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The Understanding Care-Giver
(1988)This project consists of a seven-hour workshop and a two-hour follow-up session for lay care-givers who serve in various institutions, churches and agencies of Rochelle, Illinois. Because of the varied schedules of ... -
Understanding Music Therapists’ Lived Experiences of Professional Identity: A Phenomenological Inquiry
(2012)The purpose of this phenomenological inquiry was to begin to explore the professional identity of music therapists. The researcher used the lens of identity theory (Burke & Stets, 2009) in order to investigate this ... -
Understanding Schizophrenia: Treatment and Recovery through Art Therapy
(2008)This research study provides a concise description of etiological causes and diagnostic criteria defining schizophrenia and summarizes current treatment objectives and interventions to manage symptoms related to this ... -
Unhoused persons: Perspectives on music therapy treatment, outcomes, and effectiveness
(2019)Thousands of people are without adequate housing in the United States (U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, 2016). This population suffers from a complex set of needs and, outside of housing services and minimal ... -
United Way of the Wabash Valley – Collective Impact Model: The Role of Donors’ Trends in Creating a Fundraising Strategy
(2019)Early in 2018, United Way of the Wabash Valley (UWWV) incorporated change with a new strategic plan for their organization. They embraced that are in the IMPACT business and the DONOR is the customer, and if they wanted ... -
Unity in Adversity: The Gospel of Solidarity to Nigerian Christians in Houston, Texas
(2012)In embracing Christianity, the Igbo person carried this character of communal love and solidarity into Christianity. It was blended with the Christian commandment on agape love. It was in the Eucharist that they fully ... -
The Use of Art Therapy in Developing Healthy, Alternative Coping Skills With Women in Treatment For Substance Abuse
(2012)More research is needed to support the efficacy of using art therapy as a valued treatment modality in substance abuse treatment programs as part of coping skills training and relapse prevention. This pilot study was a ... -
The Use of Art Therapy with Immigrant and Refugee Children: A Systematic Literature Review
(2011)Each year thousands of refugees and immigrants seek asylum into the United States. Many of these individuals carry a limited amount of personal possessions through this journey, but an abundance of trauma and anxiety. ... -
The Use of Creative Process in Theological Reflection
(1994)Recently, I have been privileged to be on staff at a retreat and reflection center in Ossining, New York, and have been involved in providing processes using art media as an adjunct to retreats and workshops held there. ... -
The Use of Daily Art-Making, Journal Writing, and Dream Reflections to Promote Self-Care, Creative Flow and Personal Growth
(2019)Personal art making and self-introspection is essential for art therapists in order to expand consciousness while providing authentic art experiences to both clients and themselves. This heuristic study explored the use ... -
The Use of Supportive Music and Imagery with Couples for the purpose of Improving Communication
(2007)The purpose of this study was to determine if supportive music and imagery was effective in improving communication among couples. The procedure included a screening test (Relationship Assessment Scale created by Susan ... -
Using an Altered Puzzle Art Procedure to Explore Reconstructed Identity Through Spiritual Awareness in Substance Abuse Recovery: A Heuristic Arts-Based Inquiry
(2015)Identity flows from external patterns of negative behaviors utilized for coping with internal layered, but denied emotions. It is no wonder, then, that the effect of substances use alters a woman’s identity. The conducted ... -
Using an Art Therapy Antecedent Intervention to Improve Behavior of a Child with Autism in Group Activities
(2019)Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) often exhibit inappropriate, off-task behaviors in a large group classroom activity. The purpose of this study was to investigate whether an art therapy antecedent-based ... -
Using Art Therapy to Examine the Impact of Everyday Racial Discrimination (ERD) on African American Males
(2021)The aim of this pilot study was to identify Everyday Racial Discrimination themes in a sample of 14 African American male adults who were 18 years of age and older. The lack of literature regarding the African American ... -
Using Art Therapy to Integrate a Spiritual Awakening
(2010)Art therapy has been used as a vehicle to access parts of the self that the conscious mind is unaware of. An important piece of the mysterious territory charted by some art therapists refers to the spiritual arena. While ... -
Using Art Therapy to Promote Resiliency in Women of Color with Race-Based Traumatic Stress
(2020)This art-based research was a heuristic study on how art therapy affected resiliency for a woman of color (WOC) with race-based traumatic stress (RBTS). This topic was explored by developing two art therapy directives. ... -
Using Art Therapy to Raise the Self-Esteem of Clients in Residential Treatment for Substance Abuse: The Comparative Differences Between Men and Women
(2011)Promoting change and increasing self-esteem are crucial factors in recovery from substance use disorders. The costs from substance abuse are enormous and it has been reported that over 60 percent of admissions into ... -
Using Clay Work to Help At-Risk Children Regulate Emotions
(2017)Little research is available pertaining to the use of clay in art therapy to help regulate emotions to improve the social and academic success of at-risk children. The following describes an experimental pilot study that ... -
Using Innovation to Create Sustainability within Public Safety: A Strategic Plan
(2017)This study examines the best practices and lessons learned from cities that have consolidated their police and fire departments. The case studies analyzed were conducted by Michigan State University's School of Criminal ... -
Using Mandalas to Enhance Spiritual Connection in Women with Substance Dependence
(2015)The quasi-experimental research study investigated the use of mandalas to enhance the spirituality component in recovery from substance abuse. Carl Jung (as cited in Diaz, 1992) asserted the creation of a mandala serves ...