Аннотация:The aim of this study was to search for possibilities and special conditions for mobilizing personal resources in the elderly. Material and methods. The study followed the rules of a training experience with a control group of subjects. We designed an art therapy program for activation of the potential personality resource of an elderly subject in an organized creative activity. Results. A new level of reflexiveness development permits individuals to overestimate social relations and to increase personal activity, to evaluate own experience with a wide range of emotions, progressive strategies and life restructuring, indicating the subjective value of perceiving the new, unknown situation as stimulating and comfortable. Conclusion. An organized creative activity environment providing a purposeful activity and an adequate interpersonal interaction in a thematic art group becomes a dominant factor of mobilizing personal resources. Acknowledges. The study is partly founded by RSF project #14-18-03253 and by RFH project #15-06-10626