On September 14, 2023, students and teachers of the Horliv Institute of Foreign Languages attended a guest online lecture on the topic: "Development of stress resistance and disclosure of internal resources", conducted by Ilona Viktorivna Kalashnyk, Candidate of Psychological Sciences, Associate Professor of the Department of Psychology of Deep Correction and Rehabilitation of Cherkasy National University . Bohdan Khmelnytsky. The lecture was organized with the assistance of the Department of Psychology of Melitopol State Pedagogical University named after Bohdan Khmelnytskyi. Representatives of a number of domestic higher education institutions also took part in the event.

 The relevance of the topic of the lecture is due to the situation of constant stress and uncertainty caused by the full-scale war of the Russian aggressor against Ukraine. Constant tension, negative emotions due to shelling, losses, damage, destruction worsen the psychological health and well-being of Ukrainians. During the lecture, the causes of stress, its impact on the human body, the dynamics of emotions during the war, the phases of stress, methods of its neutralization and combating it were considered.

The lecturer told how to learn to control emotions and cope with stress independently, what effective methods and techniques exist for relieving stress, revealed modern technologies for providing psychological assistance and characterized their possibilities in the work of a psychologist.

The discussion of these urgent issues caused a lively discussion, those present asked questions, exchanged information on the provision of psychological assistance, and offered to continue the interaction in the format of conducting master classes. Each listener had the opportunity to get interesting and useful information.

We express our sincere thanks to the lecturer for the relevant and meaningful conversation!