How to get psychological support in difficult life situations
Recently, we have all experienced difficult times associated with the spread of COVID and quarantine, situations associated with social instability, such as the events in Crocus and many other difficult situations, many experience anxiety, stress, and depression, including due to… for personal and family situations, for example, difficulties related to work or finances, serious illness of oneself or loved ones, for example, oncology or injury. In addition, people continue to face more everyday personal problems, including misunderstandings of themselves and their relationships with loved ones, which can lead to undesirable scenarios for the development of events.
Despite the fact that there are many situations in which we need support, not all citizens of the Russian Federation, including those from the IT sector, know about the opportunity to receive professional psychological help and support in a difficult life situationHow paid and free. Moreover, this support can be provided not only in a life-threatening situation, but also when, deep down in your soul, you are experiencing anxiety, pain, grief or depression, if you feel lonely or unhappy and need help and support .
It is in such situations that a professional psychologist can help.
Please do not deny yourself support, especially when it is available in Russia for free, sometimes a person needs a person to cope with misfortune, sadness and other situations in life and move on.
Listed here free serviceswith the help of which ANY PERSON can receive professional help from psychologists and support.
Please call one of these numbers when you need help.
Turning to a psychologist is not scary and shameless – and it is simply your human right to receive professional support from those who would really like and can help you feel better in your difficult situation.
Free psychological services:
Emergency psychological service of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Russia
Residents of all regions of the country can seek emergency and anonymous help from psychologists from the Ministry of Emergency Situations at any time: the telephone number is open 24 hours a day. You can also register on the website and receive advice in writing.
Phone: +7 495 989-50-50
Helpline
You can call for free from any phone, and communication with a specialist takes place on the condition of anonymity. Psychological assistance is provided by 238 specialists from 64 regions of Russia. You can get it by phone: 8(800)2000-122.
Moscow
In Moscow, you can get emergency psychological help as follows:
by calling from a landline number 051 (24 hours a day, free call);
from a mobile phone (MTS, Megafon, Beeline, Tele2) by number 8 (495) 051 (round the clock, at operator rates for outgoing calls).
In addition, you can make an in-person appointment with a free specialist using the unified reference phone number of the Moscow Service for Psychological Assistance to the Population 8 (499) 173-09-09. Or contact a psychologist online in chat or Online.
Saint Petersburg
In St. Petersburg, people with symptoms of anxiety, depression and other psychological problems can call the helpline of the City Psychiatric Hospital No. 7 named after. Academician I. P. Pavlov (“Clinic of Neuroses”): 8 (812) 323-43-43. Also from 10:00 to 20:00 there is a crisis service “Spiritual Conversation”: 8 (812) 322-94-07.
Kazan
City helplines: 8 (843) 571-35-71, 8 (843) 277-00-00 (work 24 hours a day).
There is also a medical psychological service “Serdash 129”: by phone +7 (843) 279-55-80 You can make an appointment with a psychologist or communicate with him remotely.
Samara
Emergency psychological helpline for adults and children: 8 (351) 269-77-77.
Emergency psychological help phone number: 8 (800) 100-21-15.
Volgograd
In Volgograd, emergency psychological help for adults can be obtained via the regional helpline 8 (8442) 38-03-03
All-Russian free helpline for women victims of domestic violence Crisis Center “ANNA”:
Call: 8 800 7000 600.
Consultations for students of the master's program “Systemic Family Psychotherapy” at the National Research University Higher School of Economics
To talk to a psychologist, leave a request at Google form, and you will be contacted within 24 hours. You will be provided 2 free online meetings with a psychologist lasting 50 minutes each.
If you wish, you can continue to communicate with a specialist on a paid basis.
Special conditions apply for doctors: consultations are provided outside the general queue and, if necessary, the number of free sessions can be increased to five.
Consultations for graduates of the Institute of Practical Psychology and Psychoanalysis
Anyone can get 3 free consultations of 50 minutes. For residents of Moscow and the Moscow region, sessions are held in an office near the VDNH metro station. Online meetings are available to residents of other regions. To register, you must fill out the contact form or call.
Phones: +7 495 646-11-08, +7 495 414-36-81
Psychological University for Parents from Moscow State University of Psychology and Education
To receive free psychological advice on any issues related to raising children, you can contact the 24-hour hotline. You can also sign up for an online consultation or, if you are in Moscow, for a face-to-face consultation.
Hotline: 8 800 444-22-34. Sign up for a consultation: +7 499 256-60-52
Hotline “No Panic”
Emergency psychological assistance for adults from the International Institute of Psychology and Psychotherapy.
You can contact us with any problems: from the loss of loved ones to love experiences. Consultants work every day from 09:00 to 20:00.
Phone: 8 800 600-41-79
Helpline “Sisters”
The center helps survivors of sexualized violence and their relatives. Support can be not only psychological, but also legal. You can call from Monday to Saturday from 10:00 to 20:00. An alternative option is to write to online@sisters-help.ru.
Phone: +7 499 901-02-01
Hotline “Clear Morning”, help for cancer patients and their loved ones
You can call 24/7: 8 800 100-01-91
Clear Morning is a free psychological service staffed by professional OncoPsychologistspsychologists will help you cope with difficult experiences associated with both cancer and the lifestyle that is affected by the appearance of cancer in life; this service will support you, give you the necessary recommendations, and explain how to get more regular help.
Please, do not be silent and do not keep your experiences, anxiety, grief, depression to yourself, you do not have to experience your pain alone, there are people who are here and with you, people who work for you, they are ready to give a whole hour of support only to you, so that you feel better in your pain, loneliness and illness, so that you have the resource to defeat the disease and move on
For loved ones with cancer, your feelings for your loved ones are also valuable, even if you are not sick yourself, but deeply worry about the condition of those you love, and sincerely would like to support and help, you can get help at Clear Morning, get the support you so badly need.
For calls from Russia: 8 800 100-01-91.
For calls from abroad: +7 499 553-04-70.
These are just some of the resources where you can get free psychological assistance.
I wrote them down here because I know how much it can be necessary psychological support in a difficult situation. Please take care of yourself and your loved ones, about your future psychological state, do not hold back, and seek support from professional psychologists. Your problems are important and they deserve attention and discussion with a psychologist, and you deserve to be heard and to be supported by people for whom this is sincerely important.
I hope these contacts will help some of you and help make your life at least a little easier and happier…
May everything be fine with you, despite all the difficulties in life, and communication with professional psychologists will help you achieve awareness, well-being and happiness.
