This article presents: a brief history of the development of the film therapy method, as one of the sections of art therapy practice, as well as the founders and their ideas about the film therapy approach.

The review explores the possibility of interacting with the protective mechanisms of the individual in a film therapy context, which in turn are displayed during a discussion of a movie in a group discussion.

The purpose of this article is to identify areas of activity in which cinema therapy practice can be applied, in addition, the need for its use both for psychoprophylaxis and for diagnosis and correction is explained