Socio-psychological rehabilitation of scientific and pedagogical workers by means of landscape therapy

Abstract

The article highlights the essence of landscape therapy as an interdisciplinary concept and the place of this method among other means of social and psychological rehabilitation. The psychological and aesthetic aspects of human perception of landscape complexes as a means of social and psychological rehabilitation are revealed. The application of the landscape therapy method is presented in the context of three of the most modern and promising approaches in international social work: an approach based on clients' strengths, an approach focused on "empowerment" or "activation" of clients and the concept of green social work. The article proves the fallacy of approaching landscape therapy only as a natural background during the application, so to speak, of the basic techniques of art therapy. The forms of application of landscape therapy in social practices accepted in the world (for example, garden therapy in hospitals and rehabilitation centers) and social practices introduced at the National University of Life and Environmental Sciences of Ukraine are described. The categories of scientific and pedagogical workers for whom landscape therapy is the most recommended are defined. It is emphasized that landscape therapy's therapeutic and rehabilitative effect during interaction with scientific and pedagogical workers is aimed not only at obtaining aesthetic satisfaction, but also at optimizing negative emotional states. The state of studying the problem of the influence of different types of landscape ecosystems on the psycho-emotional sphere of a person is analyzed. Landscape therapy as an autonomous method of social and psychological rehabilitation is perceived in the world as an effective tool for influencing clients and patients with a number of mental, social and physical problems. Ecotherapy (nature therapy) and garden therapy (therapeutic gardens) are actively developing in the world as branches that are close in concept to landscape therapy. The rehabilitative potential of the means of landscape therapy in the conditions of sanatorium-resort treatment has been clarified. The results of an empirical study conducted on the basis of the National University of Life and Environmental Sciences of Ukraine on the study of daily (routine) self-recovery techniques of scientific and pedagogical workers during the working day are presented.