Internal barriers to receiving psychological help

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There are different psychological problems, which people have more in unstable contemporary world and they are the background of the objective study. Such mental problems as anxiety, high levels of stress, depression, loneliness, etc., have become a commonplace phenomenon. However, residents of Russia are reluctant to go see a psychologist. The purpose of this essay is to find out reasons why people do not want to seek help from a psychologist and to analyze these reasons. The essay presents the results of an empirical research.

Keywords: psychological assistance, human readiness, distrust