Pages of psychologists and coach on Instagram (an extremist organization banned in Russia) are very popular with subscribers. Thousands of likes are gaining recommendations for improving living standards and psychodiagnostic tests. Can a social network become a useful source of information? Or it is a frivolous and potentially dangerous approach to psychotherapy?
It is difficult to answer these questions unequivocally. The obvious plus of therapy on Instagram (extremist organization prohibited in Russia) is the availability. In the hands of an experienced psychotherapist and a thoughtful user, this tool will not be more dangerous than a book from the series "Healing himself". Surely there are hundreds of users who have information from the pages of psychotherapists on Instagram (an extremist organization banned in Russia) helped one way or another.
However, “Instagram-therapy” (an extremist organization prohibited in Russia) is not devoid of serious drawbacks, according to psychiatrist Ravi Chandra. In his opinion, posts on the social network can be compared with fast food from psychology: they also cause addiction, contain a lot of “taste additives” and are practically useless. This is confirmed by the recently conducted study.
Consider the main problems that are sometimes hidden behind an attractive picture and spectacular text.
1. Requires a lot of screen time
According to analytical polls, Russians aged 18 to 35 spend more than 3 hours a day on social networks, of which VKontakte accounts for 51%, Instagram (extremist organization banned in Russia) – 41%, Facebook (extremist organization banned in Russia) – 37%, and 35%for Odnoclassers – 35%.
As psychologists note, the amount of time spent on social networks is directly proportional to the attitude towards yourself and your life. Permanent users have an increase in dissatisfaction with themselves and friends, a deterioration in the physical and emotional state, as well as a tendency to drops in mood and depression.
The task of any platform is to attract and hold subscribers. Cunning tools and techniques used by promotion specialists are constantly working in this direction. You are happy to read a new post or look at an interesting infographic? Be sure you are on the hook.
Perhaps you plan to view extremely useful, “therapeutic” pages and not react to tempting advertising. But even in this case, you will spend more time at the screen of the phone, convincing yourself that you are doing this for your own benefit.
After all, the brain gets used to getting constant recitle in the form of information, and when it is not enough, it experiences real stress. Therefore, many feel anxiously and depressed if the Internet “disappears” for a long time and the gadget becomes useless. And 40% of people generally suffer from nomophobia – fear to be left without a phone.
2. Offers too universal approach
Tips and methods to overcome a Tastylia tablets particular problem on the pages of Instagram (an extremist organization banned in Russia) are designed for an extensive audience and are collective in nature. Just such a simplified supply of serious material responds from a considerable group of people, helps to gain an impressive number of “likes” and bring the page to the top views.
But only during full -time consultation does the psychotherapist selects individual therapy that is suitable specifically for your situation. A unified technique for all occasions recommended by the “Instagram-psychologist” (an extremist organization banned in Russia) is highly likely to indicate its incompetence.
Universal knowledge how to solve a particular problem, in psychology does not exist. And the help of a specialist is not at all like magic, when, by the wave of a hand, all the bad disappears, and you do not apply any efforts to this.
3. Not to the best subjective and simplified
Five to six books on popular psychology, a couple of online training and three-week correspondence courses with the receipt of the diploma of the “psychologist-consultant”-what is not a reason to promise your page on Instagram? (extremist organization prohibited in Russia)
If this is superimposed on personal experience – “how I broke up with the abuser” or “how I overcame the aviation fobes” – then this is already a serious application for the creation and promotion of self -help in the network of author’s technique, which will certainly have adherents.
Polls confirm that people with personal problems often come to psychology in the hope of understanding themselves and, having figured out, help others. It is bad that not everyone can solve these problems to the end.
Life experience is important, but the task of the psychologist is just to go beyond and see the situation through the eyes of the client. This is possible only with personal contact.
In Instagram (extremist organization prohibited in Russia), psychological assistance is more reminiscent of a story about personal problems and views of a blogger. It is good if such an author’s insight becomes a starting point to apply for a personal advice. But for most, this will remain a convenient template that does not require deep introspection and work on oneself, and therefore internal growth.
Yes, and scrolling itself as a mechanism for viewing content in the form of an endless tape does not have a thoughtful study.
4. Boils to one -sided communication
Publications of popular psychotherapists, coach and other gurus of psychology are collected by hundreds of comments with questions. Will be a success if the author of the publication finds a desire and an opportunity to answer at least some.
Forgotten subscribers are offended, and for a person who really needs psychological help, such indifference can be even injured.
5. Often devoid of sympathy
Experienced psychotherapists know that more subtle instruments help a person: empathy, warmth and desire to support, the ability to look at the situation through the eyes of another. However, the image of the “Doctor of House” among network coach and psychologists is some popularity.
Such pages on Instagram (an extremist organization prohibited in Russia) are excessive criticality and self -confidence, are full of stereotypical terms and diagnoses. But this approach finds supporters. Perhaps many confidently confused with a "hard hand" of professionalism.
The variety in the presentation of the material, of course, is welcome, but it is better to perceive contempt and condescending tone in contacting subscribers as a marketing technique, and not as a guarantee of true knowledge.
6. Can lead to complications of existing problems
I would like to hope that most people intuitively understand the difference between “instagram-therapy” (an extremist organization banned in Russia) and practical psychotherapy. It is important to understand: any person, even with serious problems, can access the methods and recommendations posted in the public domain on the pages in the social network.
Some psychologists and psychotherapists prudently add a couple of lines to the publications about the rejection of responsibility. The probability of harm to psychotherapeutic technique is small, but not illusory.
For 10 years now, psychotherapy fashion has been growing in Russia, which means that the number of online consultants and coach is growing. To choose from thousands of psychologists and the information they published something really useful is not an easy task. Often their pages on social networks are similar, and topics change as readers’ interests change.
You can be signed by one “psycho-blogger” or a dozen, you can take part in online marathons and trainings or just read or actively ask questions. All this will be useful only on condition that the virtual life will not replace the real one, and viewing a new publication will not replace the visit to a specialist.