Lucy Barbera is a New York State Licensed Creative Arts Therapist, Art Teacher, School District Administrator, and College Professor whose work spans the medical, psychiatric, and educational settings. For 23 years, Dr. Barbera served on the faculty of The Humanistic Multicultural Education Graduate Program, at the State University of New York (SUNY, New Paltz), where she developed and taught courses in Expressive Arts in Education, Human Services, and in Social Justice Leadership.
Dr. Barbera has facilitated post-graduate Trauma-Informed Creative Arts Therapy Certificate Programs for Mental Health Professionals & Educators, through Adelphi University’s School of Social Work, UAlbany’s School of Social Welfare, and is currently offering her Trauma-Informed Programs for Antioch University.
Dr. Barbera lectures widely and maintains a private practice in Art and Sandplay Therapy in Kingston, New York, working with children and adults with life-threatening medical conditions, teens who self-harm, or are challenged with disordered eating, addiction, and/or complex trauma.
