LMU/LLS Theses and Dissertations
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Theses/Dissertations from 2015
How Women Use Art and Art Therapy to Cope With Breast Cancer: A Systematic Exploration of Published Literature, Diana C. Barnes
A Cross-Cultural Exploration InTo Kinetic Family Drawings, Kathleen Deanna Baxter, Sharon Brooke Uy, and Stella Mina Yun
Exploring a Trainee's Response to Visiting Refugees in Jordan: A Bifocal Art Exploration, Daniela Marie Montañez
Theses/Dissertations from 2014
Agent Brownie, Andrew Michael Blanchette
Latino Cultural Implications for Art Therapy: The Influence of Cultural Risk Factors and Academic Performance in High School, Piera Lynn Carfagno
Visualizing Levels of Family Satisfaction and Quelity of Life in Families with an Autistic Member(s), Sarah Christolini and Camille Elise Werstler
First Mate, Kara Costello
Art Making for the Therapist: A Study on Clinical Insight, Therapist Identity, Self-Care, and Countertransference, Saira Crawford, Guadalupe Solis, and Eliza Ann Pfister
Spirituality, Creativity, Identity, and Art Therapy, Theresa Crooks
Envisioning Queer Culture: Toward a Theological Framework for Reimagining Sexuality and Sexual Orientation, Danielle Dempsey
Using Photography and Poetry in Group Therapy for People with Severe and Persistent Mental Illness: An Outcome Study, Sarah H. Eggers
Organizational Restructuring and the Process of Image Making: An Arts-based Inquiry of the Image Making Experiences Provided for the Delegates of a Religious Congregation Involved in Restructuring, Donna L. Gibbs
Three Bad Days, Carrie Baker Gutenberg
Response to 1 Timothy 2:11-12 or its parallel, 1 Corinthians 14:34-35 by three sixteenth-century Protestant women theologians: Argula von Grumbach, Marie Dentiére, and Anne Askew, Katharine German Hall
Perceptions of Healing: Mind, Body and Spiritual Implications For Yoga Therapy and Art Therapy Students, Robin L. Kusilka
Final Curtain, Holly N. Leveque
Art Therapy and Runaway Homeless Youth: An Exploration of Trauma and The Survival Response of, LeAnn K. Marschall
Arena, Catlan McClelland
Self-Care: Exploring Well-Being Through Exercise, Yoga and Art, Erika J. Moreira and Wendy E. Rios
Post-Disaster Group Art Therapy Treatment for Children, Caitlin Francis Murphy
Application of Satellite Data to Model Storm Runoff Into Rosamond Dry Lake, Mridul Oli
Truth and Conflict in the Catholic Church: Catholic Jewish Dialogue, Nadia Pandolfo
Sewing New Theological Cloth on an Old Liturgical Cloak: New Theological Expressions & Tensions Created By The Liturgical Reforms of Vatican II in The Liturgy Of The Hours, Stephen J. Picard
Sometimes the Wolf, Myles Hendry Reid
Stadium, Stephen D. Trzesniewski
The Call to Love: A Catholic’s Guide to New Understandings of Homosexual Inclusivity, Eddie-Joe Vieyra
Integrating Restorative Justice Approaches in an Art Therapy Group, Jenna Walters
The Gold Record, Danielle E. Weinberg
Fending off Vicarious Trauma Through Art Making, Laura M. Wong
Theses/Dissertations from 2013
Has-Been, Katherine M. Adams
Valentine Productions, Justin Amey
The Collectors, Laura M. Baum
Stigma and Identity Formation in Young Adults with Chronic Mental Illness: An Exploration through Personal Narrative and Art-Making, Kerri Lynn Blackstone
Integrating Art Therapy and Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing to Treat Post Traumatic Stress, Holland Elizabeth Breed
Art in the Terror: An Analysis of Nightmare Imagery in Art Therapy, Emily Christine Brozyna
Angel Of War, Pablo Ignacio Castrillo
An Exploration of the Qualities and Features of Digital Art Media in Art Therapy, Nancy Sunjin Choe
Exploration of Cultural Differences and the Therapeutic Relationship: The Role of Art between Ethnically Diverse Therapists and Clients, Jaimie N. Cloud
Rodeo Logan: An American Buckin' Story, Robert Wolfe Dunn
