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Flowetry in The New Renaissance
2025: MA Thesis, M.A. in Expressive Arts Therapy With a Minor in Psychology, English

name:  Hilary Page
Email:  hello@hilarypaige.ca
Advisor name: Dr. Bonnie Nish

#aesthetic responsibility, alternate world experience, anima mundi, art as medicine, breath, flow state, phenomenology, poetic inquiry, the emergent, Transformation
Culture as Care: Sensuous Solutions and Curatorial Interventions for Humanitarian Questions
2025: MA Thesis Language: English

name: Madeleine St. john
Email: madeleine.v.stjohn@gmail.com
Advisor name: Amarjot Johal

#nonprofit philanthropy humanitarian arts aesthetics organization institution curation exhibitions program intervention existential anxiety freedom
Finding Expansion: From Personal Journey to Communal Beauty
2025: MA Thesis Language: English

name:  Michelle Man Lin Gao
Email:  michelle.gao1988@gmail.com
Advisor name: Carrie MacLeod

#5-Phase Model, Community resilience, Expressive Arts Therapy, Mindfulness, Trauma-informed, Vancouver social housing
Embodied Dialogues: Exploring the Interplay between Inner and Outer Landscapes through Expressive Arts
2025: MA Thesis Language: English

name:  Meredith Thompson
Email:  meredithjthompson@gmail.com
Advisor name: Carrie MacLeod

#Expressive arts therapy; embodiment; ecotherapy; phenomenology; salutogenesis; interdependence; multisensory ways of knowing; more-than-human world
Holding the Wavering Moon: Exploring Therapeutic Relationship in Expressive Arts Healing Journey
2025: MA Thesis Language: English

name:  So Fong Sophy Chan
Email:  sophychan2017@gmail.com
Advisor name: Ka Kit Lai

#aesthetics, art player, Change, Dionysian poiesis, holding attitude, power dynamic, resonance, Su Shi, Tao, therapeutic relationship, therapist’s role, trust the process
The Importance of Grounding to 50+ Clients with Anxiety and Depression: A Phenomenological Exploration in Expressive Arts Therapy
2025: MA Thesis Language: English

name:  Cheuk Lam Ng
Email:  sophychan2017@gmail.com
Advisor name: Ka Kit Lai

#Anxiety, Depression, embodiment, Expressive Arts Therapy, Grounding, Mind–Body Connection, Somatic Therapy
An exploration of new insights emerging from the sustained practice of decentering through diverse materials in Expressive Arts Therapy, using the theme of  “Untitled/Anything”
2025: MA Thesis Language: English

name:  Yick Man Samantha Law
Email:  80lawym@gmail.com
Advisor name: Ka Kit Lai

#anything, decentering, frame, materials, new insights, untitled
Unfurling the Self through Expressive Arts Therapy: Changing One’s Perception of Self through Previously Undiscovered Perspective(s)
2025: MA Thesis Language: English

name:  Suk Fun Esther Fung
Email:  estherfsf@gmail.com
Advisor name: Ka Kit Lai

#Change, Dasein, Expressive Arts Therapy, phenomenology, Poiesis, Self, Self- scaffolding
Unleashing Beauty in Family Relationships
2025: MA Thesis Language: English

name:  Hing Fong (Sharon) Ng
Email:  sharon.ng@egs.edu
Advisor name: Ka Kit Lai

#Aha experience, Aha moment, Beauty, Family Relationships, Family Resilience
Trial and Error: Creating Frame and Freedom for Yoth
2025: MA Thesis Language: English

name:  Wing Yan Kwong
Email:  kwingyanhk@gmail.com
Advisor name: Ka Kit Lai

Revealing Nourishment: An Exploration of Burlesque and Expressive Arts Therapy
2025: MA Thesis Language: English

name:  Chelsea Hartwick
Email:  chelseahartwick@gmail.com
Advisor name: Carrie MacLeod

#acceptance, alter-ego, burlesque, counterculture, empowerment, expression, movement, nourishment, reclamation, sensuality
How Do Intermodal Expressive Arts in Group Settings Foster Freedom and Belonging Among Adolescents in Indian Schools?
2025: MA Thesis Language: English

name:  Ayushi Agrawal
Email:  ayushiagrawal764@gmail.com
Advisor name: Carolina Herbert

#agency, communitas, creativity, embodied experience, emotional well-being, group dynamics, phenomenology, resource-oriented approach, self- discovery
Learning in different context: Using expressive art therapy in personal growth. How can we use imagination and self-expression in Expressive art therapy to improve the well-being of secondary school students?
2025: MA Thesis Language: English

name:  Chau Yung Pang
Email:  cypangchristy@gmail.com
Advisor name: Ka Kit Lai

#expressive art therapy, imagination, secondary school students, self-expression, well-being
Seeking Beauty as a Core human Quality Artfully
2024: PhD Disertation

Advisor: Michael Siegell
Student: Mary Putera
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#Beauty, Generativity, Interdependence, Liberationist Pedagogy of inquiry, Polyaesthetic, Polytheoretical, Relationality, Seeking Beauty
The Gift of Trauma: How can we invite and guide a person who has gone through a traumatic response to transition safely from sensitization and into decentering?
2024: MA Thesis Grade A

Advisor: Lucia De Urioste Berajano
Student: Anouk Bielinski
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#attunement, Connection, decentering, presence, resources, safety, senses, shaping, Somatic Experiencing®, Trauma
The Art of Childhood: Empowering, Nourishing, and Fostering Creative Environments for Children Through Expressive Arts
2024: MA Thesis Grade A

Advisor: Lucia De Urioste Berajano
Student: Sofia Sanchez
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#British Columbia, Canada, Child-Led, Developmentally Informed Learning, Early Childhood, Early Childhood Development, Early Childhood Education, Education, Preschool, Teaching
How Music Improvisation Works in Expressive Arts Therapy: Take Courage and Step into the Liminal Space, Embrace Myself in Poiesis
2024: MA Thesis Grade A

Advisor: Barbara Hielscher-Witte
Student: Tin Ning Liang
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#Expressive Arts Therapy, Intermodal, Muisc Improvisation, Self-Exploration
Homecomings & HomeBecomings: An inquiry into the creation of an expressive arts-based practice and its effects on compassion fatigue and vicarious trauma recovery
2024: MA Thesis Grade A

Advisor: Ka Kit LAI
Student: Janella Chan
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#Autoethnography, compassion fatigue, polyvagal theory, practice, recovery, ritual, Trauma, vicarious trauma
Therapy and Space – How does space design contribute to therapeutic processes
2024: MA Thesis Grade A

Advisor: Melinda Meyer
Student: Nour Elbeblawy
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#case studies, contained chaos, egypt, Expressive Arts Therapy, good-enough therapy, group work, liminality, salutogenesis, sense of coherence, therapeutic space design
Ritualized Art Practices: Development of Intermodal Ritual as Daily Practice
2024: MA Thesis Grade A

Advisor: Barbara Hielscher-Witte
Student: Ning Jiang
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#art practice, art-based, hand movements, heuristic research, improvisation, inner voices dialogue with outer voices, phenomenology, ritualized
A Snail on its Way to Glory, a Sensory-based Exploration of Touching Clay in Expressive Arts
2024: MA Thesis Grade A

Advisor: Barbara Hielscher-Witte
Student: Charlotte Yolande Cattin
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#Art-making, Clay, Exploration, Sensations, Sensory-based Decentering, Touch
What are the processes of decentering and how do they apply in the Singaporean context?
2024: MA Thesis Grade A

Advisor: Barbara Hielscher-Witte
Student: Naixiang Hui

#decentering, low skill high sensitivity, play, ritual, Singapore, work
The Forgiveness Door: are contemporary artistic rituals the answer to sustainable peace?
2024: MA Thesis Grade A

Advisor: Roseline De Thelin
Student: Agnès Aubert

#contemporary peace, dream, exit, imagination, inner child, magic rituals, modern, origins of exa, origins of rituals, priestess, refugees, Ritual forgiveness, shamanism, sustainable ecology
Daring To Create: Expressive Arts Therapy and Pregnancy Loss
2024: MA Thesis Grade A

Advisor: Heather Dawson
Student: Jessye Ashworth

#decentering, diet and medicine, Expressive Arts Therapy, grief, language, miscarriage, pregnancy loss, rites of restoration, ritual, Trauma
Invisible Warriors: Aesthetic encounters on a forensic ward
2024: MA Thesis Grade A

Advisor: José Miguel Calderon
Student: XiaoChuan Xie

#aesthetic encounter, aesthetic response, art-as-testimony, arts-based, forensic psychiatry, intermodal arts, narrative case study, restorative decentering
From Stagnation to Aliveness; ‘A-ha’ Moments, as Markers of Positive Change with Expressive Arts Therapy, Complemented by Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
2024: MA Thesis Grade A

Advisor: Ellen Levine
Student: Hadas Shulman

#A-ha Moments, CBT, Change, Cognitive Distortions, Intermodality, Surprises, The 'Third', Transformation
Play of consciousness: culture-oriented expressive arts therapy
2024: Ph. D. Dissertation magna cum laude

Advisor: Stephen K. Levine
Student: Varvara Sidorova

#auto-ethnographic art-based autobiographical research, consciousness, cross-cultural expressive art-based research, cultural phenomenology, cultural-historical psychology, Culture-oriented expressive arts, studies of consciousness
How does expressive arts therapy (EXA) enhance creativity inadolescent groups to promote well-being?
2024: MA Thesis cum laude

Advisor: Ka Kit Lai
Student: Wong Chian Ru, Jacmilla

#Adolescents, creativity, expressive art therapy, self-acceptance, well-being
Expressive Arts Therapy and the Highly Sensitive Person: A Way to Create Clarity
2024: MA Thesis

Advisor: Judith Alalu
Student: Li Ka Wing Antara
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#containment, creating clarity, Elaine Aron, Expressive Arts Therapy, from hindrance to resource, high sensitivity care, highly sensitive person, Intermodal, intrapersonal communication, nervous systems, phenomenological approach, sensory information, sensory processing sensitivity, stimuli, stressors
Life Is Not A Theory
2024: MA Thesis

Email giselle.liu@egs.edu
Advisor Name: Carrie Mac Leod
Student Name: Giselle Liu

Exploring the Therapeutic Effects of Expressive Arts in Handling Grief and Promoting Healing Among Pet Owners
2024: MA Thesis

Email : min.lau801@gmail.com
Advisor: Ka Kit Lai
Student Name: Lau Hoi Ming

How EXA improves Executive functioning (emotional/attention control) in Hong Kong primary school students with ADHD.
2024: MA Thesis

