Abstract: The study is devoted to the level of self-esteem and its role in the emotional burnout syndrome in law enforcement officers. The purpose of the study is to evaluate the role of self-esteem in the emotional burnout syndrome among law enforcement officers and to compare the content and dynamic characteristics of respondents receiving and not receiving psychotherapeutic help.
The subject of the study: the possibility of forming an adequate self-esteem of police officers through the use of psychotherapeutic correction methods.
Experimental base of the study: SibUI of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (Krasnoyarsk). Experimental sample of the study: 37 police officers (trainees of the Faculty of Vocational Training), males aged 21 to 35 years.
Research methods: "Diagnostics of the level of emotional burnout" V. V. Boyko, "Self-assessment test of personality" S. A. Budassi.
In the course of the research, the author developed and implemented a psychotherapeutic program with elements of art therapy.
Data processing was carried out using the IBM SPSS Statistics 24 program.
To determine the relationship according to the methods, the correlation coefficient of C. E. Spearman was used.
Statistically significant differences in self-esteem and burnout syndrome have been established.
The scientific novelty of the study lies in the development of a psychotherapeutic aimed at correcting the low self-esteem of police officers with emotional burnout syndrome.
The obtained research results and the developed psychotherapeutic program can form the basis of scientific and methodological recommendations for improving the training and advanced training of psychologists, medical psychologists, employees of government agencies responsible for the mental health of personnel.