To problem of helping families in art-therapy

The article addresses psychotherapeutic and psycho-corrective resources aimed at helping families. The resources in question can be used during art therapy classes for undergraduates and master's students. The research theoretical and methodological fundamentals are grounded on the works by foreign and Russian family psychotherapy and art therapy pioneers, as well as on art therapeutic approaches, and goals for conducting lessons, and on classical works by Vladimir Propp on fairy tale canon, in particular. The animated musical Coco is used as material for the analysis. The analysis of key fragments of the animated movie plot proves conclusively its unbreakable connection with the tradition of the fairy tale genre, which is the main focus of the article. Introducing key features of conducting art therapy classes to undergraduates and master's students expands their professional capabilities as future psychologists and teachers, and enriches their personal experience.