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Lucia Capacchione | |
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| Born | November 3, 1937 West Hollywood, California, U.S. |
| Died | November 28, 2022 (aged 85) Cambria, California, U.S. |
| Nationality | American |
| Education | St. Mary's Academy Immaculate Heart High School |
| Alma mater | Immaculate Heart College (BA) Goddard College (MA) Summit University of Louisiana (PhD) |
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| Years active | 1961–2022 |
| Known for | Inner-child work, journal therapy, art therapy |
| Notable work | Recovery of Your Inner Child (1991) |
| Spouse | Peter Pearce (1960–1971) |
| Website | www |
Lucia Capacchione (3 November 1937 – 28 November 2022) was an Italian-American psychologist, art therapist,[1] former graphic designer and a writer[2] who has been bestseller of twenty-two books based on child therapy and self-help, including The Creative Journal (1979) and Recovery of Your Inner Child (1991).[3] She discovered the use of 'writing and drawing with the non-dominant hand' method in art therapy, which she first mentioned it in her work The Power of Your Other Hand (1988).[4] She was the director of Head Start program during the period of President Johnson's war on poverty.[5] A long-time member of American Art Therapy Association and International Expressive Arts Therapy Association[citation needed], she was also a consultant to Walt Disney Imagineering[6] from 1983 till 1993. Due to medical complications that lead to neurological imbalance Lucia died by suicide on November 28, 2022.
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- ^ Gentry, Tom (2020-08-28). "Transcript: Inner Child Expert Lucia Capacchione". The Path to Authenticity. Retrieved 2021-07-05.
- ^ "V: The Power of the Other Hand - Lucia Capacchione". Tom Gentry. Retrieved 2021-07-02.