Project Title: Art & Alzheimer's
BASIS Advisor: Matt Ramsby
Internship Location: Seven Corners Psychotherapy
Onsite Mentor: Dr. Jennifer Glacel
The seemingly unrelated concepts of art and Alzheimer’s disease may have a lot more in common than you think! In my research project, I attempt to answer the question “Is Art Therapy a viable option for treating Alzheimer’s Diseases?” I will try to understand if art therapy can be used to control the cognitive symptoms of Alzheimer’s disease. In order to gather a deeper understanding of the topic of art therapy, I will be working with Ms. Jennifer Glacel at Seven Corners Psychotherapy. Through this internship, I will learn more about play therapy, a specific branch of art therapy, and will assist Ms. Glacel in educating patients about what art therapy is. In addition to this, Ms. Glacel has provided me with extensive resources such as books and research articles that will help me answer my initial research question. Through my research, I hope to prove that art therapy can be used to help patients with Alzheimer’s. With an increasing elderly population and a predicted number of 14 million Alzheimer’s disease patients in the United States by 2060, finding alternative treatment options for Alzheimer’s is imperative.
My Posts
My Last Day in Office!
May 14, 2021
Hey everyone! It’s been an amazing 2 and a half months over at Seven Corners Psychotherapy. I have learned amazing skills regarding what it is like to be in an office and how to engage in a professional setting. I am very grateful to Ms. Glacel for giving me the opportunity to come into the […]
The Jungian Philosophy: Archetypes
May 13, 2021
Hello everyone, As we have completed our discussion of the collective unconscious and introvert/ extrovert personality types, I will now be discussing the last major concept in personality brought up by Jung: Archetypes. The concept of the archetypes relies on the concept of the collective unconscious. As mentioned in a previous blog post, the collective […]
The Jungian Philosophy: Introverts vs. Extrovert Personalities
May 11, 2021
Hi everyone, In my last blog post, I mentioned that there are three main principles constructed by Carl Jung as part of his contributions to personality and behavior. With the discussion of the collective unconscious being completed in my last blog post, I will now be talking about Jung’s theories regarding introverts and extroverts. In […]
The Jungian Philosophy: The Collective Unconscious
May 06, 2021
Hey everyone, Today I will be talking about Carl Jung, a Swiss psychologist, who is heavily tied into Ms. Glacel’s methods and understanding in her play therapy sessions. While Jung has been influential in many different parts of psychiatry, three of the major concepts that he developed are archetypes, the collective unconscious and introvert/extrovert personalities. […]
Guidelines to Play Therapy
May 03, 2021
Hi Everyone, During my time with Ms. Glacel, the founder of Seven Corners Psychotherapy, I have been able to discover and analyze various types of Art Therapy. One of Ms. Glacel’s specialties is Play Therapy. Play Therapy is a branch of Art Therapy that can be used with all different age groups and is used […]
Week 3 Updates
Mar 26, 2021
Hi everyone! I have completed the third week of my internship and managed to complete my first task of finishing cataloging the vast library that my internship has to offer. In looking through all these books, I found some eye catching books that would help me further answer my research question. One such books is […]
First Blog Post!
Mar 25, 2021
Hi everyone!! I know I’m a little late, but here is my first blog post recapping the first few weeks of my internship. Throughout my internship and Senior Project I will be trying to identify how Art Therapy could be beneficial in treating patients with Alzheimer’s disease. 2 weeks ago I started my internship at […]