Email: glyniswan@gmail.com
Advisor: Ka Kit LAI
Student Name: Wan Kam Ling

 The Sacred Flame: Expressive Arts Therapy in Women's Circles With Marginalized Indian Women to Improve Well-Being
2024: MA Thesis

Student Name:  Anjali Alloria

Email: anjali.alloria@egs.edu
Advisor Name: Carolina Herbert

Diverse Inclusion through Modification
2024: MA Thesis

Student Name: Sara Turquie
Email: sara.turquie@egs.edu
Advisor Name: Judith Greer Essex

Circle of life-How the creation interaction between people in different life stages creates resources in life
2024: MA Thesis

Email : Carmentong710@gmail.com
Advisor Name: Ka Kit LAI
Student Name: Ka Man Tong

Art as Expression • Expression in Art
2024: MA Thesis

Student Name: Tsui Chi Carolene Kwan
Email: carolenekwan@gmail.com
Advisor Name: Ka Kit LAI

Sartorial Speaks To Sensorial Threading the needle on the dialogue between textiles and Expressive Arts Therapy.
2024: MA Thesis

Student Name: Greta Hedley
Email: gogogreta1@shaw.ca
Advisor Name:  Dr Bonnie Nish

Expressive Arts Therapy and Suicide Intervention: A heuristic exploration into how the principles and practices of Expressive Arts Therapy might serve to deepen, personalize, and fortify the experience of an ASIST suicide intervention.
2024: MA Thesis

Student Name: Jamie Norris
Email: norris.jdm@gmail.com
Advisor Name: Carrie MacLeod

 Trauma-Informed, Hope-Centered EXAT: An Embodied Practice for Dancers
2024: MA Thesis

Student Name: Maggie Forgeron
Email: maggie.forgeron@gmail.com
Advisor First Name: Lucia de Urioste Bejarano

Living (Trauma) Containers for Healing Justice, Transformation, and Collective Liberation: An Autoethnographic Expressive Arts- Based Investigation with White Settler Family Members
2024: Ph. D. Dissertation, summa cum laude

Student Name: Amanda Gross
Email: mistresssyndrome@gmail.com
Advisor First Name: Christine Brooks

Bringing the Dead Back to Life: Puppet Theater Therapy for Depression and Suicidal Tendencies
2024:  Ph. D. Dissertation, cum laude

Student Name: Natia Panjikidze
Email: natia.panjikidze@egs.edu
Advisor Name: Stephen K. Levine

The Therapeutic Power of Spontaneity: Exploring the Role of Improvisation
2024: MA Thesis

Student Name: Szelok Lee
Email: szelok.lee@egs.edu
Advisor First Name: Ka Kit (KK) Drago LAI

Exploring how the expressive arts impact the telling and re-telling of life stories for women in their midlife years
2024: MA Thesis

Email: exa4808@gmail.com
Advisor Name: Judith Greer Essex
Student Name: Kelsey Matsu

 How does expressive arts therapy (EXA) benefit the elderly who suffer from cognitive impairment?
2024: MA Thesis

Email: daisydaisyhung@gmail.com
Advisor Name: Ka Kit (KK) LAI
Student Name: Hung Sze Ling Daisy

EXPRESSIVE ARTS THERAPY AND VIDEO | Video: A Perfect Storm of the Arts
2024: MA Thesis

Student Name: Genevieve Shufen Liu
Email: genliusf@gmail.com
Advisor Name: Ellen Levine

Integration of Expressive Arts Therapy and Narrative Therapy in Youth with Mental Health Issues
2024: M.A. in Expressive Arts Therapy With a Minor in Psychology

name:  Terry Kwok Fai Wong
Email: terry910827@yahoo.com.hk
Advisor name: Ka Kit Lai

#Analogue, Anxiety, Beauty, Depression, Emotion, Expressive Arts Therapy, Hong Kong, Meaning, Memories, Mental Health, Narrative Therapy, Post- psychiatry, Postmodernism, Psychopathology, recovery, salutogenesis, Scaffold, Storytelling, Youth
Ritual, Repetition, and Relationship:  Facilitating Neurodiversity-Affirming Care Through an Expressive Arts Lens
2024: MA Thesis Honor - LanguageEnglish

name: Nyssa Brown
Email: nyssa.electra@gmail.com
Advisor name: Carrie MacLeod

#ADHD, arts-based approach, emotional regulation, imagination, phenomenology, play, relationship, repetition, resonance, ritual, transitional objects, transitional spaces
Effect of personal growth and the creative journey: working with artists in Expressive Arts Therapy
2024: Ma expressive arts therapy

name: Wai ling Ng
Email: wailing_josephine@yahoo.com.hk
Advisor name: Ka Kit Lai

#Artist/ creative journey/ personal growth/Erikson/Hermeneutic Phenomenology Method
How EXA to create a special room of personal growth for the children with SEN needs in Hong Kong school setting
2024: MA Thesis Honor: B+ Language: Chinese

name: Chan Wah
Email: emilywah3000@gmail.com
Advisor name: Ka Kit Lai

Nature-based Expressive Arts Therapy in Hong Kong: Reconnecting Hong Kong’s Working Population with Arts and Nature, and Opening the Door to Intermodal Decentering in Expressive Arts Therapy
2024: MA Thesis

name: Wai Shan Chan
Email: waishan.chan@egs.edu
Advisor name: Ka Kit Lai

#Hong Kong, Nature-based Expressive Arts Therapy, Working population
The Korean Shamanistic Ritual (굿, Gut) and Expressive Arts Therapy: Modern Gut 12- Session Program Development and Implementation for Transformation and Regeneration with Korean Middle-Aged Women
2024: Ph.  D. Dissertation, magna cum laude,English

name: Young-Ae Oh
Email: oshssam@naver.com
Advisor name: Stephen K. Levine

#Arts- based Research, Expressive Arts Therapy, Korean Shamanistic Ritual, Middle-Aged Women, Regeneration, Therapy Program Development and Implementation, Transformation
Biomimetic Bridges: Fostering Resonance, Resilience, and Connection through the Integration of Biomimicry and Expressive Arts Therapy
2024: M.A.

name: Tejashree Bhatt
Email Address: tejashree9611@gmail.com
Advisor name: Caroline Herbert

#biomimicry, embodied experience, Expressive Arts Therapy, human-nature connection, inter-adapting philosophies, nature-based practices, resilience, resonance
The Invisible Force- Navigating the In between to shape the Unseen
2024: MA Thesis

Name: Ellora  Rath
E mail:  ellora.rath@gmail.com
Advisor : Dr Carolina Herbert

#: The Invisible Force- Navigating the In between to shape the Unseen Keywords: Poiesis, Building Future- Ready Capability, Change Readiness, Chaos to Creativity, Creative Anchor, Creative Practice, Culture of Inclusion, Embracing the Unknown, Expressive Arts, Life Coaching, Life Skills Education, Life Transitions, Managing Polarity, Phases of Transition
Integration of Expressive Arts Therapy and Narrative Therapy in Youth with Mental Health Issues
2024: M.A. in Expressive Arts Therapy With a Minor in Psychology

name: Terry Kwok Fai Wong
Email: terry910827@yahoo.com.hk
Advisor name: Drago Ka Kit Lai

#Analogue, Anxiety, Beauty, Depression, Emotion, Expressive Arts Therapy, Hong Kong, Meaning, Memories, Mental Health, Narrative Therapy, Post- psychiatry, Postmodernism, Psychopathology, recovery, salutogenesis, Scaffold, Storytelling, Youth
Illustration of the Therapeutic Elements of Expressive Arts (EXA) which Facilitate the Process of Grief and Loss.
2024: MA Thesis Honor: M.A. in Expressive Arts Therapy With a Minor in Psychology

Name: CHOI, Ka Ling Gallery
Email: galleryckl@yahoo.com.hk
Advisor Name: LAI, Ka Kit (KK)

#expressive arts (EXA) therapy, grief and loss, inner resources, interconnectedness, life and death, process, purpose
 Being and Seeing in the Dark | a journey into the unknown through the expressive arts
2024: M.A. in Expressive Arts Therapy With a Minor in Psychology

Name: Amy Simons
Email: circleamy@gmail.com
Advisor Name: Judith Alalu

#archetypal psychology, art-based research (ABR), chaos, children, creativity, decentering, emergence, Expressive Arts Therapy, hidden, liminality, myth, phenomenology, play, psychoanalysis, ritual, The dark, the unknown, thresholds, Transformation, uncertainty, underworld, unseen
Rehabitarse: Updating personal identity through expressive arts therapy
2024: M.A. in Expressive Arts Therapy With a Minor in Psychology

name:  Mariana Hupiu
Email:  marianahupiu@gmail.com
Advisor name: Mónica Prado

#cyclicity, expressive arts- based research, identity, inhabiting, rehabitarse, self-concept, updating
How Expressive Arts Therapy helps women recreate body memories from the suffering experience, and know their value to create a new direction for themselves
2024: MA Thesis, Language: English

name:  Sze Hiu Ho
Email: t3eriii@gmail.com
Advisor name: Ka Kit Lai

#creative expression, Expressive Arts Therapy, healing, self- discovery, Trauma, women
Reclaiming the Wisdom of the Body
2024: MA Thesis Language: English

name: Gloria Williams
Email: gloria.j.wms@gmail.com
Advisor name: Dr. Mary Putera

#body reconnection, creative expression, embodiment, emotional resilience, Expressive Arts Therapy, feminist methodology, phenomenology, rape survivor, trauma recovery, women
Contributions to Expressive Arts Therapy
2023: Ph. D. Dissertation magna cum laude

Advisor: Ellen Levine

​Student: Judith Alalu Langnas​

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The Tapestry of Togetherness: Weaving Authentic Connections through Expressive Arts, Play, and Systems Theory in Community Gatherings
2023: Master Thesis magna cum laude

Advisor: Carrie Herbert

​Student: Charvi Budhdeo​

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How Expressive Arts Therapy Helps People Find New Perspectives for Facing Stress and Anxiety in Life
2023: Master Thesis cum laude

Advisor: Ka Kit Lai 

​Student: Pui Yi, Cathy CHENG​

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The River Beneath the River: Daily art practice as a resource for Expressive Arts Therapists
2023: Master Thesis cum laude

Advisor: Mary Putera

​Student: Ineke Hulselmans​

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Coming Alive Through the Arts: Understanding The Role of Expressive Arts in Cultivating Aliveness
2023: Master Thesis cum laude

Advisor: Bonnie Nish

​Student: Megha Modi​

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Nurture Our Nature
2023: Master Thesis cum laude

