In particular, the number of calls to psychologists during working days increased by 34% compared to December, and compared to the holidays, when many people were on vacation, the growth amounted to 41%. This trend may be related to the desire of Muscovites to start the new year with a focus on “conscious life”, Safonova noted.
According to the company “SberZdorovye”, the increase in demand for psychological counseling is also noticeable when comparing with the same period last year. In January 2025 there is an increase of 64% compared to January 2024. At the same time, if we analyze the demand in the last two weeks of December and the first two weeks of January, the growth was 14%.
The demand for psychologists' services is also reflected in the labor market. In the press services of large job search services hh.ru and SuperJob reported a significant increase in the number of vacancies for psychologists in the capital. According to hh.ru, for the period from December 30 to January 8, the number of vacancies was minimal - only seven. However, with the beginning of working days, from January 9 to January 20, the number of vacancies for psychologists increased almost 11 times, reaching 72. In addition, in the first working weeks of the year the offered salaries increased - from 72 thousand rubles during the vacations to 80 thousand rubles in January.
SuperJob also noted the growth of vacancies for psychologists and psychiatrists, which increased by 4% over the month. In addition, the average salary of medical professionals in commercial clinics in Moscow increased by 0.8% for the month and by 9.6% for the year, reports AGN “Moscow”.
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