Glyphotherapy is a new method in the practice of psychological and pedagogical support

Abstract

The scientific article substantiates the introduction of the term «glyphotherapy» in order to further use it as a designation of a new method of prevention, correction and rehabilitation of the contingent, both without developmental peculiarities and with a violation of mental development of various genesis: mental retardation, autism spectrum disorders, etc., introduction into pedagogical, psychological, psychotherapeutic practice. The term «glyphotherapy» is based on the etymology of the concept’s «glyph» and «therapy», from various fields of ancient and modern historical and cultural knowledge; he is given a psychological and pedagogical justification. As a result, a new method «Glyphotherapy» was substantiated as a set of techniques that allow through the interactive use of historical, cultural and socio-psychological potential (resource) of glyphs (hieroglyphs) of Oriental languages, as an energy-informational matrix of the universe, to perform psychological and pedagogical support: prevention, correction and rehabilitation of children and adolescents using health-preserving psychological and pedagogical technologies. The basis of the new method «glyphotherapy» in the psychotherapeutic and pedagogical process consists of universal meanings, images-ideas contained in ideographic signs of written Oriental languages — Japanese and Chinese, glyphs (hieroglyphs) and their components — traits, radicals, ideograms, pictograms, which can later be used by specialists in professional activities as a health-preserving and health-enriching technology in psychological and pedagogical support for children and adolescents, including those with disabilities of various genesis.