For the first time, the concept of "cultural shock" appeared in 1960 in the article by the Canadian anthropologist Kalervo Oberg Cultural Shock and the Problems of Adjustment to a New Cultural Environment. The article described international students, most of whom experienced anxiety, vulnerability, helplessness. They were quickly exhausted, performing everyday tasks. Their sleep was disturbed. They desired to return home. In communication with others, they became irritable. The students felt overwhelmed with information. They were lost and felt insufficiently qualified when performing the simplest tasks. Many people showed unusual attention to their health due to various body pains, the cause of which was physiologically absent. They were exposed to such manifestations from the side of the psyche for quite a long time. The reason for this was the need to adapt selves to a new environment. It included life in bilingualism because students, in addition to their native language, had to use the language of the country where they studied, facing a different worldview, a different culture, an unusual and sometimes wholly incomprehensible mechanism of social interactions.

Currently, culture shock is gaining a broader understanding. Moving from a small city to a big one is also a sort of emigration. New people, a new pace, new requirements that a person faces in such a situation make him experience psychological changes inherent in cultural shock. We must remember that this is a natural adaptation process with its own laws, stages, and structure. In some, it manifests itself smoothly, almost imperceptibly. For the majority, the manifestations are more pronounced. In such a situation, interaction with a professional consultant will help you develop coping strategies faster, adapt to new living conditions less painfully, and feel harmonious again.