Biography

The first part of Andreas Barella's education has been humanistic. He studied English literature and linguistics and Italian literature and linguistics at Zürich University (1988-1994). From 1994 to 1998 he wrote a Ph.D. for Zürich University on philosophical influences in the work of Samuel Beckett. In 1999 he published his first book A Language of the Unknown. Influence and Composition in the Work of Samuel Beckett.

The second part of his education - the experiential part - consists of the Scuola di psicoterapia integrata directed in Lugano by Dr. Med. Romano Daguet (1999-2002), and the Advanced Training of the School of Gestalt and Experiential Teaching of San Francisco, directed by Paul Rebillot (Frankfurt Am Main, 2003-2005).

Between 2003 and 2010 he has assisted Paul Rebillot at his School of Gestalt and Experiential Teaching (European Branch). For more information about Paul Rebillot, visit www.directimpactcreativity.com.

Since 2003 he is coaching, and he leads and assists workshops in Switzerland, Italy, France, Germany, Austria, and the US. He works in collaboration with many institutions, e.g. Corsi per Adulti of the Dipartimento dell'educazione della cultura e dello sport del Canton Ticino, Alta Scuola Pedagogica in Locarno (ASP), Istituto Universitario Federale per la Formazione Professionale in Lugano (IUFFP), Centro di studi naturali e prevenzione Alchemilla in Balerna, Televisione svizzera di lingua italiana, Associazione Ticinese Famiglie Affidatarie (ATFA), Associazione per lo Sviluppo Psicologico dell'Individuo e della Comunità (ASPIC, Alessandria and Savona), the newspaper la Regione.

He is married and has three daughters.