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“There Was Something Magical About This Group”: Building Cohesion In A Psychiatric Hospital, Mariah L. Logan
“There Was Something Magical About This Group”: Building Cohesion In A Psychiatric Hospital, Mariah L. Logan
Expressive Therapies Capstone Theses
This capstone details the development and implementation of Hope Notes, an expressive arts therapy intervention used in a private psychiatric hospital setting. Hope Notes was carried out in the group setting with adolescent and adult clients in a partial-hospitalization or inpatient hospitalization with a range of diagnoses and symptoms including, but not limited to, depression, anxiety, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, trauma disorders including post-traumatic stress, and obsessive-compulsive disorder with symptoms of delusions, hallucinations, suicidality and homicidally. Using expressive arts therapy the clients worked together to collaboratively discuss, create, design, and build an art piece intended to increase group cohesion and connection …
Drama Therapy With Queer Adults: Identity Reflection And Expression, Emily Lunardi
Drama Therapy With Queer Adults: Identity Reflection And Expression, Emily Lunardi
Expressive Therapies Capstone Theses
There are people of every age, race, religion, ability, socioeconomic status, and area of the world that identify as part of the queer community, and drama therapists have the opportunity to address their specific needs. The current literature regarding effective drama therapy with queer people is limited. Affirming and identity-focused psychotherapy that allows queer people to relate to one another has been found to be beneficial for this population. The discussed development of a method is designed to contribute to an understanding of the strengths and limitations drama therapy, specifically projective techniques, narrative writing, narrative performance, and small group embodiment …
Fostering Creativity For Healing: A Literature Review On The Use Of Art Therapy And Mindfulness With Traumatized Adults, Kathryn Kost
Fostering Creativity For Healing: A Literature Review On The Use Of Art Therapy And Mindfulness With Traumatized Adults, Kathryn Kost
Expressive Therapies Capstone Theses
Art therapy and mindfulness have often been applied separately in the treatment of traumatized adults, and positive results in research studies and clinical practice have been reported. This thesis explores and evaluates empirical evidence of the effectiveness of both modalities for trauma treatment with adults, considering the effects of trauma and how to appropriately integrate art therapy and mindfulness into a trauma-informed practice. The critical review begins by surveying literature on the neurological impacts of trauma, identifying the stages of trauma treatment and how to utilize a client’s window of tolerance to improve functioning and increase acceptance of difficult emotions. …
Re-Assemblage Of Self: Visual Art Journaling For Clients With Cumulative Trauma, Jenna Desmond
Re-Assemblage Of Self: Visual Art Journaling For Clients With Cumulative Trauma, Jenna Desmond
Expressive Therapies Capstone Theses
Expressive art therapists work with a variety of diagnoses, including trauma-related disorders. Individuals who have experienced two or more traumatic experiences throughout their life can be defined as cumulative trauma, which causes increased risks for psychological and physical health issues. The creative journal is a modality within the expressive therapies that can be tailored to a variety of clients. The intervention utilizes imagery to facilitate the identification of feelings and inner communication with ourselves. Creative journaling has been used with a variety of treatment populations, including adolescents, students, and adults. To explore the effectiveness of this intervention with this treatment …
No Need For Words: Participatory Action Research With An Arts-Based Peer Support Group, Samantha Boyce
No Need For Words: Participatory Action Research With An Arts-Based Peer Support Group, Samantha Boyce
Expressive Therapies Capstone Theses
The Arts and Peer Support Group (APSG) is a free, open-studio style expressive arts therapy group for adults living with Severe Mental Illness (SMI) guided by clinicians and informed by a recovery orientation to mental health care for SMI. This capstone thesis used an arts-based participatory action research paradigm to explore the value of an expressive arts therapy group for adults living with SMI. The researcher of this capstone thesis hypothesized that an expressive arts therapy framework could be combined with innovative approaches to the recovery orientation, such as mutual recovery, which has encouraged systemic change in society’s perception of …