THE DEVELOPMENT AND TESTING OF THE PSYCHOLOGICAL BOARD GAME “THE PATH OF BEAUTY” FOR THERAPY OF VICTIMS OF LOOKISM

The article analyses the role of game in the psychotherapeutic aspect of work, as well as possible stages of developing a psychological board game. The author describes the development of the psychological board game “The Path of Beauty”, aimed at working with victims of lookism, that is, discrimination based on the features of appearance. The final version of the game includes a playing field, a dice, 5 decks of cards (144 cards in total): 1) a deck of proverbs and sayings about beauty, 2) a deck of memes ridiculing various parameters of appearance, 3) a set from the deck of metaphorical associative cards “The Mirror Has Two Faces”, 4) a deck of quotes from films including supportive phrases for victims of discrimination, 5) resource cards from the deck of metaphorical associative cards “The Mirror Has Two Faces”. The results of testing are described for both group work and individual counseling.