Barbara Ganim is an expressive arts educator and certified holistic health counselor, a published writer, and artist. She is an assistant professor of holistic counseling and expressive arts at Salve Regina University in Newport, Rhode Island. She is also program coordinator for the Expressive Arts Institute, a three-weekend noncredit training program in the professional applications of the expressive and creative arts, and the expressive and creative arts certificate of graduate studies program at Salve Regina University.

Barbara is the author of Drawing from the Heart: A Seven-Week Program to Heal Emotional Pain and Loss Through Expressive Art; The Healing Power of Art, a nine-hour audio program; Art and Healing: Using Expressive Art to Heal Your Body, Mind, and Spirit; Visual Journaling: Going Deeper than Words; Painless Pricing for Designers and Illustrators; Here’s How: Approach an Advertising Agency and Walk Away with the Job You Want; and The Designer's Commonsense Business Book.

Author photo © Liliana Costa