An Exploration of Contemplative Practice in the Life of the Art Therapist, Kristina Marie Ebsen
Biblical Hermeneutics and the Power of Story, Melissa Evans
Latina Women and the Use of Art to Explore Issues of Immigration and Acculturation, Maria Elena Fuster
Before and While you are a Leader...You are a Disciple! A Retreat for Pastoral Ministers in the Diocese of San Diego, María Olivia Galván
Unified Earth, Adam Gonshorowski
Attachment, Empathy, and Mentorship in a Community Arts Workshop with Adolescents, Amber Leigh Helmsttetter and Allison Patch
Implementation of Liberation Theology Method and Theory in Latino Immigrant Programs of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles, Susana C. Hernández
A Theology of Imagination & Creativity, Karen Lynn Huseby
A Transpersonal Approach to Self Reflective Art to Explore a Therapeutic Relationship with an Adolescent, Tara Joseph
Visual Sexuality: Integrating Art and Sex Therapies, Jillien Anne Kahn
Family Art Assessment Praxis In Community Mental Health, Nitzan Keynan
Exploring The Use Of Picture Books, Other Stories, And Art Therapy With Children, Stella M. Lee
An Exploration of Eating Disorders and Trauma in Art Therapy Treatment, Taklai Melissa Li
City of White, Kshama Ramchandra Marathe
Mindfulness Practices In Art Therapy With Veterans, Eric G. Martin
Learning from Hunger: A Communal Recipe in Contextual Theology, Daniel Mendez
A Community Art Exploration of Bicultural Identity and Acculturation with Latino Adolescents, Stephanie V. Moreno
An Exploration of Art Therapy as a Treatment for Cumulative Trauma, Kristina Marie Naff
Paralleled, Denis Nielsen Patane
Fidelity, Conscience, and Dissent: Engaging the LCWR and Charles Curran on the Issue of Dissent in a Roman Catholic Context, Dennis Albert Pangindian
Letting Go: Termination Through the Lens of Attachment and Reflective Art, Brittany Alexandra Peterson
Young Adult Ministry: Challenge to Faith Formation and Leadership, Janella Rea
Rise of the Elementals, Allison Marie Schmitter
Sensory-based Art Therapy for Children with Developmental Trauma, Eunice Solae Shin
Living a Holistic and Integrated Life: Ignatian Spirituality and Conscience in the Public Sphere, Josephine Narciso Sioson
Kinship: A Pastoral Approach, Jan E. Sooter
Exploring Spiritual Development in Transitional Periods Through Art and Journaling, Alyssa K. Steinke
As Yourself: A Guide to Self-Love in a Selfless World, Sarah Swisher
Facing Death: An Art-Based Exploration of Countertransference, Compassion Fatigue, and Personal Growth as Experienced by a Beginning Hospice Clinician, Sarah Elizabeth Tippit
Lonely Planet, Clayton T. Tolbert
“...and he was known in the breaking of the bread.”, Michele Volz
Theses/Dissertations from 2012
Art Therapy and Complex Trauma Related to Political and Religious Violence, Parisa Amirmostofian
An Exploration of the Therapeutic Relationship When the Therapist and Client Come From Different/Similar Cultural Background, Joyce S. An
An Art Therapistʼs Heuristic Study of Self-Care, Patricia F. Benton
Summons, Justin Blanche
Identity and Popular Culture In Art Therapy, Andrea Branca
Art’s Ability to Illuminate the Biopsychosocial-Cultural-Spiritual Impact of Living with a Chronic Medical Disease, Megan A.S. Collins
Exploring Therapeutic Outcomes Through Picture Books, Other Stories, and Art Therapy, Sara DeSmet
Diary of a Krazy Bitch and a Practicing Saint, Jean V. Duncan
Energy Analysis & Utility Cost Mitigation With Storage for Commercial Buildings in California, Eric Anthony Fleming
Bourbon and Ashes, Daniel Valero Fletcher
It's Just Pretend, Christopher Glennon
The Mnemosyne Victim, Sean Henry Goldthwaite
Program Evaluation of a Pilot Project Using the Family Art Assessment to Support Clinical Treatment, Meirav Haber
Art Processes, Self-Care and Resiliency in the Art Therapist, Krista L. Hawkins