TRANSFORMATION OF PSYCHOLOGY: CHALLENGES OF ESOTERICISM, LEGISLATION AND NEUROSCIENCE
Svetlana Aleksandrovna Pavlenko
The Topical Issues of the Humanities and Social Sciences May 27, 2025 DOI: 10.31483/r-138618 (opens in new tab)
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| Key points | Argues that psychology faces a systemic crisis worsened by legislative initiatives, professional fragmentation, and the popularity of esoteric practices, and proposes shifting from restrictive measures to integrating neuroscience, historically and scientifically deconstructing esotericism, reforming education, and developing 'psychotypic therapy,' while emphasizing the specialist's responsibility for the client's worldview and personal integrity. |
Abstract
The article provides a comprehensive analysis of the systemic crisis of psychology as a science, aggravated by new legislative initiatives, fragmentation of the professional community, as well as the growing influence and popularity of esoteric practices among the population. The author substantiates the need to shift the focus from prohibitive and restrictive measures to the strategy of integrating modern achievements of neuroscience, historical and scientific deconstruction of esoteric teachings and comprehensive reform educational standards. Particular attention is paid to the phenomenon of a person and his self-consciousness as the central subject of psychological science, as well as to the issues of the specialist's responsibility for the worldview and personal integrity of the client. An approach to the demystification of esotericism with the help of education and the formation of an evidence base is proposed, and the question of the need to form psychotypic therapy as the most e