About the book: 2023 / The work talks about numerous and varied stereotypes of thinking, perception and behavior regarding medicine in general and psychotherapy in particular. The high relevance of this topic is due to a number of factors. This is also a low health culture in general in our country. And mental and psychological health, in particular. Including among general practitioners. Although, of course, oddly enough, the situation among psychiatrists is not particularly favorable either. Psychiatry in general and psychotherapy in particular are very, very specific. Therefore, 90–99 percent of the rules and laws of general medicine in psychiatry and psychotherapy are completely unacceptable. The psychological, spiritual and medical ignorance of the bulk of our population naturally leads to an increasingly significant spread of mental pathology in Russia. Including among doctors. The work provides basic knowledge that can facilitate communication between a psychotherapist and a patient, a doctor and the patient’s relatives.