METHOD OF «GUIDED AFFECTIVE IMAGERY» (GAI) AS A MEANS OF PSYCHOLOGICAL REHABILITATION OF THE INDIVIDUAL

Abstract

The article highlights the conceptual foundations of modern development of the problem of rehabilitation psychology. Its extraordinary urgency in the conditions of continuation of the liberation war of our country for freedom and independence is noted. It was found that: rehabilitation psychology is an applied branch of health psychology that studies the methods, tasks and practical tools of psychological rehabilitation as a specific type of psychological assistance to the population; the leading feature and necessary condition for the beginning of rehabilitation processes is the completion of the direct impact of the psycho-traumatic situation on the participant of the event and stay in a safe place; rehabilitation measures are carried out to restore a positive attitude towards themselves, loved ones, society, life, in order to prevent the formation of a mental defect with a tendency to self-isolation. The substantive and organizational features of the psychology of rehabilitation as a system of methods of practical psychology are revealed. The range of key concepts is defined: subject, stages, tasks, models and the most effective means of psychological influence.

Possibilities of using modern developments of psychotherapy by the method of GAI as a method of rehabilitation psychology have been announced. The leading features of GAI are described: system structure of the method; its methodological basis in the concepts of classical and modern psychoanalysis; the use of the symbolic space of the unconscious person in order to process the conflict material, to minimize the possibility of suggestive influence. The use of three components of the method (resource, which includes the possibility of regression and conflict-free experience of figurative motives; focusing on conflict and processing in the course of psychotherapy of conflict experiences; and creative, which ensures the development of creative talents and creativity, changes in the structure of «I am») ultimately reduces the possible traumatic manifestations during imaginative and analytical work to restore the mental functions of the patient. The presence of special protocols that allow to effectively perform the tasks of patient rehabilitation, provide a comprehensive study of each stage of the rehabilitation process, using special imaginative tools in accordance with each stage of the model of psychological rehabilitation.