Millie Neufeld-CummingJuly 4, 2016creativity, adolescent, anxiety, identity, agoraphobia, retrospective, phenomenology, existentialism

The Chaos of Destruction and the Brilliance of Creation: Art Therapy and Evil Puppets

by Jennifer Peterson

This thesis examines the value of creating evil puppets in Art Therapy treatment with latency aged boys who have experienced domestic violence.

2004Jennifer PetersonJuly 4, 2016puppets, children, retrospective, case study, group art therapy, kleinian, object relations, anxiety, recycled material, hermeneutic, ambivalence, paranoid schizoid, depressive, domestic violence, male

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