Lai, Ka Kit (KK) Drago

KK is a psychotherapist, registered expressive arts therapist and registered art therapist. KK obtained his Ph.D. in expressive arts at European Graduate School. He has a master’s degree in psychotherapy and a second master’s degree in theological aesthetics. 

KK is the faculty member at the European Graduate School for the Masters and Ph.D. programs. He was a former honorary lecturer and supervisor for Master of expressive arts therapy at Hong Kong University. He is also the founding director of Kunst Expressive Arts Academy in Hong Kong.

KK’s areas of research, teaching and practice span the spectrum from the conversation of Merleau-Ponty’s phenomenology and Zhuangzi’s Taoist philosophy and theological aesthetics.  Since 1998, he was involved in Hong Kong government projects to promote creative arts education in numerous secondary schools. Beginning in 2003, KK has been integrating expressive arts and therapy/consulting through serving in various settings including commercial sectors, non-governmental agencies and communities. For over two decades, he has been serving special need children, youth and families, mental health patients and dementia elderly in North America, Cambodia, HK and other parts of Asia.

KK has contributed articles and editorial of Hong Kong Section to the international journal Creative Arts in Education and Therapy. His Chinese book on arts therapy and Christian spirituality Marginal Center is published in 2012.