PSYCHOLOGICAL CORRECTION OF ANXIETY AND FEARS OF YOUNGER STUDENTS BY MEANS OF FAIRY-TALE THERAPY

Abstract

The article considers a problem of psychological correction of anxiety and fears of younger students by means of the fairy-tale therapy. The empirical justification of the psychological correctional program “Believe in yourself”, built on the basis of a metaphorical resource of the fairy-tale therapy, is presented. To develop a correctional proceeding of anxiety and fears of younger students, the potential of psychotherapy is used: from art and game therapy. The psychological correctional program is implemented in traditional (reading and discussing Russian folk tales) and creative forms (role-playing players of fairy-tales, composing stories, drawing and discussing tale plots). Correctional impact is carried out not directively at an unconscious level; conscious and behavioral impact – through the stages: analysis or spontaneous addition and transmission of stories, the use of a fairy tale as a technique of psychological and pedagogical work. The result of corrective influence is the suggestion of encrypted behaviors, socially desirable convictions, attitudes that provide universal values, increase the confidence of the child in themselves, and a decrease in anxiety.