Kurpatov Andrei Vladimirovich was born on September 11, 1974 in Leningrad, in a family of military doctors. In 1989 he entered the Nakhimov Naval School. In 1991, after graduating from NVMU, he entered the Military Medical Academy at the Naval Faculty, from which he graduated in 1997 with a degree in general medicine. From 1997 to 1999, on the basis of VMed.A and the St. Petersburg Medical Academy of Postgraduate Education, he received a specialization in therapy, psychiatry and psychotherapy. In 1998, after suffering a neuroinfection, he was dismissed from the armed forces for health reasons.
Since 1999, he has worked at the Clinic of Neurosis named after Academician I.P. Pavlova (SPb GPB No. 7) — first as a psychotherapist in the crisis department, then — head of the St. Petersburg City Psychotherapeutic Center, head of the organizational and methodological department for psychotherapy of the Health Committee of the Administration of St. Petersburg. Since 2000, he has served as an expert in psychotherapy at the Licensing Chamber of St. Petersburg. Author of two programs for the accreditation of medical services in healthcare institutions — psychotherapeutic and sexological.
During his time as the head of the St. Petersburg GPTC, he prepared and implemented two city-wide programs for the development of psychotherapeutic care in St. Petersburg with the help of his team: «and» Development and improvement of the psychotherapeutic service in St. Petersburg (2001 — 2005) «.
Within the framework of these programs, a system of phased and comprehensive provision of psychotherapeutic assistance to residents of the city was established in St. Petersburg, new psychotherapeutic rooms were opened, doctors of non-psychiatric specialties received additional education in medical psychology and psychotherapy, psychotherapists mastered modern technologies for providing psychotherapeutic assistance, etc. There were epidemiological studies on the prevalence of borderline mental disorders, psychosomatic diseases, anxiety and depressive states, suicidal behavior, sexual disorders, etc. have been carried out, the economic aspects of organizing psychotherapeutic care for the population have been studied, and a system for the effective use of financial resources in this area of the health care system has been proposed. In addition, a large educational work was carried out with the population of the city in order to increase the level of psychological culture and mental health of citizens.
Since 2001, the «Clinical Pavlovsk Readings» have been established — the largest in the North-West of Russia, a regular, twice a year, scientific and practical conference dedicated to borderline mental disorders. He is the author of the idea, organizer, chairman of the editorial board, editor of collections of scientific papers for the conference.
He is the author of a modern model of psychology and psychotherapy — systemic behavioral psychotherapy, based on the works of prominent Russian scientists I.M. Sechenov, I.P. Pavlova, A.A. Ukhtomsky, L.S. Vygotsky. He developed unique psychotherapeutic technologies for the treatment of depressive disorders and phobias, crisis conditions and suicidal behavior, vegetative dystonia, overweight, psychosomatic diseases, etc.
Author of more than a hundred scientific papers and monographs on psychotherapy, borderline mental disorders and psychosomatic diseases. The monograph «Methodology, psychotherapy and personality development» was awarded the «Golden Psyche» award of the professional psychological community as the best scientific project in Russian psychology in 2002. Participated in several major scientific projects and experimental studies, including those commissioned by the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.
Educational activity. Author of more than four hundred articles in the media on topical issues of psychology and psychotherapy. The author of more than twenty books on psychology and psychotherapy, addressed to the general reader and aimed at raising the level of the psychological culture of the population, published in a total circulation of more than one and a half million copies, translated into several foreign languages. In 2005, he became the author and host of the daily psychological program “We will decide everything with Dr. Kurpatov!” on TV channel «Home».
Currently, he is in charge of the “Clinic for Psychotherapeutic Counseling and Psychotherapeutic Treatment” in St. Petersburg, is a member of the expert council under the Chairman of the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation, and is actively involved in educational work.
He is married to the talented Russian writer Lilia Kim and has a daughter, Sophia.
Implemented scientific projects
1991 — 1992 The history of the emergence of anatomical science in Russia (research based on archival materials)
1992 — 1993 The study of psychopathological phenomena and the phenomenon of personality development in the work of F.M. Dostoevsky (with presentation of results at four international conferences «Dostoevsky and world culture»)
1992 — 1995 Methodological study of the phenomenon of reliability in psychological science (creation of an open-system methodology)
1992 — 1995 Study of the structure of a person’s personality, the processes of its formation and development (experimental-theoretical study)
1993 Creation of a technology for symptomatic psychotherapeutic treatment of patients suffering from borderline mental disorders (experimental substantiation of the effectiveness of a complex of psychotherapeutic measures)
1993 — 1994 Study of the adaptation processes of servicemen in the first year of military service (field studies)
1993 — 1994 Creation and approbation of a complex psychodiagnostic technique, modified under the conditions of the experiment (standardization of projective test methods)
1994 — 1995 Creation of a system of complex psychotherapeutic treatment of patients in a hospital (organization of a specialized psychotherapeutic department)
1996 — 1997 Study of the dynamics of psychophysiological adaptation in unusual conditions of existence (serial experiments on sealing)
1998 — 1999 Creation of a system for a comprehensive assessment of the state of human health (diagnostic complex)
1999 Study of the psychological characteristics of children and adolescents from dysfunctional families sent to an orphanage until the moment their parents were deprived of parental rights
1999 Study of the parapsychological capabilities of a person by scientific methods (experimental modeling)
1999 Creation of an independent psychotherapeutic direction (systemic behavioral psychotherapy — theory and practice)
2000 Study of the epidemiology of borderline mental disorders in the «new Russia» and the possibilities of providing specialized psychological and psychotherapeutic care in the country
2000 Creation of a system of principles for the organization of psychotherapeutic psychology
2001 Research on the incidence of psychosomatic disorders and the creation of a system for diagnosing and treating these conditions
2001 Creation of a system for training doctors of non-psychiatric specialties in the basics of psychotherapy and medical psychology
2001 Exploring methods used by the media to covertly influence audiences
2001 Creation of a system of complex treatment of somatoform mental disorders
2001 — 2002 The study of the incidence of depressive disorders in the population and the creation of a system of complex treatment of depression
2002 Study of «aggressive advertising» and the consequences of its impact on a potential consumer
2002 Study of the phenomenon of suicidal behavior, creation of a suicide prevention technique
2002 Study of the incidence of anxiety-phobic disorders in the population and the creation of a system for their comprehensive treatment
2002 — 2003 The study of the psychological characteristics of Russians, essential for the economic development of the Russian Federation
2003 Psychotherapeutic Discourse Research