The program of art therapy classes for the correction of child-parent relations

Abstract

The presented article is devoted to the consideration of the possibilities of using art therapy methods in psychological work with families to correct child-parent relations. The object of the study is the child-parent relationship. The subject of the study is to identify the effects of the use of art therapy in the correction of child-parent relations. The article presents the results of an experimental study of the possibilities of correction of child-parent relations through the use of art-therapeutic techniques. The article contains a description of the program of art therapy classes, which was tested in working with a parent-child group. The description of the main art-therapeutic techniques when working with families, including the author's, is presented. The research methods were testing, questioning, psychological experiment, observation.    The theoretical significance of the study lies in the systematization of theoretical provisions on the problem of research and substantiation of the possibilities of using art-therapeutic techniques in the psychological correction of child-parent relations. The practical significance of the study lies in the fact that the results obtained can be used by psychologists in working with families.The scientific novelty of the research consists in the development of a program of art therapy classes for the correction of child-parent relations. The results obtained in the study can have a significant impact on the expansion of ideas about the possibilities of psychological correction of child-parent relations through the use of art-therapeutic techniques. According to the results obtained, after the implementation of the set of measures, there is an improvement in child-parent relations: a decrease in the degree of rejection of the child; an improvement in emotional contact of the parent/child, a decrease in emotional distance; an increase in the authoritative strategy of family education; an increase in the indicators of parental attitude (acceptance), the degree of rejection of the child in the family has decreased; the manifestation of types of improper upbringing has decreased; there has been an optimization of parental installations.