ART THERAPY AS A TYPE OF CREATIVE SELF-REALIZATION OF THE PERSONALITY/

Abstract

In the article was highlighted the essence of the creative personality of a future teacher, a practical psychologist; tasks and functionality of art therapy and it was identified the peculiarities of its use in conditions of modern educational institutions in Ukraine. It was determined that the pedagogical direction of art therapy is an important aspect of creative self-realization of the personality, has a non-clinical orientation, designed for a potentially healthy personality, connected with the strengthening of physical and mental health of the child. The attention is focused on art therapy which helps a person to return to the self-expression, self-discovery, self-creation, gives unforgettable impressions and feelings, activates the inner potential of the individual. It was found that the process of teaching students to the basics of art therapy creates a unique art-therapeutic and educational space, what is provided by the system "teacher-student", helps in the professional development and personal growth of future teachers, practical psychologists. It was theoretically grounded: art-therapeutic work includes art-therapeutic technologies (animation therapy, synthesis therapy, bibliotherapy, fairy tale therapy, cinema therapy, drama therapy, game therapy, music therapy, origami, sand therapy, isotherapy), art-therapeutic methods (lectures, reports, writing essays, disputes, conferences, writing scripts and plans of lessons  (classes), games, modeling of pedagogical situations, etc.). It was proved that spontaneity, creativity and creativity are the most important components of the art technology. It was outlined trends in the introduction of art technology of fairy-tale therapy as a method in which a fairy-tale form is used for the integration of personality, the development of its creative abilities, and the improvement of interaction with the surrounding world. It was characterized the types of fairy tales, that are used in fairy tale therapy, with the respect to the specifics of their application in the creative self-realization of the personality.