Factors leading to lack of demand for psychotherapy : as realized by a sample of psychologists

Abstract EN

The study aimed to reveal the factors causing the community members' reluctance to seek psychological treatment of its various types, and this is from the point of view of a sample of twenty clinical psychologists from Sidi Bel Abbes and Oran.

The results showed through the interview using interview guide questions that there are factors leading to Reluctance to psychological treatment according to the study sample, It is divided into three categories, which is the category of subjective factors specific to the patient in itself.

It includes the fear of social ostracism of the patient, and his unawareness of the positives of psychotherapy, as well as the length of treatment.

As for the second category, which is the category of social factors specific to society, which was represented in the ence of a culture of psychotherapy, And psychological culture among individuals, and the lack of confidence in the therapist is also one of the important factors, and the third category, which is the category of factors for the therapist, includes both the inefficiency of the psychological specialist, his poor rehabilitation, and also the weakness of his formation and training in the use of psychological tests and tests.