Motivation to Participate in Psychotherapy and Its Connection with the Type of Attachment and Specificity of the Value and Motivational Sphere

This article discusses the problem of low demand for psychotherapeutic consulting despite the need of it. The parameters of the value-motivational sphere of an individual and the characteristics of attachment can be the factor influencing the increase in number of people seeking for psychological aid. The study involved 41 participants: 20 of them had the experience of obtaining such aid and 21 did not. Among 41 respondents, 28 showed a desire or need to get psychological aid. As a result, in a group of people who received and did not seek for psychotherapeutic consulting, a specificity of the value and motivational sphere was identified and a connection between the factors of seeking for psychological aid and in it was detected.