Experience of the implementation of felt therapy classes (using of non-spun wool in the art therapy process) while working with the emotional state of patients of the FSBSI "National Medical Research Center for Rehabilitation and Balneology".

Abstract

The article describes some psychological peculiarities of the work with the emotional state of patients and one of the possible ways to correct it using art therapy - felt therapy, (the use of non-spun wool in an art therapy process). In the article are described the possibilities of this material and the effects of its use. The main tasks of the work are the formation of a conscious attitude to the disease, the recognition of the "secondary benefits" of having a "symptom", the actualization, awareness and replenishment of the spectrum of internal resources, the evolution of the ability to gain the access to them, as well as the integration, acceptance of the "symptom" and the suffering part of the personality, the acceptance of the diversity of one's own "I". The art therapeutic exercise described in the article also aims to reinforce a new positively colored creative experience, the formation of positive thinking. All of these helps the patient to feel a holistic personality, more harmonious and happy.