The Tale of How the Fairy Keeps a Secret

Our secret is rarely betrayed by the one who knows it, but more often by the one who guesses it,
or a fairy tale about how the Fairy keeps a secret

How to unfold the plot in a fairy tale?
It is often difficult to determine the cause of the child’s anxieties and fears, then a magical creature comes to the aid of a psychologist or parents. In our fairy tale, this is the fairy Keeper of Secrets. To begin with, the child is offered to choose a hero who has a secret and does not want to share it with the world, friends and parents. Come up with a name for the hero, a story about how to go through his day, what he loves to eat and drink, why he has a secret that he does not want to share. Invite the child to choose an object that may look like a secret. The child chooses anything, the most illogical thing or object that, in his opinion, looks like a secret. This is the first stage of the story.
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At the first stage, when working with a fairy tale, it is important to take into account a number of methodological principles:
1. To form a sense of trust in a psychologist.
2. Provide a safe environment.
3. Activate the child’s hiding resources for creativity.
4. Give the child the opportunity to freely simulate fairy tales in reality.
5. Do not require explanations of a psychoanalytic nature.
6. Support for any initiatives of the child.
7. Stimulation of independent decision-making in a fairy tale.

Inclusion in the fairy tale of the image of the fairy Keeper of Secrets
When this magical creature had no one to share a secret with, he called or looked for the fairy Keeper of Secrets. How did the hero of the fairy tale meet the Fairy Keeper of Secrets? How is she different from a hero? What did they have in common? We invite the child to determine how he called the fairy, how often he met with her, what secrets he wanted to keep for her. Why did he have to hide secrets from everyone? How did the fairy help him? How long did she keep the magical creature’s secrets? Did he like that the fairy helped and hid secrets from everyone? How long did their friendship last, what happened next with the secret?
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At the second stage, when working with a fairy tale, it is important to take into account a number of methodological principles:
1. Do not try to rush the child when choosing.
2. Do not motivate for the “right” choice.
3. Do not give ratings, but only support.
4. Flexibly change situations in a fairy tale if something does not work out for the child.
5. Do not put pressure on the child, everything should go easily and naturally.
fairy tale epilogue
Finishing the fairy tale, it is important to give a direction to the fact that sooner or later any secret becomes known to everyone, since the fairy’s storehouse of secrets is not very large. What is the best way for a fairy to show the secret to the world so that the hero of a fairy tale likes it? How does the hero of a fairy tale feel when the secret ceased to be such?
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At the third stage, when working with a fairy tale, it is important to take into account a number of methodological principles:
In any case, the fairy tale should be for the child
a) bring joy and relief;
b) relieve emotional stress;
c) enjoy the creative process;
d) to help reveal to the child his secret, even if through the form of transference.
Fairy tale drawing
After the end of the fairy tale, the child is offered to draw a picture, what he wants to draw.

Nazarevich Victoria