POETRY THERAPY IN THE CONTEXT OF AESTHETIC THERAPEUTIC TRAINING OF FUTURE TEACHERS OF PRE-SCHOOL EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS

The article is devoted to the study of poetry therapy in the context of aesthetic therapy training of future preschool teachers. Basing on the article’s analysis of the essense of aesthetic therapy and art therapy, the elements of which are combined by poetry therapy, as well as the study of foreign research on the use of poetry therapy, the author’s definition of the phenomenon of “poetry therapy” is presented.This definition presents poetry as a method of harmonizing the psycho-emotional state and psychosocial recovery of the individual by means of poetry, involving the individual in active listening and co-creation.Different approaches to the interpretation of the content of the training of pre-school and the forms of effective use of poetry therapy in the context of esthetic therapy training of future preschool teachers were revealed.