Cinematherapy possibilities: How to use films to solve psychological or social problems and enhance quality of life in the elderly?

Anna Tylikowska; Kinga Tucholska

doi:10.24917/10.24917/24500232.131.3

Published : 2017-09-01

Vol. 13 No. 1 (2017)

Cinematherapy possibilities: How to use films to solve psychological or social problems and enhance quality of life in the elderly?

Anna Tylikowska

Kinga Tucholska

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9226-1328

DOI: https://doi.org/10.24917/10.24917/24500232.131.3

Abstract

Cinematherapy is a relatively new tool of psychological change, having the potential to gain therapeutic, educational, and developmental goals during individual or group meetings. This technique might be offered to persons at different stages of life, including the elderly. In the first part of the paper, several definitions of cinematherapy, its purposes, and explanatory mechanisms are presented and analyzed. The rules of the film selection and work methods based on films, with particular reference to seniors' needs and typical problems, are explained. The second part of the article provides some examples of films that might be effectively used in psychotherapy or sociotherapy of the elderly dealing with different issues. A ready-to-use scenario of group therapy sessions based on one of the recommended films is also proposed.

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cinematherapy, movietherapy, film, psychotherapeutic technique, psychological intervention in elderly

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Tylikowska, A., & Tucholska, K. (2017). Cinematherapy possibilities: How to use films to solve psychological or social problems and enhance quality of life in the elderly?. Exlibris Social Gerontology Journal, 13(1), 33–47. https://doi.org/10.24917/10.24917/24500232.131.3

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