Faculty Member
Paolo J. Knill
(June 11, 1932 – Sept. 13, 2020)
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Ph.D.
Dr. h.c.
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Paolo J. Knill, born 1932 in Switzerland, is the founding rector of the European Graduate School EGS, Switzerland and a Professor Emeritus at Lesley University Cambridge, MA.
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He studied Science, Musicology and Psychology. He worked as a Psychotherapist, is practicing as Supervisor and is on stage as Musician and Performance Artist.
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Paolo J. Knill is the founder of International School for Interdisciplinary Studies Switzerland and the Network of Expressive Arts Training Centers. As a teacher and artist he has traveled and published internationally, including the books Principles and Practice of the Expressive Arts Therapy; Minstrels of Soul and his Music is available on CD's (most recent: Syncopated Synapse).
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He was honored by the International Association of Expressive Arts Therapy as a pioneer of the field, he is a honorary member of the 'Berufsverbandes der Musiktherapeuten' of Germany and a Honorary Fellow of the Ascona Scientific Association.
His newest book with Herbert Eberhart is: Lösungskunst.
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