Advisor: Carrie MacLeod

​Student: Karen Knight​

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Building Beauty Vulnerable Youth Art Hub
2023: Master Thesis cum laude

Advisor: Heather Dawson

​Student: Stacey Dallyn​

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​Does this Pathway have a Heart?
2023: Master Thesis cum laude

Advisor: Ellen Levine

​Student: Phaguianny Estphani Da Silva Soares Teixeira​

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​Night Sea Journey: Possibilities of Expressive Arts Therapy within Child and Adolescent Psychiatry in Changsha, China
2023: Master Thesis cum laude

Advisor: Ka Kit Lai

​Student: Julia Jing Hu​

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Arts-Based Creativity Approach to Transformative Learning: Awakening Critical Consciousness
2023: Ph. D. Dissertation summa cum laude

Advisor: José Miguel Calderon 

​Student: Lynn Glixon Ditchfield

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Finding Intimacy: In Recovery from Childhood Sexual Abuse
2023: Master Thesis cum laude

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​Student: Traviss White Tara​

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The Space Between
2023: MA Thesis cum laude

Advisor: Ellen Levine

​Student: Claire Baldry

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The Bridge of Connection
2023: Master Thesis cum laude

Advisor: Barbara Hielscher-Witte 

Student: Karla Beesemyer 

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The Heart of Resilience Art Expedition: Shifting the Narrative Through the Expressive Arts
2023: Master Thesis cum laude

Advisor: José Miguel Calderon 

​Student: Benjamin Joseph Swatez

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Being A Woman, Gender Expectations and Bodily Functions as Ident
2023: MA Thesis , M.A. in Expressive Arts Therapy With a Minor in Psychology

Name:  Beyhan Özpar
Email: yeterinceiyihayat@gmail.com
Advisor name: Melinda Ashley Meyer DeMott

#beingwoman, body, earlymenopause, expressiveartstherapy, gender, identity, motherhood, prematuremenopause, surgicalmenopause, traditionalculters, women
Being A Woman, Gender Expectations and Bodily Functions as Ident
2023: MA Thesis Language: English

name: Beyhan Özpar
Email: yeterinceiyihayat@gmail.com
Advisor name: Melinda Ashley Meyer DeMott

#beingwoman, body, earlymenopause, expressiveartstherapy, gender, identity, motherhood, prematuremenopause, surgicalmenopause, traditionalculters, women
The Bridge of Connection
2022: Master Thesis cum laude

Advisor: Barbara Hielscher-Witte 

​Student: Karla Beesemyer 

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Expressive Arts Therapy Can Enhance Self-esteem and Motivation 表達藝術治療能提升自尊心和動機
2022: Master Thesis cum laude

Advisor: Ka Kit LAI 

​Student: CHEUNG Laura, Ching Han 

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The Third and The Hummingbird
2022: Master Thesis cum laude

Advisor: Bonnie Nish 

​Student: Mariana Luttmann 

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The Heart of Resilience Art Expedition: Shifting the Narrative Through the Expressive Arts
2022: Master Thesis cum laude

Advisor: José Miguel Calderon 

​Student: Benjamin Joseph Swatez

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A Product of Society: Reinforcing a sense of roots, belonging and identity embodied in third culture kids through art-based inquiry
2022: Master Thesis cum laude

Advisor: Barbara Hielscher-Witte

​Student: Zaha Refaaq

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Veränderung Transformation Wandel – Was unterstützt den Veränderungsprozess eines Klienten in einem Beratungssystem?
2022: Master Thesis (German) cum laude

Advisor: Hjørdis Mair

​Student: Angela Wagner

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Bendiciones: Safe travels on your journey The partnering of Curanderismo and Reiki in Expressive Arts Validating Indigenous ways of knowing
2022: Master Thesis cum laude

Advisor: Wes Chester

​Student: Lorilee Chien

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Being With: Towards a Description of Contemplative Expressive Arts Therapy
2022: Master Thesis cum laude

Advisor: Roberta Rasmussen-Merz, MSW, CAGS & Richard Wainwright, PhD

​Student: Gita Harris

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Serious Play Fighting: Bringing Martial Arts Into Expressive Arts Therapy
2022: Master Thesis cum laude

Advisor: Roberta Rasmussen-Merz, MSW, CAGS & Richard Wainwright, PhD

​Student: Danielle Rice

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The encounter between horses and expressive arts therapy: Bonding perspective. A round trip to our essence
2022: Master Thesis cum laude

Advisor: José Miguel Calderon

​Student: Claudia Antunez de Mayolo

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Choreographing Magic and ‘The Imaginative Being’
2022: Master Thesis cum laude

Advisor: Barbara Hielscher-Witte

​Student: Gretchen Bernard-Newburger

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Balancing through Expressive Arts for Compassion Fatigue of young worker
2022: Master Thesis (Traditional Chinese) cum laude

Advisor: Ka Kit LAI 

​Student: Wing Shan LEUNG 

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How the Expressive Arts help new mothers process difficult birthing experiences
2022: Master Thesis (English) cum laude

Advisor: Ellen Levine

​Student: Lucia Velasco 

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Expressive Arts Therapy X The Five Love Languages for Couples
2022: Master Thesis (English) cum laude

Advisor: Ka Kit Lai

​Student: Siu Man Betty (Angie) LEE

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Bringing Presence to Stress: Using Expressive Arts Therapy to Release Stress for Parents
2022: Master Thesis (English) cum laude

Advisor: Ka Kit Lai

​Student: Fung Ting TSE

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Be a child
2022: Master Thesis (Chinese) cum laude

Advisor: Ka Kit Lai

​Student: Sui Sum (Anson) Chan 

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MahaSaraswati Flowing in Body, Mind, Heart & Soul: Faith in Cross-Cultural Expressive Arts Therapy
2022: Dissertation PhD (English) summa cum laude

Advisor: Stephen Levine

​Student: Krupa Jhaveri

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“Beauty is the Key?” Explore how Expressive Art uncovers humans “The Good, The True, The Beauty” to face the Chaotic World.
2022: Master Thesis (English) cum laude

Advisor: Ka Kit Lai 

​Student: Wing San Au Yeung

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The Gift Exchange: A Virtual Open Mic Series
2022: Master Thesis (English) cum laude

Advisor: Ellen Levine

​Student: Lindsey Sherman

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Let Them SHINE: A Case Study of People Suffering from Social Unrest and COVID-19 in Hong Kong Using Nature-Based Expressive Arts Therapy
2022: Master Thesis (English) cum laude

Advisor: Lai Ka kit

​Student: Yee Ming SO

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Pause in Art
2022: Master Thesis (English) cum laude

Advisor: Lai Ka kit

​Student: Ka Yim Lam

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We All Breathe the Same Air Reflections From My Expressive Arts Therapy Sessions with Children and Youth on the Autism Spectrum
2022: Master Thesis (English) magna cum laude

Advisor:  R. Rasmussen-Merz, MSW, CAGS R. Wainwright, PhD

​Student: Rachel Amina Rathbun

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Mothering Self Mastery through Mantra Medicine & Mindful Metamorphosis
2022: Master Thesis (English) cum laude

Advisor:  Denis Whalen

​Student: Karma Cloud

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​Reaching Out Reaching In: Dancing Toward the Inner Self
2022: Master Thesis (English) magna cum laude

Advisor:  Bonnie Nish

​Student: Lara Barclay

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Frames in Expressive Arts Therapy: Embracing Freedom
2022: Master Thesis (English) cum laude

Advisor:  Varvara Sidorova

​Student: Oksana Novikova

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An Inquiry Into the Phenomenology of Connection
2021: Master Thesis cum laude

Advisor:  Barbara Hielscher-Witte

​Student: Yasaman Pishvaei

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Working with Hong Kong Women on their Journey of Self-Compassion and Decentering
2021: Master Thesis cum laude

Advisor:  Ka Kit Lai

​Student: Chiu Han Leung

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The Cradle of Care. The Healing power of Expressive Arts in the female group with the maternal burnout syndrome
2021: Master Thesis cum laude

Advisor:  Sidorova Varvara

​Student: Elena Gurieva 

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Doing the Dolly – Imagination as a Holding Space
2021: Master Thesis cum laude

Advisor: Heather Dawson 

​Student: Carli Cottrell

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Orienting to a New Online Culture in Business: The Integration of Intermodal Expressive Arts into Business Onboarding Process
2021: Dissertation PhD (English) magna cum laude

Advisor: José Miguel Calderon

​Student: Sinem Lanaci

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Producing Change. A Creative Process of Learning by Doing
2021: Master Thesis (English) cum laude

Advisor: Wes Chester

​Student: Cassandra Walker

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Upcycled Creations
2021: Master Thesis (English) cum laude

Advisor: Wes Chester

​Student: Michelle Wolsky

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How could art-making as self-care method helps therapist grow personally and professionally
2021: Master Thesis (English) cum laude

Advisor: Lai Ka Kit

​Student: Man Wing, Esther Wong

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Art as Containment
2021: Master Thesis (English) cum laude

Advisor: Lai Ka Kit

​Student: Hoi Yee Chow

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Decentered Imaginings through Mosaic Making
2021: Dissertation PhD (English)

Advisor: Ellen Levine 

​Student: Sarah Jordan 

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Encender el Fuego del Alma
2021: Master Thesis (English) cum laude

Advisor: Mónica Prado

​Student: Vanessa María Fátima Cruzado Cosentino

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Expressive Arts: A story of transformation and identity
2021: Master Thesis (English) cum laude

Advisor: Ellen Levine

​Student: Mariana Roggero Torres Llosa

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Expressive Arts Therapy: Explore The Effectiveness of EXA In Facilitating Communication Between Students With Intellectual Disabilities (ID) And Their Parents
2021: Master Thesis (English) cum laude

Advisor: Ka Kit Lai 

​Student: Mei Yee Ko  

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Space Transformation for Soul Survivors by Creative Language Discourse
2021: Master Thesis (English) cum laude

Advisor: Ka Kit Lai 

​Student: Wun Yuen Fai 

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In the Search for Beauty. From the Beauty of EXAT Theory to the Beauty of a Person
2021: Master Thesis (English) cum laude

Advisor: Varvara Sidorova 

​Student: Olga Volg-Trop

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The Alchemy of Healing Songwriting – A participatory action expressive arts research study on the impact of creative therapeutic songwriting in times of global crisis
2021: Ph.D. Dissertation (English) summa cum laude

Advisor: Stephen. K. Levine

​Student: Carolina Herbert

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An introduction to ‘Lösungskunst’: The Idiosyncrasies of the original ideation. – the Übersetzung eines Buches (translation of a book).
2021: Ph.D. Dissertation (English) summa cum laude ​

