THE INFLUENCE OF TYPES OF ART THERAPY ON THE RESOLUTION OF CONFLICT SITUATIONS BY STUDENTS OF HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS

The article analyzes current ideas on the problem of conflict resolution by high school students who use different types of art therapy. This area ofscientific knowledge is designed to help individuals realize their inner state by creating a visual image, metaphors, symbols, videos; it is the developmentof a person's inherent creativity, which helps in resolving conflict situations. Through creative self-expression, art therapy actualizes personal resourcesto overcome contradictory situations and gives way to the accumulated energy, thereby harmonizing the emotional sphere. Creating abstract images, thestudent finds answers to many relevant questions, explores fears and barriers to communication. These images occur unconsciously and spontaneously,which is why anxiety and resistance to self-knowledge are reduced. This provides a diverse range of tools for working with the emotional sphere of theindividual. In this context, the content, historical aspect, specifics of art therapy in the use of higher education by students are analyzed. The types of arttherapy in solving students' conflict situations are generalized. According to the study, students in overcoming conflict situations prefer the followingtypes of art therapy: music therapy, phototherapy, isotherapy, bibliotherapy, dance and movement therapy, collage, performance, drama, media art therapyand other types. They are harmoniously complemented by combined logotherapy with the use of virtual communication of social networks, which, in theexperience of students, provides a quality constructive result in conflict resolution. The latest and most relevant performance, drama therapy, media arttherapy in the format of blogging on various Internet platforms are becoming a separate modern type of art therapy that helps creative self-expression,self-affirmation, self-actualization and self-healing of the student's personality.