Summary: The article is devoted to the relevance of using art as a tool of counseling. Psychological approaches to understanding art, product of creativity and the creative process are identified. The features of using client-centered therapy based on expressive arts are described. Example of the work with art in dealing with group dynamics is presented in the article.
Keywords: counseling tools, products of creativity.
Summary: The article is devoted to revelation of specifics of elderly people interpersonal communication depending on their living conditions. The elderly people interpersonal communication is deemed to be a process of formation of emotional relationships of personality. It had been founded that older people who live with a family have more opportunities for positive development of their interpersonal communication.
Key words: interpersonal communication, living conditions, empathy, loneliness, communication styles.