Everyone writes how they breathe...Evgeniya Oshchepkova In the soul of each of us lies a child who still loves to compose, fantasize, whose imagination is free, and whose creative potential is limitless. Rescue The creator, thereby freeing up psychological resources, is called upon to practice art therapy in general and its active methods in particular. This article will discuss the practice of active bibliotherapy. Active bibliotherapy involves several options. Creative work with an original work. In this case, the psychologist invites the client to supplement or change an existing literary text. This is especially liked by children who are dissatisfied with one or another ending of the story and want to “remake” it. It is appropriate for adults to be asked to add the ending to a projective story or to complete a certain story whose ending is open and ambiguous. Readers of the article probably recall Margaret Mitchell’s novel “Gone with the Wind.” I think the question of the future fate of Scarlett O'Hara worried not only me... But what about Scarlett! Remember how many beloved heroes and heroines we dreamed of “reviving and marrying”! What is the psychotherapeutic effect of this work associated with? By adding and rewriting a certain story, the client gets a unique opportunity to look at the situation from the outside, consciously change his personal life scenario, and expand his own role repertoire. And the text created by the client is a rich material for joint work. In addition, “adding and rewriting” is a way to gradually get closer to the process of writing, so to speak, “trying the pen.” The next form of working with the author’s text has been known to us since childhood. This is playback, staging history (excerpt). Here bibliotherapy is enhanced by another art therapeutic form - drama therapy. Together they create a powerful effect of emotional cleansing, awareness and deep processing of feelings. By playing as if “another,” a person has the opportunity to express himself, to shout out what is hidden in the depths of his soul. Ask yourself a question: What literary character would you like to play? Your answer in itself will be of interest to the psychologist. And you too. Once a client, a thirty-something businesswoman, said that she dreams of playing Viktor Zuev, the hero of A. Vampilov’s play “Duck Hunt”... Her answer surprised me. It turned out that the woman was torn by the feeling of the meaninglessness of her own life, outwardly so successful, but internally - vain, empty, devoid of meaning... What are the modern youth traditions of role-playing games or costume play? Identifying yourself with the hero. An attempt to “become different without being yourself.” Everything here is significant - the choice of character, understanding of his character, and the context of the client’s situation. Drawing or creating other creative work based on the author’s text is another form of active bibliotherapy. Remember how we all loved to draw fairy-tale heroes - heroes, knights, princesses... The client’s creative products (whether a drawing, a craft or a role played) act as a kind of “material evidence” for a psychologist. When you have a product, the work is not only easier, but much more interesting! And for the client himself, what was previously denied becomes obvious. The teenage girl selflessly draws heroines of manga (Japanese comics), giving preference to images of demonic warriors. Discussing her drawings and the content of the texts with a psychologist, she admits the existence of strong anger towards her mother, who married for the second time... When I teach classes on writing my own parable, I use this form of bibliotherapy as creating a creative product. The participants and I read a story, most often a short one, and after discussion I ask each of the objects at hand to represent the meaning of the parable in symbolic form. It is difficult to describe what exactly and how people do at such moments, but I dare to assure the reader that the work turns out amazing! But, of course, most of all I love when my clients begin their own writing. As I already wrote, the psychotherapeutic effect of one’s own.