rehabilitation technology of social rehabilitation in order to change behavior, interpersonal and collective relations, in connection with which the subject of animation is the relationship between individuals and social groups. The phenomenon of animation encompasses the method of adaptation, social therapy, and the ideology of liberation through participation in social creativity. In the process of animation therapy, on the one hand, there is an unblocking of social ties, the establishment of warm, trusting relationships, on the other hand, training and mastering the skills of positive thinking, aesthetics and poetics. Among the forms of organization of animation therapy, it is necessary to distinguish communication clubs, the activities of which may contain elements of group psychotherapy, psychological trainings, relaxation programs, pantomimic scenes, dramatic performance, visual arts, amateur musical performance, constructive dispute, acting out role-playing situations, presentation of biographies, discussion of anonymous life stories, description of dreams, associations, fantasies, etc. Activities allow members of the animation team to act as both an active participant and an observer.