Graduate Art

Dominican University of California

MA in Marriage and Family Therapy (Art Therapy)

Class/Practicum Site Art Directives and Personal Art

——Spring 2024——

San Mateo County Fair Entries 2024

Annual GATSA Art Exhibition

    ———Fall 2023——–

    AT5356 Practicum/AT5371 Seminar Extension

    Process work, death of client’s family member
    Compartmentalizing
    Fragmented Me
    Personal work: “Sunflowers”
    Personal work: “Roses”
    Personal work: “Poppies”
    Closing gift for my Therapist
    Closing gift for my Supervisor
    Pumpkin painting for the GATSA art fair booth
    Personal work: “Flower Fairy”

    AT5236 Substance Use Disorder

    Feelings Wheel
    Safe Space Box
    Outside Me
    Inside Me
    Soul Card
    Amusement Park Art Directive
    Mind
    Body
    Soul
    Art Experiential Project, Final Reflection Art
    “28 Days” Movie Reflection (1)
    “28 Days” Movie Reflection (2)
    “28 Days” Movie Reflection (3)
    Treatment Center Presentation, Brochure (1)
    Treatment Center Presentation, Brochure (2)

    AT5245 Human Sexuality

    Origins of Sexuality Project
    Class Art Reflection Piece

    AT5225 Psychological Assessment II

    Bridge Drawing
    Road Drawing
    DDS (1)
    DDS (2)
    DDS (3)
    PPAT & FEATS
    Free Drawing
    HTP: House
    HTP: Tree
    HTP: Person 1
    HTP: Person 2
    Person in the Rain
    Kinetic Family Drawing

    —— Summer 2023 ——

    AT5325 Metaphors in Psychopathology: Adults

    Rainbow Collage
    Art for Anxiety
    Landscape of Soft Corners
    Protector Mandala
    Closure Scribble
    Mother Earth
    Louis Wain Inspired Cat Drawing
    Personal Work: “Mama Bird and Her Babies”
    Wishing Tree Tag (front)
    Wishing Tree Tag (back)
    “Unique Shapes” Rocket Ship

    AT5320 Metaphors in Psychopathology: Adolescents

    Paint on a mirror directive: “How your teenage self would want others to see you.”
    Directive: “Draw a passionate or painful memory of your teenage life.”
    Directive: “Draw a representation of a positive memory from your adolescence.”
    Directive: “Draw the goals you had for your current life as if you were your teenage self.”

    AT5300 Art Therapy Techniques: Group Experience

    Transitional object: “Tap into other ways of knowing for now on.”
    Repetition of the word “tired” to make a design
    Doodle in class

    AT5263 Child Abuse: Assessment & Treatment

    Safe Space: Fishbowl Analogy
    Self Care: “Sometimes feels like chasing the end of a rainbow.”
    Superhero: “The Power to Harness
    Inner Peace”
    Cultural Humility: “Not having it is like a white snowball, where misunderstanding and judgment build from generation to generation.” 

    —— Spring 2023 ——

    Personal Work: “Oh, Let’s Go Fly a Kite and Send it Soaring”

    AT5370(B) Seminar II and Oral Qualifying Review

    Spring 2023 Art Therapy Psychology Oral Capstone Presentation
    Please send me a message if you would like to watch!
    Orals Certificate of Achievement
    Response Art: Front of Embroidered Jacket
    Response Art: Back of Embroidered Jacket
    San Mateo County Fair 1st place for wearable embroidery: “Garden Jacket”

    ——— Fall 2022 ———

    AT5350(A) Practicum 1: UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital, SF

    Amy’s Rainbow Art Cart!
    Landscape Mosaic Collage: Sunset Over the Mountains and Field
    Landscape Mosaic Collage: Beach Day Under a Palm Tree
    Watercolor Sunset
    Fall Leaves Watercolor
    Jungle Watercolor
    Scarcity vs Abundance Mindset
    Build and Paint Spaceship
    Ladybug Box
    Orange Soda
    King Owl
    Rainbow Unicorn
    Symmetry Print: Baby Yoda
    Halloween Pumpkin
    Symmetry Print: Lungs
    Bee Box
    Pegasus
    Fall Color Sunset
    Watercolor Crayon Painting
    Animal Picnic Diorama
    Balloons From Circles Drawing
    Turtles From Circles Drawing

    AT5365(A) Seminar I

    Weekly Art Check-In

    AT4266: Domestic Violence- Assessment and Treatment

    Red Sand Project
    Bleeding Tissue Experiment 1
    Bleeding Tissue Experiment 2
    Emotional response to “Rescuer”
    Reframe Violence Responsibility (1/2)
    Reframe Violence Responsibility (2/2)
    Different Point of View – Red Flags
    Poem Visual Representation
    Sea Glass Metaphor of Therapeutic Relationship

