Therapist

Clinical psychologist, psychotherapist, psychotherapist are professions of specialists who work with people’s problems within the framework of psychotherapy. These specialists are engaged in the diagnosis of psychological disorders, as well as the treatment of diseases associated with the state of mind.

A psychology specialist works with people suffering from various psychological problems. He can work with both healthy people who are experiencing emotional difficulties and those who suffer from serious mental illness.

The psychotherapist works in the following areas: cognitive behavioral psychotherapy, gestalt therapy, psychoanalysis, existential psychotherapy and others. Together with the patient, the psychotherapist looks for the root of the problem, finds out the cause of the disease, conducts conversations, and draws up an individual treatment plan. Typically, the duration of therapy is from 3 to 5 years. To become a psychotherapist, you must graduate from a higher education institution with a major in Psychology. After completing your studies, you need to pass an exam based on the university commission. Also, for the exam it is required to prepare a certificate of internship for at least three months. Those who already have a diploma in psychology, master's degree or a second higher education in the specialty “clinical psychologist” are interviewed by a commission at the university; this is regulated by the internal regulations of the higher educational institution. Retraining courses are not required; it is enough to obtain a higher or secondary specialized psychological education and additional specialization in training courses for clinical psychologists. There are many training programs from public and private institutions. The Psychological Institute at the Russian Academy of Education has a faculty for training clinical psychologists, and the Higher School of Economics also has such programs, but obtaining an education will require a serious level of training. The duration of the programs is 2 years