The new issue (2025 # 3) of the Counseling Psychology and Psychotherapy journal opens with two theoretical-methodological articles dedicated to pressing problems of modern society.
The first article addresses the issue of childhood grief. In her review, Bakanova A.A. cites data from a Scottish study that underscores the relevance of this problem: more than half of children under 10 face the loss of loved ones, which increases the risk of emotional maladjustment. The author emphasizes both risk factors and resources for overcoming grief (primarily in the child's immediate social environment), while highlighting the importance of a systemic approach in the practice of providing psychological assistance to children who have lost loved ones.
The second article is devoted to internet addiction in children and adolescents. The analysis of longitudinal studies conducted by Ya.V. Malygin and co-authors shows that external social factors — family, peers, school situation, etc. — make a weak contribution to spontaneous remission of internet addiction. Significant were only internal factors — self-esteem and symptoms of depression. This aligns well with data from domestic authors previously published in our journals, where the protective role of a subjective position in learning activities and high self-efficacy was demonstrated.
In addition to theoretical-methodological articles, the issue publishes five empirical works, including studies on the problems and prospects of multicultural counseling in modern Russia (Pavlova O.S., Chibisova M.Yu.), risk factors and protectors of suicidal behavior (Gorovov S.A. and co-authors), characteristics of body image perception in adolescent girls (Buligina M.V., Novitskaya S.L.), the effectiveness of the exposure method in treating childhood anxiety (Eremeeva V.A. and co-authors), and, finally, factors of codependent behavior in women (Kolenova A.S. and co-authors).
The issue concludes with an article dedicated to the analysis of a case of prolonged grief in a mother: Bityutskaya E.V. conducts a phenomenological analysis of the cyclicity of maternal grief, which poses a task for helping professionals to find mechanisms for breaking this cycle.
The next issue of the journal will be devoted to the materials of the Second Zeigarnik Readings—an international conference on clinical psychology, which will take place in November 2025 and, as we hope, will become a platform for exchanging experience and opinions on the most pressing and acute issues of clinical psychology and psychotherapy.