Therapeutic Fairytales or the Way to Find (Again) our Smile by … “the tomcat’s eyes”
Therapeutic Fairytales or the Way to Find (Again) our Smile by … “the tomcat’s eyes”

Summary/Abstract: The hermeneutics of fairytales, understood as a new way to get their deep significances and therapeutic effects on children by the process of psychic conflicts awareness, represents a frequent topic in the current researches, a real source of inspiration for those delivering literature for children or for those using fairytales for therapeutic purposes, either in case the children with special problems, or in individual or group psychotherapy of adults. Based on the experience in teaching fairytalesat the specialization Pedagogy of Elementary and Preschool Education, and at two of the activities of the reading group,Books Mirrors, of the Department of Science of Education within the Faculty of Sociology and Psychology of the West University from Timișoara, this article is a reflection on the therapeutic size of fairytales and of the didactic implications arisen.

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