Parents and teachers often turn to a psychologist about children with the following behavioral characteristics: increased distractibility in class, inability to concentrate for a long time, motor disinhibition, excessive excitability and impulsiveness, lack of motor control and self-organization, etc. These symptoms, manifested in combination, are signs of a behavioral disorder - attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Children with ADHD are called hyperactive. Numerous studies devoted to studying the causes of ADHD identify three groups of factors that can cause the development of the syndrome: medical-biological, genetic, psychosocial [2], [5]. Medical and biological factors include: various harmful effects on the fetus during pregnancy (infections, toxicosis, bad habits of the mother, etc.), stress in the mother, complications during pregnancy and during childbirth. Psychosocial factors include the psychological climate in the family and features of upbringing. Research data from Russian scientists suggests that in children from financially secure families, by the time they enter school, the consequences of pre- and perinatal pathology generally disappear [2]. Therefore, psychosocial factors can and should be managed during a comprehensive program for correction of the syndrome. Currently, there are several approaches to the treatment of children with ADHD, the main ones being drug therapy and psychotherapeutic and psychological-pedagogical correction [5]. Of course, the most effective is an integrated approach, which combines several methods, individually selected in each specific case. The goal of psychological and pedagogical correction of ADHD is to reduce unfavorable psychosocial factors in the child’s environment and create favorable conditions for his development at school and, above all, at home. Gestalt therapy, a phenomenological-existential movement in psychotherapy created by Frederick Perls, can be successfully used in working with hyperactive children. Gestalt therapy is based on the phenomenological method of awareness, in which perception, feeling and action differ from the interpretation of originally existing points of view or positions. This approach considers explanations and interpretations to be less reliable than what a person directly perceives and feels. The goal of clients is to become aware of what they do, how they do it, how they can change themselves and at the same time learn to accept and appreciate their personality in the present [4]. Gestalt therapy focuses more on the process itself (on how what is happening), and not on its content (on what is being discussed). Attention is primarily paid to what a person is doing, thinking and experiencing at the moment, and not to what was, could, could or should happen. This therapeutic approach was based on five key theoretical concepts: the relationship of figure and ground, awareness and focus on the present, opposites, protective functions, maturity and responsibility. Children with ADHD are in a state of constant tension because they cannot cope with the demands placed on them: to respond correctly to educational influences, not to conflict with others, to be emotionally stable. They often cannot understand their feelings, fully understand them and cope with them. Therefore, Gestalt therapy, which uses effective methods of working with emotions and feelings, can help hyperactive children. In the process of psychotherapy, when the child begins to come into contact with his emotions and feelings, the Gestalt therapist, using special techniques, helps the child to better understand his inner world and more fully realize his aspirations and desires. It is advisable to use Gestalt therapy when working with the anger and aggression of a child with ADHD. The child gets a unique opportunity to “play out” negative emotions, realize and feel themdestructive nature, and then try to find new constructive patterns of behavior. Gestalt therapy is focused on the development of human autonomy and responsibility. Therefore, it is effective in working with hyperactive children who do not know how to take responsibility for themselves, for their actions and actions. One of the important techniques of Gestalt therapy is role-playing game, which reproduces a dialogue between the client and people significant to him. This technique can help children with ADHD react emotionally to various life situations and better understand themselves and the people around them.V. Oaklander suggested using Gestalt therapy methods in combination with other methods: drawing, working with glue and paper, modeling, writing stories, etc. Finger painting with paints has a beneficial effect on hyperactive children. In accordance with the Gestalt approach, after completing the drawing, the child can be asked to reproduce the dialogue between different parts of the picture, see people’s poses, their facial expressions, imagine what they say, in what tone, etc. [6]. Hyperactive children are often unable to maintain attention attention to details, have difficulty concentrating when completing tasks or playing games. They exhibit aimless motor activity and make restless movements. Drawing, working with glue and paper, modeling and other similar activities used within the Gestalt approach contribute to children’s awareness of their body and their “I”. Awareness and understanding of their physiological capabilities helps hyperactive children more purposefully exercise control over excessive motor activity. Scientists believe that ADHD is a disease that affects not only the child himself, but also adults, and, above all, the mother, who, as a rule, is in the closest contact with the child [1]. A favorable prognosis depends not only on timely assistance to the child, but also on the psychological rehabilitation of his loved ones. Therefore, family and parental therapy is necessary. When faced with the problems of their hyperactive child for the first time, parents usually experience a whole range of conflicting feelings: mistrust, disappointment, guilt, a sense of injustice. The problem is that parents have maladaptive personality traits, anxiety disorders, and ADHD. It is necessary to reduce irritability and anxiety in parents. Gestalt therapy can help parents cope with their emotions and feelings, and adapt to the emotional difficulties caused by raising a child with ADHD. Children with ADHD often need structured relationships with their parents and a close emotional connection with them. A Gestalt therapist can help parents of a hyperactive child recognize ineffective behavior patterns and make choices in favor of a positive attitude towards the child. For example, in the process of Gestalt therapy, parents may realize that they themselves are dragging the child into their conflicts. Dysfunctional relationships can cause increased symptoms of ADHD. The use of family gestalt therapy helps ensure mutual understanding between family members. The use of family game gestalt therapy is especially effective when working with families in which children are overprotected, when disagreements in the family are great, when the situation in the family becomes chaotic and the participants cease to control their actions. The Gestalt therapist invites family members to talk to each other in his presence about what concerns them. He observes family interaction, noting not only some pronounced manifestations, but also, which is sometimes much more difficult to notice, “pronounced absences,” such as, for example, the absence of interactions in any family subsystem. He is not interested in the content of the conversations, but in the process of contact itself: who interacts with whom most intensively, who listens or does not listen, who is included, who is not in contact with whom at all, when energy decreases and increases, where inhibition occurs, and so on. . Based», 1997.