Advisor: Margo Fuchs Knill

​Student: Wayne Sutherland

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Doubling the Halves: Taoism and Expressive Arts Therapy
2021: Ph.D. Dissertation (English) summa cum laude ​

Advisor: Stephen K. Levine

​Student: Ka Kit Lai 

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The Wounded Healer: Chasing After the Shadows of Thin
2021: Master Thesis (English) cum laude

Advisor: Markus Scott-Alexander

​Student: Genevieve McNab

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To Help and be Helped: Self-growth of Therapist through Professional Relationship with Clients and Art
2021: Master Thesis (English)

Advisor: Ka Kit Lai 

​Student: Shu Shen Tessie Yeung 

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“Women at Their Golden Ages” in Dialogue with Change in the Nature
2021: Master Thesis (English) cum laude

Advisor: Ka Kit Lai 

​Student: Yue Ling Fion Chau 

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Entering into the Unknown, Welcoming Change in Life: Working with Adults during the COVID-19 Pandemic through Expressive Arts Therapy, via the online platform
2021: Master Thesis (English) cum laude

Advisor: Ka Kit Lai 

​Student: How Wo Howard Tsang

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Exploring Frame and Freedom in Expressive Arts Groups with Hong Kong youth
2021: Master Thesis (English) cum laude

Advisor: Ka Kit Lai 

​Student: Dehui Zhou

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From Self-Criticism to Self-Compassion through the Use of Photography and Collage
2020: Master Thesis (English) cum laude

Advisor: Aylin Vartanyan Dilaver

​Student: Özlem Ustaömeroğlu

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Make it Beautiful: A Creative Response to Loss
2020: Master Thesis (English) cum laude

Advisor: Carrie McLeod

​Student: Eric Mulholland

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Re-Friending the Body: Expressive Arts-Based, Embodied Learning for Building Resilience
2020: Dissertation PhD (English) summa cum laude

Advisor: Sally Atkins 

​Student: Kathryn Mansfield

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A Nonconventional Discourse on Love in Expressive Arts Therapy What I Learned from Developmentally Disabled Adults
2020: Master Thesis (English) cum laude

Advisor: Wes Chester 

​Student: Catherine Sparks

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Holding the ending
2020: Master Thesis (English) cum laude

Advisor: Isabelle Roch

​Student: Soômi DEAN

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Conversation with Colour: What Does Colour Serve When Used Intentionally in a Therapeutic Setting?
2020: Master Thesis (English) cum laude

Advisor: Barbara Hielscher-Witte

​Student: Destiny Gagiano 

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Drawing on Life Stories A Phenomenological Inquiry into the Sensing of Beauty
2020: Master Thesis (English) cum laude

Advisor: Markus Scott Alexander

​Student: Nancy Corrigan 

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The Art of Food in Expressive Arts Therapy Exploring the Possibilities
2020: Master Thesis (English) cum laude ​

Advisor: Wes Chester

​Student: Kirstin Green

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Emerging- Expressive Arts Lifestyle
2020: Master Thesis (English) magna cum laude ​

Advisor: Markus Scott Alexander​

​Student: Karen Queller

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Cultivating a Rhythm of Care: an Expressive Arts Approach to Sustaining Wellbeing While Working in a Context of Trauma
2020: Master Thesis (English) cum laude ​

Advisor: Carrie McLeod 

​Student: Emma Uebele

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Embodying an Intuitive Sense of Self The artful relationship between the self, the body, and the senses
2020: Master Thesis (English) cum laude

Advisor: Bonnie Nish 

​Student: Carly Whitaker-Wilson

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FROM VOID TO VOICE. Explorations into East Asian [aesthetic, somatic and drumming] practices in Expressive Arts settings for migrants.
2020: Master Thesis (English) cum laude

Advisor: Barbara Hielscher-Witte

​Student: Joanna Wróblewska

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The Curiosities of Object Permanence
2020: Master Thesis (English) cum laude

Advisor: Carrie MacLeod 

​Student: Carmiella Zorzi 

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Nature-Based Expressive Arts and the Voice
2020: Master Thesis (English) cum laude

Advisor: Carrie MacLeod ​

​Student: Linda Whitney 

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Using Expressive Arts Therapy to Treat A Severely Traumatized Child: A Comprehensive Case Study
2020: Ph. D. Dissertation (English) cum laude

Advisor: Thomas McLaughin 

​Student: Deanna McClannahan

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Engaging visual thinkers on the autism spectrum: An intervention using digital arts in expressive arts therapy to improve cognitive and social skills
2020: Ph. D Dissertation (English) summa cum laude

Advisor: Ellen Levine 

​Student: Naiara Belart Garcia 
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Expressive Arts Inquiries into the Cross-Cultural Ethical Responsibilities of a Therapist
2020: Master Thesis (English) cum laude

Advisor: Mary Putera 

Student: Cece (Cecile) Dirick 
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Voicing Into the Unknown: Vocal Improvisation in Expressive Arts Therapy
2019: MA Thesis (English) cum laude

Advisor: Bonnie Nish 

​Student: Natasha Duchene

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A Blue Riddim: Polyrhythm as the Ethos of Gullah-Geechee Drumfolk Tradition, a Reservoir of Cultural Vitality (ISBN: 978-1-7341134-0-2)
2019: Ph.D. Dissertation (English) cum laude

Advisor: Paul Antze

​Student: David Pleasant

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A Case for Weaving Critical Theory into Practice: Demystifying the Experience of ExAT Trainees as they Learn about Power and Privilege
2019: Master Thesis (English) cum laude

Advisor: Sabine Silberberg

​Student: Brianna Buhr

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A Mirror Held Up: Can Feedback to a Client in an Art Form Enhance the Therapeutic Relationship?
2019: Master Thesis (English) magna cum laude

Advisor: Ellen Levine

​Student: Daniela Garcia Prieto

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A Resource-Oriented Intervention: Working with Children with Disabilities and Their Parents in Expressive Arts Therapy
2019: Master Thesis (English) cum laude ​

Advisor: Markus Scott Alexander

​Student: Venus Wing Lui Yiu

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An exploration of how the Expressive Arts Therapy increases the play range of the trauma survivors through exploring dreams
2019: Master Thesis (English) cum laude

Advisor: Lai KK

​Student: Wai Yu Tai

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Archetypes, Alchemy and Expressive Arts: A Soul-Informed Therapy of the Imagination
2019: Master Thesis (English) cum laude ​

Advisor: Carrie MacLeod

​Student: Baljit Kaur Dhillon

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Artful Awareness: Towards a Spiritual Practice of Mindfulness and Attunement in Expressive Arts Therapy
2019: Master Thesis (English) magna cum laude ​

Advisor: Richard Wainwright & Roberta Rasmussen-Merz

​Student: Michelle Grace

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Deep Play – Die Erfahrung von Flow durch intermodales, freies Spiel
2019: Master Thesis (English) cum laude

Advisor: Barbara Hielscher

​Student: David Widmer

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Dynamical and embodied model of Expressive Arts practice: working with individuals with autism spectrum disorder
2019: Master Thesis (English) cum laude

Advisor: Barbara Hielscher-Witte

​Student: Joey Sheung

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Enacting Perception
2019: Ph.D. Dissertation (English) cum laude ​

Advisor: Judith Greer Essex

​Student: Constance Schrader

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Evocation • Exploration • Exaltation: How can the expressive arts evoke the spirit of inner child from exploration to exaltation?
2019: Master Thesis (English) cum laude ​

Advisor: Ka Kit Lai

​Student: Wai Yee Wong

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Exploring Embodiment and Expressive Arts Therapy
2019: Master Thesis (English) cum laude ​

Advisor: Mary Peterson

Student: Valerie Lange

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How does Expressive Arts Therapy enhance the understanding of young adult in Hong Kong’s shifting IDENTITY
2019: Master Thesis (English) cum laude ​

Advisor: Ka Kit Lai

Student: Wik Chi Nicholas Wong
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Many Strands from the Uncomplicated Smile of Everything
2019: Master Thesis (English) cum laude

Advisor: Mary Reich

Student: Alexandra Goodall
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Masks of the World A Cross Cultural Exploration of Gender Identity and Sexuality Through Expressive Arts Therapy
2019: Master Thesis (English) cum laude

Advisor: Wes Chester

Student: Danica Teyssier
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Material Oriented Expressive Arts Therapy- An exploration of Using Material to bridge between Arts and Autism Adults in Hong Kong
2019: Master Thesis (English) cum laude

Advisor: Kai Kit Lai

Student: Chi Hung Clifford Lee
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Minds, Hearts and Arts: Uniting the Expressive Arts and Education
2019: Master Thesis (English) magna cum laude

Advisor: Richard Wainwright & Roberta

Rasmussen-Merz

Student: Brenna Willis
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Nurturing Our Natural Nature: A Holistic Approach to Mental Health Care Through Expressive Arts Therapy Inspired by Nature
2019: Master Thesis (English) magna cum laude ​

Advisor: Dr. Markus Scott-Alexander

Student: Marlessa A Wesolowski

Playing Freely with(in) Restrictions: Qualitative Research for the Reciprocal Therapeutic Triad Among Arts, Therapist’s & Client’s Dynamic Play Ranges
2019: Master Thesis (English) cum laude

Advisor: Ka Kit Lai

Student: Wai Ho, Chris Chow
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Sketches of Dynamic Contentment: Transforming Depression, Suicidality and Grief through Expressive Arts Therapy
2019: Master Thesis (English) cum laude

Advisor: Stephen K. Levine

Student: Tiffany Cheryl Chan
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The Heroine’s Journey: using expressive arts to support empowerment for women in recovery
2019: Master Thesis (English) cum laude

Advisor: Wes Chester

Student: Caecilie Carlsen
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The Unknown Steps of Recovery
2019: Master Thesis (English) cum laude

Advisor: Wes Chester

Student: Judith Drapkin
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The use of Silence to Ground an Therapeutic Experience in Expressive Arts Therapy
2019: Master Thesis (English) cum laude

Advisor: Ka Kit Lai

Student: Wing Shan Fung
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Wild Hearts: An Exploration of Arts Practices with Women Changemakers
2019: Master Thesis (English) cum laude ​

Advisor: Michelle LeBaron

Student: Marga Fripp
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Women’s Selfcare and Healing Practices Through Textile Arts
2019: Master Thesis (English) cum laude ​

Advisor: Carrie Mcleod

Student: Laura Maria Betancur
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AHS Research Overview 2018
2018: Master Thesis (English) cum laude

