Theses & Capstone Projects — Kutenai Art Therapy Institute

An Open Invitation: Empower Stigmatized Members of the Community in an Open Art Studio

2019William HenaultSeptember 22, 2020open studio, mental health, mental illness, phenomenology

Poet, Painter, Pianist: Artist Identity and the Art Therapist

2019Virginia ThurstonSeptember 22, 2020identity, art show, poetry, music

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

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

Beauty for Ashes: Supporting the Spiritual Needs and Journey of an Individual with Traumatic Brain Injury with Art Therapy

2019Melody GeorgeSeptember 22, 2020brain injury, spirituality, narrative therapy

Assimeu (S/he Mends the Snowshoe): Reconnecting the Family through Dyadic Art Therapy

2018Dawna LeeSeptember 22, 2020indigenous, aboriginal, attachment, parent child dyad, family, storytelling, resiliency, reconciliation

We are a Masterpiece Together

2018Amelié BlanchardMarch 13, 2019relational, female, narrative therapy, neuroscience, children, attachment

Early Onset Dementia and Art Therapy

2018Amy Van DongenMarch 13, 2019case study, male, dementia, community, elders, colouring book, family

Art For Life’s Sake

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

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

Trees of Life

2018Dorothy MackintoshMarch 13, 2019psycho-education, violence, group art therapy, education, feminist, self-esteem, self-confidence, phenomenology, female, empowerment

The Value of Art Therapy in Outpatient Mental Health

2017Nathania RodmanMarch 13, 2019retrospective, arts-based research, phenomenology, outpatient, healthcare system, mental health, group art therapy, thematic analysis, self-esteem, community

Art Therapy Shining Light on the Shadows of PTSD Creating Resiliency and Health

2017Laura TownendMarch 13, 2019law enforcement, post traumatic stress disorder, phenomenology, thematic analysis, hermeneutic, neuroscience

Shapeshifter

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

Mapping Ourselves, Mapping The World

2017Christine PartonMarch 13, 2019Capstone Project, workshop, environment, nature, maps, self-knowledge, resiliency, social action, spirituality