Filmoterapia i fototerapia – filmy i zdjęcia jako narzędzia w procesie terapeutycznym. Możliwości i limitacje terapeutycznych oddziaływań dzieła filmowego

Abstract

The purpose of the article is to show therapeutic context of use such imaging tools as cinematherapy and phototherapy. Simultaneously, some efforts were made to locate these forms of therapeutic support on a wider map of therapeutic factors in psychotherapy. There was also made a comparison of cinematherapy and phototherapy. The similarities in perceiving photography and movies were described as well as the differences in the psychological impact of these tools were specified. There was also led critical analysis of cinematherapy in its broader sense – eg.: “prescribed” movies, self-therapy, experiencing catharsis state. There were showed limits in movies` usage in therapy as well as its potential links to other significant psychotherapeutic process factors such as contract, therapeutic alliance, motivation and therapeutic relation. Finally, there has also been raised issue of proliferation harmful illusion that watching movies, as an isolated experience, used as a form of self-healing is equivalent to the art of professional psychotherapy led by qualified person.

Keywords

• movie-therapy
• cinematherapy
• phototherapy
• treatment
• self-therapy