Advisor: José Miguel Calderon
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Student: Sandra Suasnabar Alberco
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De la Imaginación a la Realidad Efectiva: Disfrutar al elegir. / From Imagination to Efective Reality: Enjoy choosing.
2018: Master Thesis (English/Spanish) cum laude

Advisor: Mónica Prado Parró
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Student: Valeria Rocio Gonzales Gonzalez Cueva

The Importance of Multicultural Arts Education: Integrating Expressive Arts in New Learning Environments
2018: Master Thesis (English) cum laude

Advisor: Barbara Hielscher-Witte
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Student: Maria Farrah Paule Delos Reyes

“Because Art is Movement” – Expressive arts as Bridge for Body and Meaning
2018: Master Thesis (English) cum laude

Advisor: Ka Kit Lai

Student: Ying Chui Sarah Chu

“When Puppetry meets Recovery” in relation to Expressive Arts Therapy
2018: Master Thesis (English) cum laude

Advisor: Ka Kit Lai

Student: Ka Man Au

An Exploration of the inter-play between the I, you and it.
2018: Master Thesis (English) cum laude

Advisor: Barbara Hielscher-Witter

Student: Deepa Daya

Authentic Arts for Global Nomads
2018: Master Thesis (English) magna cum laude

Advisor: Brigitte Wanzenried

Student: Sarah De Latte

Can I participation in art-based research (expressive art) to comprehend the core of who I am through understanding love and fear using circle as a container.
2018: Master Thesis (English) cum laude

Advisor: KK Lai

Student: Yuen Man Hui

Change the storyline. Biografische Theaterarbeit zwischen Sozialer Arbeit und Therapie
2018: Master Thesis (German) cum laude

Advisor: Barbara Hielscher-Witte

Student: Andrea Nolden

Create Mind Space – Insight into art-based learning in mathematics at secondary level one
2018: Ph.D. Dissertation (English) cum laude

Advisor: Peter Wanzenried
Student: Denise Steinacher

Curious Art Moments: What Does it Mean to Live Life Through the Expressive Arts Lens?
2018: Master Thesis (English) cum laude

Advisor: Rowesa Gordon

Student: Rosalinde Pecino

dancing with the phantom of our darkness
2018: Master Thesis (English) cum laude

Advisor: Lai Ka Kit

Student: Yip Pan Wa

Expanding the Play Range: The Unexplored Intersection of the Expressive Arts and Sport for Enhancing Belonging and Social Cohesion
2018: Master Thesis (English) magna cum laude

Advisor: Dr. Melinda Ashley Meyer
DeMott

Student: Shabrae Jackson Krieg

Homecoming with Gifts: Enriching existence in Expressive Arts Therapy with the idea of space
2018: Master Thesis (English) cum laude

Advisor: Ka Kit Lai
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Student: Hiu Wing Chan

How does The Expressive Arts help teachers of different academic subjects enhance well-being in a creative high school in Hong Kong?
2018: Master Thesis (English) cum laude

Advisor: K.K. Lai
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Student: Joanne Wong Ting Chi

Journey of a Trace: From the Earth to the Body
2018: Master Thesis (English) cum laude

Advisor: Odette Vélez

Student: Raquel Enciso Linares

La Revolución Humana
2018: Master Thesis (English) cum laude

Advisor: Jose Miguel Calderón

Student: Javier Jesús Echevarría
Escribens

Music as Communication Across Cultures
2018: Master Thesis (English) cum laude

Advisor: Barbara Hielscher-Witte

Student: Kristen Bowman

My Life Journey of Mindfulness, Yoga and Expressive Arts
2018: Master Thesis (English) cum laude

Advisor: Ka-Kit Lai

Student: Lisa Lai-See Lau

Our Bodies, Our Skins are Maps: This history moves through my body
2018: Master Thesis (English) magna cum laude

Advisor: Richard Wainwright / Roberta
Rasmussen-Merz

Student: Dafne Lilia Blanco Sarlay

Playing with the E. Collective identity: joy, complementarity and migration
2018: Master Thesis (Spanish) cum laude

Advisor: Ximena Maurial

Student: Carmen Elena Aldana Arrieta

Present body: The encounter with the opposing and complementary forces from the symptoms through the Expressive Arts
2018: Master Thesis (English) cum laude

Advisor: Odette Vélez Valcárcel
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Student: Romina Granda Rangel

Return to Artistic Ritual: An Arts-Based Inquiry Into The Role of Reunion in Expressive Arts Therapy
2018: Master Thesis (English) cum laude

Advisor: Mary Putera

Student: Kylie Alysa Hall

Shaping and Being Shaped: Growth of Clients and Therapist through Expressive Arts Therapy
2018: Master Thesis (English) cum laude

Advisor: Ka Kit Lai

Student: Wing Fong, Doris Cheung

Staging Be/longing. How a forum theatre event can enhance communication and mutual understanding between natives and immigrants in a local community.
2018: Master Thesis (English) magna cum laude

Advisor: Melinda Ashley Meyer DeMott

Student: Kari Anne Næss

The Art of Silence: The Role of Silence in Nature-Based Expressive Arts Practice
2018: Master Thesis (English) cum laude

Advisor: Richard Wainwright Roberta
Rasmussen-Merz

Student: Alexandra Tegart

The Hermitage As Studio: How Devotional Song Can Crystallize Solitary Spiritual Work Into Creative Community Work
2018: Master Thesis (English) cum laude

Advisor: Rowesa Gordon

Student: Shara Claire

Transformation with the miracle of circle – Re-empowered by Autistic Student's Inner Resources and Strengths
2018: Master Thesis (Chinese) cum laude

Advisor: Ka Kit Lai

Student: Pui Shan Fok

“Der Weg ist das Ziel” or “The way is the goal”, Occupational therapy meets Expressiv Arts Therapy
2017: Master Thesis (English)

Advisor: Barbara Hielscher-Witte

Student: Hope Ulrike

A deeper understanding of my relationship with the Creator, creation and the act of creating
2017: Master Thesis (English)

Advisor: Barbara Hielscher-Witte

Student: Anli Recker

Becoming an Artist through the Expressive Arts
2017: Master Thesis (English)

Advisor: Judith Alalú

Student: Francisca Solar

Birds on the Wire: A journey into intermodal play in EXA therapy with older adult women
2017: Master Thesis (English)

Advisor: Sabine Silberberg

Student: Chrissandra Unger

Deciphering Dreams Through the Lens of the Expressive Arts
2017: Master Thesis (English)

Advisor: Rowesa Gordon

Student: Lydia Charak

Dreams as Inspiration for Expressive Arts Therapy Sessions: Creating a Dialogue with the Self
2017: Master Thesis (English) cum laude

Advisor: Barbara Hielscher

Student: Tess Sparkman

Encounter on the Rainbow Bridge
2017: Master Thesis (English)

Advisor: Markus Scott-Alexander

Student: Stephanie Gruss

EXPRESSIVE ARTS AND SCHOOL READINESS. Expressive Arts as a Component of a School Readiness
2017: Master Thesis (English)

Advisor: Wes Chester

Student: Stephanie Cruz

Expressive Arts Therapy And Restorative Circle Practices in Education Re- imagining Conflict Transformation in the Classroom
2017: Master Thesis (English)

Advisor: Wes Chester

Student: Jamie Harris Rosen

Expressive Arts Therapy for the Parents of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder
2017: Master Thesis (English) cum laude

Advisor: Wes Chester

Student: Sook Kyoung Kwon

Expressive Arts, the Noble Dark Feminine & The Art of Soul-Making
2017: Master Thesis (English)

Advisor: Markus Scott-Alexander

Student: Alison Seveon

Expressive Arts-based Activities and Gefühlsmonster Cards to Engage Children with their Key Emotions
2017: Master Thesis (English)

Advisor: Barbara Hielscher-Witte

Student: Joanne Anagnostu

Finding a Bridge to Communicate Through the Arts – For People with Autism Spectrum Disorder
2017: Master Thesis (English)

Advisor: Ofir Gabay

Student: Ellen Eun Young Yang

How do Intermodal, Body-Centered Expressive Arts Support a Healing Process: Case Studies from a Cancer Support Group
2017: Master Thesis (English)

Advisor: Wes Chester

Student: Astrid Mackwitz

HOW TO INTEGRATE AND EXPOSE THE WOUNDS OF A MAN THROUGH EXA (INTELLIGENT-FEELINGS MODEL: A METHODOLOGY TO EXHIBIT ONE’S WOUNDS)
2017: Master Thesis (English)

Advisor: Markus G. Scott Alexander
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Student: Ramiro Paredes Cuba

In relation to traumatised communities, does the art-making process and accompaniment lead to transformation, and – if so- how?
2017: Master Thesis (English)

Advisor: Michelle LeBaron

Student: Carole Kane

Mobile Arts & Conflict Transformation: Crossing Geopolitical, Ethnic, Racial, and Social Borders.
2017: Master Thesis (English)

Advisor: Michelle LeBaron

Student: Chelsea Wilkinson

Moving Through Poiesis: Cultivating Presence Through the Lived Body and Space
2017: Master Thesis (English)

Advisor: Barbara Hielscher-Witte

Student: Maggie Simon

Navigating Poiesis in Virtual Landscapes
2017: Master Thesis (English)

Advisor: Sabine Silberberg

Student: Nicole Parekh

Peace Education Program through the Expressive Arts: a multisystemic approach to social justice
2017: Master Thesis (English)

Advisor: Jose Miguel Calderon

Student: Sylvia Ketelhohn

Plant a Seed
2017: Master Thesis (English)

Advisor: Ellen Levine

Student: Lauren Stocksdale

Respect the Architect: Hip-Hop as an Intermodal Arts Modality in Expressive Arts Therapy
2017: Master Thesis (English)

Advisor: Ellen Levine

Student: Virginia Jahyu Tran

Sounding the Story Alive
2017: Master Thesis (English)

Advisor: Roberta Rasmussen Merz Richard Wainwright

Student: Christa MacDonald

Survival Art: Creative Process as Survival
2017: Master Thesis (English)

Advisor: Rowesa Gordon

Student: Julia Tribe

The encounter with The Crazy Woman from the cave. Accompanying the emotional consequences of gender micro violence in women through EXA
2017: Master Thesis (English)

Advisor: Odette Vélez Valcárcel

Student: Gracia María Dextre Polo

The Space Between Their Soul and the Streets: Intermodal expressive arts therapy helps at-risk youth at an emergency shelter
2017: Master Thesis (English)