    ——— Summer 2022 ———

    AT5305: Special Populations

    “Woven Community: Growth and Healing”
    “Shutting Down vs. Standing Up in Moments of Conflict”
    “School Testing Shame”
    Current Mood Cool-Down Activity
    What Does Truth Mean to You? Layered Activity: “Love”
    Countries of Origin Flag
    Color and Shape Emotion Response
    Amy’s Personal Instruction Manual
    Earliest Memory of Joy: “Family Beach Day”

    AT5315: Metaphors of Psychopathology: Children

    “Insomni-monster”
    Insomni-monster’s Night-time Routine
    Creative Family Genogram

    AT5310: Integrating Creative Arts

    Found Poetry Exercise
    2 Tarot Card Re-creation
    Continued Story Scribble: Rounds 1 and 2

    9/11 Drama Therapy
    Video Response
    “Ancient and Modern World Collide”
    Family Shoe Project
    H20 Mermaid

    H20 Mermaid Sea Glass Home

    AT5360: Introduction to Sandplay

    Sandtray Exercise 1
    Sandtray Exercise 2
    Sandtray Exercise 3
    (Partner) Sandtray Exercise 4

    ——— Spring 2022 ———

    AT5205: Advanced Human Development

    Persona Mask: “Bright Face”
    (Front View)
    Persona Mask: “Bright Face”
    (Top View)

    Persona Mask: “Bright Face”
    (Bottom View)
    Problem Mandala: “Healthy Me”
    Grounding Sound Exercise:
    “Free to Explore”
    (Part 1)
    Grounding Sound Exercise:
    “Free to Explore”
    (Part 2)
    Who We Are Quilt:
    “Pretty Girls Wear Pink”
    Meditative Clay Use:
    “Heavy Heart Divided”
    Protective Animal: “Teddy”
    A Wall That Blocks You & How To Get Around: “Get to May”
    Gift For An Elder: Gandma’s Firework
    First Memory:
    “Ladybug Birthday”
    What it’s Like To Be Your Age:
    “One Step at a Time”
    Sociocultural Theory Presentation: “Collaborative Environment Comic with Kenny”
    Developmental Timeline Project: “Amy’s Developmental Timeline”

    AT 5210: Methods of Group and Family Therapy

    Social Atom Project: “My Family Garden”
    Altered Book: Feminist Reframe
    (Sample Page 1)

    Altered Book: Feminist Reframe
    (Sample Page 2)
    Altered Book: Feminist Reframe
    (Sample Page 3)
    Altered Book: Feminist Reframe
    (Sample Page 4)
    The Table Experience: “Balanced Meal”
    Who Are You?:
    “Dampen the Swirl”
    Personality Pizza
    Gender, Culture and Ethnicity Shield  
    The Kind of Clinician and Team Member You Aspire to Be:
    Top: “We’ll Keep the Light on For You” Bottom: “Solid as a Rock”
    Self-Cultivate Garden and Tools
    Self Care Identity

    Overcoming Client Resistance (Group Collaboration)

    Pratt Puzzle (Group Collaboration)

    Anxious Self on a Mountain and Solution: “Getting Through the Bear-iers”
    Family as a Road Map: “State of Divide”

    AT5260: Law and Ethics II

    Graduation Cap
    Core Value: Consistency of Waves
    Anxiety Process Art
    Emotional Self Portrait: “Inverse”
    Cultural Lens: Combatting Privilege

    Personal Art

    Red, Yellow, Green & Black Doodle
    “Camouflage”
    “Sunflowers”
    Madonna and Child with Sunflowers
    “Spring Joy” Pattern

    ——— Fall 2022 ———

    AT5215: Principles of Marriage and Family Therapy

    Family Shield: “Let the Work Speak”
    Teacup Ritual: “My Happy Cup” Inside
    Teacup Ritual: “My Happy Cup” Inside

    Class Cultural Quilt Project:
    “Three Generations of Crafters”
    Class Cultural Quilt Project
    Sugar Skull:
    “Let Him Go So Life Stays Sweet”
    Creative Genogram:
    “My Intertwined Family”
    Lifeline: “The Big Boom”
    Personality Puppets: “Inner Master Therapist”

    Personality Puppets: “Inner Shadow Therapist”
    Personality Puppets: “Inner Novice Therapist”

    AT5200: Communication and Counseling Skills

    Symbol of Self and Change: “Nature Mandala of Me”
    Create a Cultural Path: “Uphill Climb”
    Scribble Drawing:
    “Little Dragon’s Fire-Breathing Training”
    Persona/Shadow Mandala:
    “My Persona/Shadow”
    Gender Influence Collage:
    “How to Be Pretty”
    8 Feelings Assignment: Stage 1
    8 Feelings Assignment: Stage 2
    “Who I am, who I want to be.”
    Open Studio Process:
    “Personalized Note Cards” Front 1
    Open Studio Process:
    “Personalized Note Cards” Back 1
    Open Studio Process:
    “Personalized Note Cards” Front 2
    Open Studio Process:
    “Personalized Note Cards” Back 2

    AT5100: History & Foundations of Art Therapy

    “Future Identity as an Art Therapist” Project

    AT5269: Eldercare in the 21st Century

    “Nesting Dolls” Project