Within the framework of the project “Direct Speech”, a lecture “What Psychology Can and Cannot” was held by the famous psychologist, columnist Katerina Murashova, dedicated to the main illusions about the work of psychotherapy. A few important thoughts.
The effectiveness of therapy largely depends on the expectations with which we come to the psychologist’s office. According to Katerina Murashova, practical psychology can:
Pass the tests
- Do you play the role of a psychologist at work?
- «Spin the glass.» If we imagine our life and personality in the form of a glass, which has many sides, then a psychologist can help you rotate this glass around its axis — and see all the sides.
- Coping with situational phobia is what cognitive psychotherapy does.
- If you want to change but don’t know where to start, then psychotherapy can help you.
- Change the system of relationships with other people if you are ready to change your behavior.
- Give comfort.
- Satisfy the need for a conversation with a person who understands the complexity of your personality.
- Relieve you of loneliness. Most people in the world constantly feel lonely, so participating in group therapy, for example, gives them the illusion of getting rid of this feeling.
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Practical psychology cannot:
- Change your personality or the personality of your loved one.
- Psychology can’t do anything «for you».
- Give you a worldview.
- Change your relationship with the world by acting through a third party. In other words, you cannot force another person to behave differently with the help of psychology — only you yourself can change.
- Save a decaying relationship if it is destined to fall apart.
You can get acquainted with the schedule of lectures of «Direct Speech» at .
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