Fairy tale therapy for children

Our ancestors used fairytale therapy for childrenunconsciously, through fairy tales transferring to the child life experience, attitude to the world, moral norms and principles, customs and traditions. The fairy tale in this case performed the same functions as lullabies for children. Modern fairy-tale therapy for children is aimed not only at the development of the child, but also on directed help in difficult life situations.



Why a fairy tale? The answer is simple: the child does not yet have his own life experience. For him, a fairy tale - a kind of well of life situations, which he still has to face when growing up. Fairy tales tell the child how to act, and how - no, they show many life problems, and in addition give ways to solve them. Many tales are much deeper than it seems at first glance. Fairy tale therapy for children allows you to "pull" out of a fairy tale history all its hidden potential and use it for good.



Fairy tale therapy for children is of three main types: diagnosing, affecting and developing. In principle, it is clear from the title why this or that kind of skazko-therapy is used. For skazkoterapii you can use a variety of tales - folk, author's, specially written by psychotherapists to work with children. Tales are divided into five types depending on the purpose: artistic, didactic,psycho-correctional, actually psychotherapeutic, meditative. It is clear that psychotherapeutic tales have the greatest potential. But if the child does not have serious problems, you can use fairy tales for fairy tale therapy, the main thing is to do it right. Psychotherapeutic tales are mostly authored, but you can use biblical parables as psychotherapeutic fairy tales.



Fairy tale therapy for children is based on the fact that the child identifies with the main hero of the fairy tale, learns from his mistakes. This is a great opportunity to try on yourselfdifferent social roles. There is an opinion that a favorite fairy tale influences our later life, as if programming it. Of course, it is not worth waiting for an exact repetition of the fairy tale scenario, but we can consciously or unconsciously adopt the qualities of our favorite heroes, inherit their behavior. Pay attention to which of the fairy tale characters sympathizes with your child. If this character is negative - try with the child to find in his character good features.



Fairy tale therapy for children does not guarantee an immediate effect. Sometimes it takes a long and laborious work to cope with a particular problem. It's not enough to read a fairy tale to a child. We need to gently guide him to see in it a way out of his problem, if necessary - discuss a fairy tale with him, suggest key points.



Very good, if you can come up with foran individual, a personal fairy tale, which will be as close to the real situation as possible, but at the same time it will remain a fairy tale. Let the protagonist be like your child, let him see him in himself (but still the similarity should not be too obvious, it's a fairy tale). Describe the problem faced by the protagonist, his experiences - let the child see that they understand him. Of course, the hero will come out of the difficult situation with brilliance and find a solution to the problem. If the child is older, such tales can be invented and together - let him help the hero to cope with difficulties. Having passed this path in your imagination, the child will be easier to cope with the problem in real life.



Fairy tale therapy for children is also used in combating negative qualities of character, in this case all the well-knownartistic tales. Are you frustrated that the child is greedy? Read him "The Tale of the Fisherman and the Fish," let him see for himself what greed leads to. But keep in mind that you can not draw too obvious parallels and give to the child, let him make his own conclusions. This will take a little longer, but the child will learn this lesson on his own - which means that the effect will be greater.



Fairy tale therapy for children is often carried out in conjunction with color therapy, game therapy or music therapy. Invite the child to draw an illustration orto make an odd thing based on a favorite fairy tale, to stage an excerpt from it. You can accompany the reading of a fairy tale with pleasant music, suitable to it. For example, if you decided to tell the child a fairy tale about the Nutcracker, why not put the same Tchaikovsky ballet as the background?



Before doing it yourselfskazkoterapiyu, get acquainted with the methodical literature on the topic, carefully choose fairy tales - negligence in this matter to anything. Fairy tale therapy may seem frivolous, but it, like any psychotherapy, can not be allowed to run its course. Carries out fairy tale therapy best before bedtime. If you decide to resort to fairytale therapy after some traumatic situation, do not do it right away, let the child calm down. But skazkoterapiya at home is still more intended not for treatment, but for prevention.



Fairy tale therapy for children is a useful method of education and psychotherapy, the basis of which can be mastered by any parent.



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