The head of the library, Vladimir Poghosyan, made an opening speech at the presentation, presenting the authors’ life experience and the direction of their research work. V. Poghosyan, referring to the significance of the book “Psycholinguistic Application of the Fairy Tale”, noted that the book is not only practical from the point of view of fairy tale-telling, but also opens up different layers of fairy tale and allegorical speech, often becoming a means of imitating the life experience of fairy-tale heroes. “The language of the fairy tale, the heterogeneous perceptions contained within it, as Ferdinand de Saussure noted, are presented as a system of signs that have psychological sublayers.”

Co-authors of the book S. Hovhannisyan and D. Sargsyan delivered a speech “…And the Fairy Tale Spoke,” noting in particular that the work on the book was quite lengthy, often with disagreements over one word or one sentence. The authors emphasized that the first part of the manual presents psycholinguistic and creative psychology approaches to fairy tale therapy, the nature and key aspects of psychological work conducted through fairy tales. The second part of the manual is authorial fairy tales aimed at personal growth, recognition and regulation of experiences, regulation and overcoming of interpersonal relationships and various ontological crises. The speakers also noted that the manual is intended for specialists in the fields of psychology, psychotherapy, psycholinguistics, as well as for those who are interested in using fairy tales for personal growth and self-knowledge.

The Director of the YSU IB M. Otaryan delivered his congratulatory speech on the publication of the new book, congratulating and thanking the authors of the book: “A fairy tale is our childhood and our first life experience, a means of forming and identifying the mental world, where everyone is compared, in fairy tales we find our ideal heroes and antiheroes.” The director noted that the implementation of such events and especially the active participation of students in them are welcome, which is an indicator of the demand and necessity of the book.

Professor of the Chair of Pedagogy and Psychology, PhD R. Aghuzumtsyan, Acting Head of the Chair of Armenian Language and Literature, PhD, Associate Professor V. Avagyan, and other members of the administrative and teaching staff of the university expressed their opinions on the book "The Psycholinguistic Application of the Fairy Tale".