Barbara Ganim

Barbara Ganim is an accomplished author, holistic health counselor, and teacher of expressive and creative art for transformational healing. She continues to teach in the Expressive Arts Institute at Salve Regina University, since retiring in 2011 from the positions of Assistant Professor and Senior Lecturer in the Holistic Counseling Graduate Program after 18 years. Barbara was also on the clinical staff at the Hope Center for Cancer Support and Talbot House Treatment Centers for substance abuse, both in Providence, Rhode Island. Along with Art and Healing, she is the author to the following books – Visual Journaling: Going Deeper than Words, Drawing from the Heart: A Seven Week Program to Heal Emotional Pain and Loss, and The Healing Power of Art.

Barbara was honored in 2013 with the Distinguished Alumna Award from the State University of New York, College at Oneonta where she received her undergraduate degree in fine arts and art history. Today, she lives in North Kingstown, Rhode Island where she paints mystical landscapes, writes children’s ghost mysteries, and plays guitar and sings with the Joyful Noise Angels.