The first part of the article search for the parallels between psychotherapy working with imaginations (daydreams) – the method of Catathyme-imaginative psychotherapy and the process of artistic creation. Subsequently considerations on the structure as an organizing principle both in psychotherapy and in art are presented. The structural concept, often very loosely applied, is approached from the point of view of psychotherapy, as well as structuralism.

        Key words: Catathyme-imaginative psychotherapy (Guided affective imagery by Leuner), language, art „languages“, semantic gesture, structure.