Advisor: Wes Chester

Student: Leetal Benzvi

The Use of Autobiography to Identify Resources within Carl Jung's Archetype of the Wounded Healerthrough Heuristic Research Methods
2017: Master Thesis (English)

Advisor: Mary Putera

Student: Alison Fasolino

The way of using Expressive Arts to help people finding out "Colors" in their life journey
2017: Master Thesis (English)

Advisor: Ka Kit Lai

Student: Sze Pui Tang

Threads of Connection: Exploring the use of textiles as another modality with children in Expressive Arts Therapy
2017: Master Thesis (English)

Advisor: Sabine Silberberg

Student: Caitlin Hamilton

Unfailing Love: Healing Parenting through Expressive Arts Therapy
2017: Master Thesis (English)

Advisor: Mary Putera

Student: Jinny Ko

WHAT IS SENSITIVE in the TRANSIT towards  UNCERTAINTY: from the individual to the collective.  (A research from the collective creation in the encounter  with myself and others)
2017: MA Thesis, Honor: M.A. in Expressive Arts Therapy With a Minor in Psychology

name:  Tania Pezo
Email:  tpezob@gmail.com
Advisor name: José Miguel Calderón

#Collective, Collective creation, Encounter, Individual, Sensitive, Transit, uncertainty
A Book of Wonders
2016: Master Thesis (English)

Advisor: Margo Fuchs Knill

Student: Roseline de Thélin

A New Ecology of Transitioning Cycling Through Disintegration, Emptiness and Re-emergence of Identity
2016: Master Thesis (English)

Advisor: Ofir Gabay

Student: Heather Frayne

Beauty As Intervention How A Personal Art Practice Supports The Expressive Arts Therapist's Work With Others
2016: Master Thesis (English)

Advisor: Heather Dawson
Student: Renée Gouin

Caring for Ourselves Expressive Arts and the Well-being of the Helper
2016: Master Thesis (English)

Advisor: Mary Reich

Student: Cheryl Verheyden

Contextualizing Narratives of Conflict and Peace Honouring Marginalized Experience Through the Examination of Self and Expressive Arts Practices.
2016: Master Thesis (English)

Advisor: Mary Putera

Student: Megan Catherine Duckworth Pace

Finding Words Through Art The Effectiveness of Art Therapy with Mentally, Physically, and Emotionally Challenged Elders in Complex Care Home
2016: Master Thesis (English)

Advisor: Barbara Hielscher-Witte

Student: Heesu Jeon

From the change of perspective to a succeeding dialogue A condition for the inclusion
2016: Master Thesis (German) magna cum laude

Advisor: Peter Wanzenried

Student: Beatrix Fritschi Bührer

Moving into Embodied Presence Exploring Embodiment through Dance-Based Research with Therapists-in- Training
2016: Master Thesis (English)

Advisor: Mary Reich

Student: Jennifer Hamman

Nature Focused Expressive Arts Therapy with Children
2016: Master Thesis (English)

Advisor: Wes Chester

Student: Rebecca Hickman

Reconnect to ‘Self’ through Expressive Art Therapeutic group for disadvantage mothers in Hong Kong
2016: Master Thesis (English)

Advisor: KK Lai

Student: Kit Yin Kathleen Chan

Taking Leave of Our Senses Ruminations on Grief and Comprehending the Incomprehensible
2016: Ph.D. Dissertation (English)

Advisor: Ellen Levine

Student: Tatjana Jansen

Backstage: other considerations of the theatrical fire
2015: Master Thesis (Spanish)

Advisor: Mónica Prado Parró

Student: Natalia Parodi Sattui

Being At Home in the Body Creating Wearable Art to Move in the World
2015: Master Thesis (English)

Advisor: Rowesa Gordon

Student: Carol Barrett

Building Shelters of Belonging and Trust Giving Form to a Soul Sister Connection Through the Rituals of Art-Making, Table-Setting and Nest-Making
2015: Master Thesis (English)

Advisor: Rowesa Gordon

Student: Sabine Schneider

Children of the Intifada What is the role of the Expressive Arts with children living under occupation?
2015: Master Thesis (English)

Advisor: Ellen Levine

Student: Sarah Abusarar

Fierce Presence Sensing Duende in Three Research Settings Through the Lens of Expressive Arts Therapy
2015: Master Thesis (English)

Advisor: Sabine Silberberg

Student: Kelty McKerracher

Finding Home Through the Arts
2015: Master Thesis (English)

Advisor: Wes Chester

Student: Rachel Layfield

Fun at Work Improvisational Theatre as Expressive Arts Modality
2015: Master Thesis (English)

Advisor: Paul Antze

Student: Lauren Stein

Navigating Change An Exploration of Ritual and its Relationship to Expressive Arts Therapy
2015: Master Thesis (English)

Advisor: Barbara Hielscher-Witte

Student: Catriona Main

Let's Fly Together Living recovery: a case study in Expressive Arts Therapy
2015: Master Thesis (English)

Advisor: Judith Greer Essex

Student: Shaina Sivan Yedid

The Lantern's Gift: Resilience Through Image
2015: Master Thesis (English)

Advisor: Judith Greer Essex

Student: Sarah Karpicus

The Moon, the Womb, and the Wound An Expressive Arts Therapy Exploration of Birth Trauma
2015: Master Thesis (English)

Advisor: Judith Greer Essex

Student: Carey Kramer

The Path of the Heroine From Dependence to Liberation by EXA
2015: Master Thesis (English)

Advisor: Jose Miguel Calderon

Student: Maria Margarida Goncalves de
Gastelumendi

The Zeppelin Flight My First Expressive Arts Love Story: Working With Children With Cancer
2015: Master Thesis (English)

Advisor: Margo Fuchs Knill

Student: Alina Tomsa

Voice as Phenomenon The creative use of the voice on the base of its natural forces
2015: Master Thesis (English)

Advisor: Barbara Hielscher-Witte

Student: Nicole Lewin

Voice as PhenomenonWhat Do the Arts have to Offer Women Who Have Been Traumatized by a Variety of Experiences? Can Art Interventions Be Implemented in a Time Limited Frame and Still Be Effective?
2015: Master Thesis (English)

Advisor: Ellen Levine
Student: Angela Brown

A Dance of Expressive Arts and Yoga
2014: Master Thesis (English)

Advisor: Markus Alexander

Student: Paye Tina Huerlimann Chou

An exploration of the Imagaination as a tool for addiction recovery
2014: Master Thesis (English)

Advisor: Carrie MacLeod

Student: Sophie Kelliher

Body & Soul Reclaiming Self Through The Expressive Arts
2014: Master Thesis (English)

Advisor: Wayne Sutherland

Student: Bronwen Burton

Conversations At The Edge Of Play
2014: Master Thesis (English)

Advisor: Mary Reich

Student: Sabette Thompson

Engaging Autism with Expressive Arts to Increase Play Range
2014: Master Thesis (English)

Advisor: Judith Greer Essex

Student: Marissa McInerney

Expressive Art Therapy as a Gift to Iranian Immigrant Women
2014: Master Thesis (English)

Advisor: Judith Greer Essex

Student: Saedeh Rahimi

From Isolated to Connected Creating the Pieces of Meaningful Relationship
2014: Master Thesis (English)

Advisor: Donna Otter

Student: Meggie Evans

From the inside to the outside, and from the outside to the inside: a path with return. The arts as companions and route signals in transition processes
2014: Master Thesis (English)

Advisor: Jose Miguel Calderon

Student: Patricia Ramos Olivera

Hingabe
2014: Master Thesis (German) magna cum laude

Advisor: Brigitte Wanzenried

Student: Kathrin Thurnherr

Knowing and Not Knowing Encountering the Unexpected
2014: Master Thesis (English)

Advisor: Wayne Sutherland

Student: Joan Sutherland

Permission to Play
2014: Master Thesis (English)

Advisor: Mary Putera

Student: Marni Segal

Studienreise nach Kosovo Ein situiertes Lehr-Lern-Arrangement auf der tertiären Ausbildungsstufe. Evaluation der Bedeutung für die individuellen Erkenntnis- und Entwicklungsprozesse der Studierenden
2014: Ph.D. Dissertation (German) magna cum laude

Advisor: Peter Wanzenried

Student: Elisabeth Hösli

The Art of Braidings Arts Creating a Community Expressive Arts
2014: Master Thesis (English)

Advisor: Sabine Silberberg

Student: Jessica Delorme

The Beauty & the Beast Expressive Arts methods in organisational development
2014: Master Thesis (German)

Advisor: Peter Wanzenried

Student: Eszter Nyuli

The Birth of Imagination An Exploration of the Impact of Aesthetic Experience
2014: Master Thesis (German) magna cum laude

Advisor: Peter Sinapius

Student: Regula von Euw

The Bridge
2014: Master Thesis (English)

Advisor: Wayne Sutherland

Student: Matias Hacker

The Song Stream ProjectBuilding Empathy and Communities at the Intersections of Story and Song
2014: Master Thesis (English)

Advisor: Wes Chester
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Student: Talia Morales

The Use of Imagination in Expressive Arts Therapy: How Imagination Affects Our Reality and the Way We Interact with the World
2014: Master Thesis (English)

Advisor: Barbara Hielscher-Witte
Student: Anna Finkelstein

Transformation How do I find my heart with art?
2014: Master Thesis (English)

Advisor: Barbara Hielscher-Witte

Student: Aurélie Beer

Where is Home?
2014: Master Thesis (English)

Advisor: Barbara Hielscher

Student: Yasmin Perez

Bridging Art-Making and Meaning Making in the Expressive Arts
2014: Master Thesis (English)

Advisor: Carrie MacLeod

Student: Stephanie Burchell

A dance with hope Beauty of the coming-to-be
2013: Master Thesis (English)

Advisor: Sabine Silberberg

Student: Karyn Davies

Art in Transition How Expressive Arts can strengthen civil society in post-Soviet Moldova
2013: Master Thesis (English)

Advisor: Michelle LeBaron

Student: Giovanna Di Mauro

Exploring the Concept of Beauty as a Resource An Arts-based exploration by Habib Ahmed Afsar
2013: Master Thesis (English)

Advisor: Wayne Sutherland

Student: Ahmed Afsar Habib

How can photography adults and youths be developed withing an expressive arts approach?
2013: Master Thesis (English)

Advisor: Ellen G. Levine

Student: Keshet Zur

How could Expressive Arts promote Personal Growth through Sensitisation?
2013: Master Thesis (English)

Advisor: Wayne Sutherland

Student: Rainer Alan Rolle

How does Metaphor Facilitate the Therapeutic Process in Expressive Arts Therapy?
2013: Master Thesis (English)

