Abstract
In the article a theoretical analysis of scientific literature on the humor use in psychotherapeutic practice is provided. The author's approach to the distribution of the use of regulation methods of the emotional sphere in psychotherapy is given. A humor is distinguished (gelotology) as a direct method of regulation which has a positive effect on human activity. The essence of the phenomenon "humor" under the different types of psychotherapy, such as rational-emotional-behavioral, psychoanalysis, body-oriented psychotherapy, as well as the use of humor in different techniques, such as yoga-laughter, hospital clownery, etc is revealed. The polyfunctionality of humor is characterized taking into account inter-scientific approaches, which makes it possible to present the overall complex structure of the humor use as a multidimensional phenomenon in psychotherapy, which includes psychological, psycholinguistic, medical, physiological, psychological-pedagogical, game, diagnostic aspects.Keywords: humor, psychotherapy, gelotology, laughter, methods of regulation, multifunctionality of humor, the multiaspect of humor.
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