Psychosocial Rehabilitation in Alopecia: An Integrative Model for the Use of Stand-Up Comedy, Performing Practices, and the Method THE YOU TECHNIQUE

Citation: Elizaveta Olegovna Eremenko, "Psychosocial Rehabilitation in Alopecia: An Integrative Model for the Use of Stand-Up Comedy, Performing Practices, and the Method THE YOU TECHNIQUE", Universal Library of Multidisciplinary, Volume 03, Issue 01.

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Abstract

The study is devoted to a comprehensive conceptualization of the therapeutic potential of the performing arts—primarily stand-up comedy, theatrical improvisation, and modeling—within the rehabilitation system for patients with various forms of alopecia (Alopecia Areata, Totalis, Universalis). Under conditions of sustained growth in the global incidence of autoimmune disorders, the number of episodes of which by 2024 exceeds 30 million, and also taking into account pronounced comorbidity with anxiety and depressive disorders, the limitations of traditional pharmacological strategies from the standpoint of restoring subjective quality of life become evident. The paper, for the first time, conceptualizes and substantiates the authorial method THE YOU TECHNIQUE, which represents a synthetic model that integrates the mechanisms of cognitive distancing (illeism), the toolkit of neurolinguistic programming, and the principles of the acting systems of K. S. Stanislavski, M. A. Chekhov, and V. Spolin. Relying on an autoethnographic approach and the analysis of clinical cases (participation in the television project Comedy Battle, theatrical productions, experience in the fashion industry), it is demonstrated how the processing of traumatic experience into a comic narrative and the purposeful use of second-person address in internal monologue contribute to a reduction in the sense of stigmatization, a restructuring of self-esteem, and the formation of more adaptive coping strategies. In addition, original statistical data, visual models, and program code used for sentiment analysis of narratives are presented, which empirically confirms the effectiveness of the proposed multimodal interventions.

Keywords: Alopecia, Stand-Up Therapy, Psychosocial Stigma, Narrative Psychology, Illeism, THE YOU TECHNIQUE, Autoimmune Diseases, Inclusion, Comedy Battle, Drama Therapy.

https://doi.org/10.70315/uloap.ulmdi.2026.0301014