Advisor: Markus Alexander

Student: Leung Wai Yu

IMAGINATION eine Annäherung
2013: Master Thesis (German)

Advisor: Margo Fuchs Knill

Student: Corina Girell di Giovanoe

Machines of Loving GraceExpressive Arts Practice within Digital Workshop Environments
2013: Master Thesis (English)

Advisor: Sabine Silberberg
Student: Lori Kamee Abrahamian

Peacebuilding, Accountability, and the Arts Contributions of the arts to peacebuilding evaluation
2013: Master Thesis (English)

Advisor: Michelle LeBaron
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Student: Amanda Brown

Stepping into the UnKnown
2013: Master Thesis (English)

Advisor: Markus Alexander

Student: Claudette F. Perron

Stepping into the unknown An Expressive Arts Odyssey
2013: Master Thesis (English)

Advisor: Markus Alexander

Student: Claudette Perron

The Art of Loss
2013: Master Thesis (English) cum laude

Advisor: Richard Wainwright

Student: Ruby Cone

Therapist and Client as playmates A Case Study in the Realm of the Horse
2013: Master Thesis (English)

Advisor: Judith Greer Essex

Student: Ofra Raz

Appreciation
2013: Master Thesis (German)

Advisor: Brigitte Wanzenried

Student: Cornelia Maria Hürlimann-Ruckli

THE EFFECTS OF EXPRESSIVE ARTS ON DECISION-MAKING: SENSEMAKING IN SITUATIONS OF COMPLEXITY AND AMBIGUITY
2012: Dissertation PhD (English) summa cum laude

Advisor: Stephen K. Levine, Ph.D. and Paul Antze, Ph.D.

Student: Lorena Beatriz Fernandez

Bedeutsame Kunst 9 Frauen erzählen von ihrem Kunstschaffen im Alltag
2012: Master Thesis (German) magna cum laude

Advisor: Margo Fuchs Knill

Student: Rut Tschofen

Bridging Narrative Therapy and Expressive Arts Therapy Transforming our Stories through the Arts
2012: Master Thesis (English) magna cum laude

Advisor: Ellen G. Levine

Student: Karen Daniels

Expressive Arts Widen Taiwanese Junior High School Students’ Perspectives on Difficulties, Based on the Principle of Expressive Arts Therapy
2012: Master Thesis (English) magna cum laude

Advisor: Ellen G. Levine

Student: Karen Daniels

Expressive Arts, Mass Violence & Grief Mourning the Unspeakable in Sri Lanka
2012: Master Thesis (English)

Advisor: Paul Antze

Student: Jennifer Dawn Lemanski

Hungry to crEATe: mission and method for integrating movement-based expressive arts into food systems education
2012: Master Thesis (English)

Advisor: Rebekah Windmiller

Student: Daniela Plattner

Light Photo Performance
2012: Master Thesis (English)

Advisor: Brigitte Wanzenried

Student: Daphna Haya Saker

Making the Bridge Between Decentering in a Highly Regulated, Corporate, Science-based Environment
2012: Master Thesis (English)

Advisor: Markus Alexander

Student: Maureen Murphy

Self-inquiry through the lens of Expressive Arts Therapy
2012: Master Thesis (English) magna cum laude

Advisor: Kali Dukowski

Student: Jennifer Bain

The Family Monument
2012: Master Thesis (English)

Advisor: Kali Dukowski

Student: Sara Dickhout

The importance of Love in EXA and Trauma healing. A journey of puppet theater and story telling.
2012: Master Thesis (English) cum laude

Advisor: Brigitte Wanzenried

Student: Sarah Reifschneider

Touch in Expressive Arts Therapy Rhymes and Fingerplay With Children With Developmental Delays and Dual Diagnosis
2012: Master Thesis (English)

Advisor: Rowesa Gordon

Student: Michel Kristensen

Was, wenn nicht Kunst? Kunstinspiriertes Schaffen als Basis für persönliche, therapeutische und künstlerische Entwicklungsprozesse
2012: Master Thesis (German)

Advisor: Brigitte Wanzenried

Student: Andrea Jrène Ritter-Bislin

Wende•Punkt Handlung und Wandlung
2012: Master Thesis (German)

Advisor: Margo Fuchs Knill

Student: Pascale Rime

“Je me souviens” Image as a Tangible Anchor to Memory
2011: Master Thesis (English)

Advisor: Rowesa Gordon

Student: Sharon D. Benson

Awakening from trauma My path to becoming a therapist
2011: Master Thesis (German)

Advisor: Brigitte Wanzenried

Student: Martina Reinle

Beauty and Truth Introducing the Expressive Arts into the British Columbia Educational School System
2011: Master Thesis (English)

Advisor: Heather Dawson

Student: Karen Betsabé Forrester Lara

From Cocoon to Butterfly: Transformation Process Can the image of the butterfly help and give hope to enter in a process of transformation?
2011: Master Thesis (English)

Advisor: Jose Miguel Calderon

Student: Cecilia Antúnez de Mayolo
Cabrera

Hodi Hodi: An offering of Expressive Arts Therapy as complimentary cancer care for children in Tanzania
2011: Master Thesis (English)

Advisor: Sabine Silberberg

Student: Taraneh Erfan King

How can Storytelling and Creative Writing with Adults be developed within an Expressive Arts Approach?
2011: Master Thesis (English)

Advisor: Ellen G. Levine

Student: Boaz Zur

Living Autism through Creative WritingA case study
2011: Master Thesis (English)

Advisor: Judith Greer Essex

Student: Joana Margarida Fins Faria

Masken – Objekte des Wandels?
2011: Master Thesis (German)

Advisor: Brigitte Wanzenried

Student: Silvia Suter

Meeting the Ensouled Other
2011: Master Thesis (English)

Advisor: Kali Dukowski

Student: Laura Dosanjh

Repurposing theatre practices and a theatre practitioner for expressive arts therapy
2011: Master Thesis (English) cum laude

Advisor: Ellen G Levine

Student: Catherine Marrion

The Art of Expanding Communication
2011: Master Thesis (German)

Advisor: Melanie Nesbitt

Student: Elke Scholz Riëlah

The Art of The Doll Doll as Tool For Transformation and Container For Narrative
2011: Master Thesis (English)

Advisor: Judith Greer Essex

Student: Dewart Lynn

The Empty Mirror In Search of Authenticity through Self-portraiture and Neutral Mask
2011: Master Thesis (English) magna cum laude

Advisor: Ellen G. Levine

Student: Elitsa Velikova

“Bei anderen Kindern ist etwas anders als bei uns zuhause “Kindern und Jugendlichen mit einem psychisch kranken Elternteil Raum geben durch kunst- und ausdrucksoriente Begleitung
2011: Master Thesis (German)

Advisor: Margrit Birchmeier

Student: Jutta Frei

Art Students Finding a Voice Civic Engagement Through Expressive Arts
2011: Master Thesis (English)

Advisor: Ellen G. Levine

Student: Rachel Levey-Baker

Die vergessenen Mütter
2011: Master Thesis (German)

Advisor: Brigitte Wanzenried

Student: Hjørdis Mair

EigenArt Jugend, eine Wanderung durch Zeit und Raum
2010: Master Thesis (German)

Advisor: Brigitte Wanzenried

Student: Heidi Bircher

eine Frage ist eine Frage ist eine Antwort 31 Briefe
2010: Master Thesis (German)

Advisor: Brigitte Wanzenried

Student: Salome Schneebeli-Thomi

How to experience Bodymind Totality using Movement, Imagemaking and Psychodrama
2010: Master Thesis (English)

Advisor: Bruno Mock

Student: Daniela Droescher

Inner Dance My journey towards a mentally meaningful dance
2010: Master Thesis (English)

Advisor: Merja Lätheenaho

Student: Kristiina McKenzie

Kunst.Punkt Ein Gesamtkunstwerk mit Community Art schaffen
2010: Master Thesis (German)

Advisor: Brigitte Wanzenried

Student: Laure Perrennoud

Meine Suche nach der Kraft in der Kunst Exploring the power of artistic expression
2010: Master Thesis (German)

Advisor: Bruno Mock
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Student: Tanja Onorato

Rencontre Approche d’un entre-deux ouvert à la création
2010: Master Thesis (French)

Advisor: Jacques Stitelmann

Student: Céline Balme

Schritte zur Befreiung Wie Kinder Defizite aus den Evolutionsstufen mit Psychomotorik und EXA aufarbeiten
2010: Master Thesis (German) magna cum laude

Advisor: Bruno Mock

Student: Beatrice Buschor

Stepping into a relational paradigm – what role does the expressive arts play in promoting an integral existence?
2010: Master Thesis (English) magna cum laude

Advisor: Margo Fuchs Knill

Student: Anna Fenech

The Arts of Serendipity
2010: Master Thesis (German) magna cum laude

Advisor: Margo Fuchs Knill

Student: Mirjam Candan

The carnivorous plant’s fight with the monsters or “Now it’s becoming art!”
2010: Master Thesis (German)

Advisor: Brigitte Wanzenried

Student: Caroline Fischer Cobet

Using the Expressive Arts and Eco-therapy to deepen Community Engagement with the Natural World
2010: Master Thesis (English)

Advisor: Paul Antze

Student: Vered Zur

Von Gestricktem und Verwobenem Die Besonderheiten der kunst- und ressourcenorientierten Arbeit im Vergleich zum Psychodrama
2010: Master Thesis (German)

Advisor: Margo Fuchs Knill

Student: Esther Abplanalp

Wandel durch kunstanaloge Haltung und kunstorientierte Methodik in Supervision oder Beratung
2010: Master Thesis (German)

Advisor: Margo Fuchs Knill

Student: Liselotte Dietrich Hüberl

Visions und Motivations in the world of the work With a special focus on the self-employment
2010: Ph.D Dissertation , cum laude, German

name:  Patrizio Fusco
Email: p.fusco@swissonline.ch
Advisor name: Peter Wanzenried

A Ritual Journey Towards Change Exploring the Human Condition with Women in Alcohol Recovery
2009: Master Thesis (English) magna cum laude

Advisor: Paul Antze

Student: Kathrin Keune

ANGAKUT: seeing with closed eyes Expressive Arts Shamanism
2009: Master Thesis (English)

Advisor: Sabine Silberberg

Student: Christine Selda

Applying the Expressive Arts to Worship
2009: Master Thesis (English)

Advisor: Sabine Silberberg

Student: Janice Cywinski

Conversations at the edge of the numinous
2009: Master Thesis (English) magna cum laude

