Career
In 1957 he became professor of general psychology at the University of Salerno, then - from 1960 on - the first full professor of clinical psychology at the University of Well ahead of his time, he spoke out on the need to include psychology in the medical school curriculum. Among Canestrari"s students were several of Italy"s most influential Gestalt psychologists of the following decades, e.g. Anna Arfelli Galli, Giuseppe Galli, Mario Fame, Paolo Bonaiuto, Alberto Ranzi, Pietro Tampieri, Giuliana Giovanelli, Giancarlo Trombini, Vincenzo Faenza, Augusto Palmonari and Gabriella Bartoli.
These researchers, experts in a variety of fields of science and research, became known as the Bologna School of Gestalt Psychology.
In 1991 he founded the Dipartimento della Formazione of the University of the Republic of San Marino. Adolescenza, mezza età, vecchiaia, 2010 Gestalt Psychology in my Scientific Training and at the Start of the School of.