The Light is the Tunnel Itself

2016Melissa MillerMarch 13, 2019buddhism, existentialism, poetry, arts-based research, narrative therapy, depression, meditation

Fabric Arts and Art Therapy

2016Maryann MillerMarch 12, 2019fabric arts, workshop, resiliency, art materials

Creative Arts Therapy and Coyote Mentoring

by Gabriel Keczan

I set out to explore the intersecting realms of creative arts therapy and nature-connection activities known as coyote mentoring.

2016Gabriel KeczanDecember 13, 2018narrative therapy, environment, nature, boys, group art therapy, school, indigenous

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?

2016Charmaine HusumDecember 6, 2018trauma, abuse, focus-oriented art therapy, mindfulness, post traumatic stress disorder, attachment, feminist

Psychodynamic Inquiries into Parallel Processes in Art Therapy: Client and Intern

by Heidi Bragg

This thesis begins with a single case study that seeks to understand the following question: What are the parallel processes of personal growth for a young female intern and an older male client in a psychodynamic art therapy process?

2016Heidi BraggJuly 16, 2016art therapy education, practicum, art therapy training, hermeneutic, psychodynamic, parallel process, gender, case study, theory and practice, supervision

From Once Upon a Time to Dear Diary: A Narrative of Storytelling, Therapeutic Games and Third Hand Art Making

by Evie Dunville

The intern explored the creative process of an adolescent client as they collaborated to develop a book.

2016Evie DunvilleJuly 16, 2016third hand approach, adolescent, narrative therapy, storytelling, feminist, metaphor, board game, writing

Finding Metaphor Within Art Mediums

by Lindsay Dew

This thesis explores metaphors that are inherent in a variety of art mediums used in art therapy and reflects upon their therapeutic value.

2016Lindsay DewJuly 16, 2016metaphor, arts-based research, phenomenology, writing, art history, art materials, case management, treatment plan

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

Bank of Ideas: Towards an Economy of Caring

by Genevieve Gagnon

This thesis presents the Bank of Ideas, a socially engaged art project that explored concepts of self-care and community well-being through a series of fourteen workshops.

2016Genevieve GagnonJuly 16, 2016community, social action, community development, social constructionism, narrative therapy, sociology, arts-based research, phenomenology, self-care, Nelson, workshop

There Are No Mistakes In Art: An Exploration of Co-Creative Art Making With Violet

by Erica Gosselin

In this thesis, I explore my personal journey of discovery; I recognize how to balance both sides of my identity - as both an artist and an art therapist - and how to use them to effectively co-create with an eight-year-old girl named Violet.

2015Erica GosselinJuly 15, 2016heuristic, fine art, art therapy training, art therapy education, identity, children

Silver Hands: Art Therapy Activities with Survivors of Domestic Violence

by Heidi Pedersen

This thesis examines the value of a drop in art therapy group for residents at an emergency shelter. Specifically, this thesis examines the role of intentional strength building art therapy directives with recent trauma survivors.

2015Heidi PedersenJuly 15, 2016drop-in, group art therapy, domestic violence, directives, emergency shelter, psychotherapy, storytelling, children, first person, action research, female

A Sculptural Journey of Ecological Identity and Art Therapy

by Seamus Gray

I have moved increasingly into the realm of additive sculpture. If ecology is the relationship between organisms and also their relationship with the environment they live in, then ecological art reflects, expresses and honours our connection with the world and all of that which is in our experience.

2015Seamus GrayJuly 15, 2016sculpture, ecology, environment, art materials, creativity

Rebel Agents of Transformation: Altered art in Alternative Education Programs

by Aislinn Cornett

This thesis explores the question: what is the value and function of creating altered art objects in an alternative education program with at-risk adolescents?

2015Aislinn CornettJuly 15, 2016altered art, alternative education, high school, adolescent, hermeneutic, phenomenology, arts-based research, at-risk youth, group art therapy, poetry, identity, child development, social constructionism

Jack's Playroom: A True Story about Art Therapy with a Young Boy Coping with the Death of his Father

by Noel Dupuis

This children's book was inspired by one boy’s experience with art therapy while coping with grief.

2015Noel DupuisJuly 15, 2016book, children, storytelling, writing, grief and loss, death and dying, caregivers, parenting

Hidden in Plain Sight: The Story of the Witch Behind the Wallpaper

by Sandra Hewitt-Parsons

Hidden in Plain Sight: The Story of the Witch Behind the Wallpaper is an art show which builds on dream analysis to explore latent themes that relate to childhood dreams and other personal experiences as an eight year old girl and a survivor of a traumatic stroke.

2015Sandra Hewitt-ParsonsJuly 15, 2016art show, dream work, survivor, stroke, psychotherapy, Jungian, Freudian, meaning making, heuristic, children

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.

2015Angelica AtkinsJuly 15, 2016arts-based research, identity, poetry, writing, training group, spoken word, retrospective, culture, spirituality, self-harm, trauma, body image

Deep Roots and New Beginnings: Exploring the Reconstruction of Identity through Photographic Life Narratives with Immigrant Women

by Sylvia Calatayud Catano

The intention of this thesis is to examine the lived experience of immigrant women on their path towards a new cultural identity in the context of using art therapy, participatory photography and personal narratives.

2015Sylvia Calatayud CatanoJuly 15, 2016immigration, culture, identity, photography, narrative therapy, arts-based research, phenomenology, female

Creating Health: The Value of an Art Group in a Psychiatric Inpatient Unit

by Katy Vinson

Participating in an Art Group is an opportunity for people receiving psychiatric services to actively create health in their lives. The intention of this paper is to: document a PowerPoint presentation, demonstrate the heath created by the Art Group, provide information on the approaches used in the Art Group and to encourage and promote the continuation of the Art Group.

2015Katy VinsonJuly 15, 2016group art therapy, psychiatric care, psychiatry, in-service education, self-confidence, self-expression, skill-building, healthcare system

Art for Cultural Expression and Connection: A Therapeutic Art Group with International Students

by Laura Andrew

The intention of this research study was to explore the value of a therapeutic art group for international high school students.

2015Laura AndrewJuly 15, 2016international students, high school, adolescent, culture, language, group art therapy, art as therapy, identity, immigration

Art in the Face of Death: Art Therapy With a Family

by Lindsay Joy Hamilton

This thesis explores the nature of practicing art therapy with a family facing the terminal illness of one of the members; and seeks to discover where in lies the meaning and value of making and sharing art during the intense moments of losing as loved one.

2015Lindsay Joy HamiltonJuly 15, 2016death and dying, terminal illness, grief and loss, family, child development, meaning making, a/r/tography, poetry, writing, thematic analysis, existentialism, relational

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