Advisor: Paul Antze

Student: Kali Dukowski

Creating Headlines – Stories from below the surface Expressive Arts Therapy with a social change intention offered in a Harm Reduction environment to people living with HIV/AIDS
2009: Master Thesis (English)

Advisor: Sabine Silberberg

Student: Heather Barrett

Creative Dance and Expressive Arts in Traditional Education Building Successful Learners and Citizens
2009: Master Thesis (English)

Advisor: Judith Greer Essex

Student: Jennifer Oliver

Die “Künstlerische Haltung”, eine Hilfe bei der Leidensbewältigung?
2009: Master Thesis (German)

Advisor: Margo Fuchs

Student: Gudrun Gwisdek

Dionysos and Shaman An Exploration of Metaphor in the Field of Expressive Arts Therapy
2009: Ph.D. Dissertation (English)

Advisor: Stephen K. Levine

Student: Judith Greer Essex

Home
2009: Master Thesis (English)

Advisor: Ellen G. Levine
Student: Julie Korp

Kunst orientiert Die Gestaltung zwischenmenschlicher Beziehungen
2009: Master Thesis (German)

Advisor: Annette Ottersen

Student: Stefanie Betz

Vom Handarbeitszimmer zum Atelier Eine Neudefinition und ihre Folgen
2009: Master Thesis (German)

Advisor: Brigitte Wanzenried

Student: Sara Bertschi

MAGIC MIRROR Self-Portraiture in One-on-One Expressive Arts Therapy
2009: Master Thesis (English)

Advisor: Paul Antze

Student: Brian Michael Condie

Shoes and Ships – and Sealing Wax Cabbages and Kings: Investigating the Nature and Power of Play in Expressive Arts Therapy
2009: Master Thesis (English)

Advisor: Rebekah Windmiller

Student: Melinda Ferraraccio

Where is the Playground? The Possibility of Expressive Arts Therapy with Elders in Residential Care
2009: Master Thesis (English)

Advisor: Sabine Silberberg

Student: Katherine Bowie

“Manchmal wär ich lieber ein Gemüse” Körper- und Selbstwahrnehmung bei Jugendlichen im kunst- und ausdruckstherapeutischen Setting
2008: Master Thesis (German) magna cum laude

Advisor: Brigitte Wanzenried

Student: Caroline Erdmann

Clearing the Way Expressive Arts Therapy’s Capacity to Aid in the Preparation of New Parents for the Challenges of Parenthood
2008: Master Thesis (English)

Advisor: Paul Antze

Student: Michael B. MacDonald

Die Brücke
2008: Master Thesis (German)

Advisor: Margo Fuchs Knill

Student: Silvia Klee-Zimmermann

Playing with the space of potential
2008: Master Thesis (English)

Advisor: Ellen Levine

Student: Elizabeth Cunningham

Sinnliches Material lässt Orte entstehen Erfassung von Veränderungsprozessen in der Anwendung von Materialien mit den Methoden der Kunst- und Ausdruckstherapie
2008: Master Thesis (German)

Advisor: Brigitte Wanzenried

Student: Zoe Schmid

Space – space to be
2008: Master Thesis (German)

Advisor: Margo Fuchs

Student: Andrea Brandstetter

The Art of Expatriation
2008: Master Thesis (English)

Advisor: Markus Alexander

Student: Cora Schwarz

Veränderungen beim Patienten im Zusammenhang mit Interventionen der Psychotherapeutin im kunst- und ausdrucksorientierten Psychotherapiesetting
2008: Ph.D. Dissertation (German)

Advisor: Paolo J. Knill

Student: Madlen Fähndrich Campiche

Veränderungsprozesse kunst- und lösungsorientiert begleiten
2008: Master Thesis (German) magna cum laude

Advisor: Margo Fuchs Knill

Student: Isabelle Rinner

What doors do the arts open in business corporations?
2008: Master Thesis (German)

Advisor: Brigitte Wanzenried

Student: Erika Bucher-Egolf

Auf der Suche nach der ganzheitlichen Kommunikation
2007: Master Thesis (German) cum laude

Advisor: Hannes Jahn

Student: Patrizio Fusco

Creating Connections Among Special Populations Using Expressive Arts Therapy and Coaching
2007: Master Thesis (English)

Advisor: Judith Greer Essex

Student: Amara Burkesmith

Die kunstorientierte Erweiterung des systemisch-lösungsorientierten Coachingansatzes Eine Standortbestimmung in neun Schritten
2007: Master Thesis (German)

Advisor: Hannes Jahn

Student: Hans Joachim Schmidt

Die Natur und ihre Möglichkeiten für die kunst- und ausdrucksorientierte Therapie
2007: Master Thesis (German)

Advisor: Margo Fuchs Knill

Student: Monica-Helena Heimgartner

Finding it and Losing it Again and Again EXA and Sustainable Happiness
2007: Master Thesis (English)

Advisor: Heather Dawson

Student: Eve Stocker

If there is a laughter
2007: Master Thesis (German)

Advisor: Brigitte Wanzenried

Student: Marian Iten

Naamiot kasvoilta – Removing masks from the faces Mask work in Expressive Arts Therapy
2007: Master Thesis (English)

Advisor: Kirsi Lybeck

Student: Hanna Janiika Salo

Perspectives on Play, an investigation on play as a form of decentering
2007: Master Thesis (English)

Advisor: Judith Greer Essex

Student: Elizabeth Jacobowitz

Rituale in Kunst und Therapie Die Kraft der rituellen Performance
2007: Master Thesis (German)

Advisor: Margo Fuchs Knill

Student: Bernhard Frey

Rugguusseli, The tradition of Natural Yodelling in Appenzell Innerrhoden
2007: Ph.D. Dissertation (German)

Advisor: Paolo J. Knill

Student: Bruno Mock

The Physical Therapist as the Solution oriented Coach
2007: Master Thesis (English)

Advisor: Majken Jacoby

Student: Marianne Ruth Kristensen

“Dancing on the Bridge” Art Analogue Contact in Expressive Arts Therapy
2006: Master Thesis (English)

Advisor: Kirsi Lybeck
Student: Leena Maaria Väinölä

A loving intermezzo – encounter and relationship in the Expressive Arts Triad
2006: Master Thesis (English)

Advisor: Kirsi Lybeck

Student: Leena Maaria Väinölä

Art is a Verb
2006: Master Thesis (English)

Advisor: Judith Greer Essex

Student: Tish McAllise Sjoberg

Auf der Suche nach dem Wesentlichen – Mitteilungen
2006: Master Thesis (German)

Advisor: Brigitte Wanzenried

Student: Eva Madeleine Maurer

Balance – In Gegensätzen miteinander
2006: Master Thesis (German)

Advisor: Majken Jacoby

Student: Christa Lambertus

Bewegung Beziehung Leben
2006: Master Thesis (English)

Advisor: Maijken Jacoby
Student: Monika Bachstein

Brain & Art Zur Emergenz von Lernen
2006: Master Thesis (German)

Advisor: Hannes Jahn

Student: Mona Anna Lindner

Complementing Statistics with Story: An Aesthetic Counterpoint to Educational Outcomes Assessment
2006: Master Thesis (English)

Advisor: Judith Greer Essex

Student: Heather Dawson

Complementing Statistics with Story: An Aesthetic Counterpoint to Educational Outcomes Assessment
2006: Master Thesis (English) magna cum laude

Advisor: Judith Greer Essex

Student: Rachelle Jacobson

Constructing Change: Making Junk Sculpture in Recovery
2006: Master Thesis (English)

Advisor: Judith Greer Essex

Student: Francine Guibentif

Cooking Without A Recipe, Weighing In Without A Scale Autopoiesis, Art Making and Eating Disorders
2006: Master Thesis (English)

Advisor: Judith Greer Essex

Student: Donna Otter

Creation
2006: Master Thesis (English)

Advisor: Nitza Ben Gal
Student: Ehran Zer

Die Kunst zu führen und sich führen zu lassen
2006: Master Thesis (German)

Advisor: Hannes Jahn

Student: Mariel Renz

Eros as Inspiration on the Road to Recovery
2006: Master Thesis (English)

Advisor: Judith Greer Essex
Student: Michele Lyons

Expression creates impression The search for expression in artistic movement
2006: Master Thesis (German)

Advisor: Margo Fuchs Knill

Student: Christa Reusser

Führen als Kunst
2006: Master Thesis (German)

Advisor: Majken Jakoby

Student: Leo Lalkaka

Expressive Arts in the rythmic play between tension and relaxation
2006: Master Thesis (German)

Advisor: Hannes Jahn

Student: Dietmar Bechinger

Kann das Theater-Projekt “Kultur-Integration-Kreativität” Migrantinnen aus Russland bei der Integration helfen?
2006: Master Thesis (English)

Advisor: Heinz Hinz

Student: Rosermarie Ellen Spengler

In Media Vita: Other modes of perceiving, remembering and imagining in the thick of things
2006: Master Thesis (English) summa cum laude

Advisor: Paul Antze

Student: Laura Dawn Martin

Kunstanaloge Management- und Organisationsentwicklung
2006: Master Thesis (English)

Advisor: Jürgen Kriz

Student: Astrid Frischknecht Ubangatu

One heart four legs – how can Argentine Tango and Exa partner together?
2006: Master Thesis (English)

Advisor: Fran Ross

Student: Armelle Lefebvre

Parcours der Sinne Projektarbeit zur Gestaltung von Milieu und Lebensraum
2006: Master Thesis (English)

Advisor: Karl-Heinz Menzen

Student: Hella Müller

Project Candart – Für ein Projekt
2006: Master Thesis (English)

Advisor: Margo Fuchs Knill

Student: Joachim Oettli

Resilience: Authenticity and Intermodal Arts Therapy
2006: Master Thesis (English)

Advisor: Judith Greer Essex

Student: Nancy Peters

Selbstorganisation in Unternehmen
2006: Master Thesis (German) magna cum laude

Advisor: Hannes Jahn

Student: Dirk Jantke

Sound and Music Healing: Integrating with Expressive Arts Therapy
2006: Master Thesis (English)

Advisor: Fran Ross

Student: Dawn Collins

Tending the Fire at Work: An Expressive Arts Investigation of Burnout
2006: Master Thesis (English)

Advisor: Judith Greer Essex

Student: Deborah Ogburn

Training in México Introducing the Expressive Arts Therapy into mental hospitals
2006: Master Thesis (English)

Advisor: Ellen Levine

Student: Claudia Alvarez Duarte

Weaving Threads Creating Communication with Children on the Expressive Arts Playground
2006: Master Thesis (English)

Advisor: Sandra Wortzel

Student: Lynn Underwood