Lucia Capacchione (formerly Lucia Pearce) (3 November 1937 – 28 November 2022) was an Italian-American psychologist, art therapist,[1] artist,[2] graphic designer and author[3] 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).
In 2024 the Dr. Lucia Capacchione Institute Inc. was formed [8] to celebrate and share the legacy of the late Dr. Capacchione, artist, designer, author, healer, clinician, pioneer and creator of the Creative Journal Expressive Arts [8][9] suite of therapeutic methods: Dr. Capacchione was born in Los Angeles, CA to a Roman Catholic Italian immigrant family[10] on November 3, 1937,[11] in West Hollywood, California, United States.
Her father and grandparents hailed from San Ferdinando di Puglia, Apulia, Italy who moved to Los Angeles County somewhere between 1908 and 1920.
[13] She was later appointed as a Child Development Supervisor for Catholic Charities (an affiliate of Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles) in December 1965 and even got certified through Dr. Thomas Gordon's Parent Effectiveness Training and Teacher Effectiveness Training.
[citation needed] She resigned from the Archdiocese in 1967 but remained a consultant to both of the organizations' programs in Pasadena and New Jersey.