The article considers psychological help through the aspect of taking care, which is understood as work of psyche, joint work of several personalities – event-work. The author shows that care lies in the basis of psychic organization as a form of life practice, being an instrument of activity and identity construction, as well as the instrument helping create human nature in a human being. The article presents the grounds of psychology of psychological help – specific psychology of a person - capable to provide psychological help to people who need it, and to teach professionals to provide psychological assistance. The phenomenon of care is defined as a complex of care of oneself and the other, being an interpersonal phenomenon.

care, work of psyche, psychological help, helping psychology, psychological practice.

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