From the author: Many, when searching for their psychologist, rely on his education, preparedness, mastery of the topic, experience, direction, style of work, characteristics of his personality and relationships... Without denying the importance of these aspects, I offer you the characteristics psychological work itself and its results and effects. I hope this map will help the client, better navigate the field of psychological work, understand it, and adhere to his needs. “Fish, fish, help Fish, fish, do me a favor...” About “fishermen” and their “fishes” “You can’t catch a fish out of a pond without difficulty” Once a man turned to a sage for advice in a difficult, confusing situation, and the wise old man answered: “I can give you a fish, or I can give you a fishing rod - which would you prefer?” In thinking about this situation - the communication between a desperate person and a sage, psychologists find the answer to organizing psychological practice. Thus, in fish they see the desired result of turning to a psychologist. For many clients, this often involves good advice regarding their confusing life situation. Therefore, they strive to educate the psychologist into all the intricacies of the situation and are sincerely surprised when the psychologist asks them about something else that, as it seems to them, is not at all related to the essence of the matter. Psychologists, following the ethical standards of their work and this wise commandment, refuse direct advice, even refuse to say what they themselves would do if they were in the person’s place, explaining that everyone has their own life, their own experience and their own lessons. There are no recipes for all occasions for a specific person in his specific situation. “Don’t ask WHY is this happening to me, look for the answer WHY is this given to me.” Then it will be clear WHAT to do. In other words, “don’t feel sorry for yourself, but seek the strength to change what can be changed, the courage to accept the inevitable, and ask for the wisdom to know the difference.” So the “goldfish” is a wise decision, courage and willingness to fulfill one’s duty. And in each case, this solution is unique. The fishing rod is seen as a tool, a means of achieving the desired result - catching a fish. For a practicing psychologist, in addition to psychological methods, techniques, techniques, this is the very personality of a professional, faceted by his professional education, sparkling with acquired knowledge, mastered skills, honed skills, crystallized beliefs, accumulated intuition, all professional experience limited to the areas of his competence. So, everyone’s “fishing rods” are also different, and when using general methods and techniques, their application can be different. And the art of using a fishing rod is the degree of personal maturity, awareness, professional self-awareness (manifested in the organic acceptance of professional ethics and areas of competence), this is self-understanding and self-acceptance is both the adequacy and appropriateness of using a particular method, technique, level of perfection, skill in application and professional wisdom. What is developed by the future practicing psychologist through sweat and experience of pain in the process of personal psychotherapy (so that the psychologist is familiar with the effects of psychotherapy in his own skin, and not from books), specialization and internship (supervision) in the field of psychotherapy - the art of building such specific relationships, thanks to which a person can develop his own decision, find his own path, catch a fish that suits him, that corresponds to his specific needs. Organizing a fish catch is the building of specific healing relationships - this is a specific product of the psychologist’s activity - a therapeutic hour of professionally and creatively conducted a psychological experiment aimed at clarifying and resolving contradictions, in a safe environment with a guarantee of confidentiality within the framework of the client’s request, to the client’s interests of greater understanding of himself (personality, the characteristics of its functioning in the current situation), this situation itself and the reactions caused by it, their relationships. .. In progress.