Literature and theater in logopsychotherapy

Abstract

Background. Fiction and art therapy methods are applied to increase the effectiveness of therapy for speech disorders. Objective. The article aims to show the use of bibliotherapy and performing arts in the restoration of impaired speech communication in stuttering on the example of family group speech therapy. Methods. Theoretical analysis of sources on the topic; analysis, comparison, generalization of research conducted in logopsychotherapy; dynamic psychotherapeutic diagnostics of Yu.B. Nekrasova; bibliotherapy; art therapy; family group logopsychotherapy. Results. A comparative analysis of approaches to the definitions of bibliotherapy and drama therapy in Russian and foreign studies is carried out. The forms of appeal to works of fiction and the art of theater in the process of social rehabilitation for a person with a stutter are considered. The role of stage speech in the normalization of speech mechanism and the specifics of methods of bibliotherapy and art therapy in family group logopsychotherapy are demonstrated. Logopsychotherapy is a system applied to restore impaired speech communication in stuttering children, adolescents and adults with the active participation of their parents and relatives. The forms of application of bibliotherapy (individual, individual-group, group) at different stages of logopsychotherapy are analyzed. The use of theatrical techniques in active group speech therapy is shown. Conclusion. Methods of bibliotherapy and art therapy in relation to the therapy of any mental disorder are adapted in order to solve a specific problem. In family group logopsychotherapy, when referring to bibliotherapy and theatrical art techniques, attention is directed to the word in the text and spoken communication of actors in order to achieve the freedom of stuttering to change mental states in different situations of spoken communication. Methods of bibliotherapy and art therapy contribute to the organization of intragenic behavior of all participants in logopsychotherapy to achieve results in speech and communication.