Practical psychologist

A practical psychologist is a specialist psychologist who has an appropriate higher education and is engaged in psychological practice: providing psychological services to people and organizations, leading consultations and trainings, arranging therapy and shows, once engaged in educational work, once entertaining people.

An experienced astrologer is also primarily engaged in practical psychology, but he usually does not have a psychology degree and, most importantly, he decides to position himself differently, to sell himself as an astrologer, and not as a psychologist — if an astrologer is better bought.

The issue of marketing, presenting yourself in the market is important. Many psychologists, suddenly realizing that psychologists are not honored in their niche, disown psychology and call themselves: psychoanalyst, gestalt therapist, coach.

Practical psychologist and science

A practical psychologist differs from an academic psychologist, a theoretical psychologist engaged in scientific research, but one cannot say that academic psychology is scientific, but practical is not. The truth is that academic psychology is more scientific, it is usually scientific, but practical psychology is different. At the same time, the best practicing psychologists rely on scientific developments and contribute to them. Modern theoretical psychology is largely built on their experience. See Practical psychology

Practical psychologist and academic applied psychologist

In the broad sense of the word, a practical psychologist is a practice-oriented psychologist. In this understanding, practical psychologists include not only psychologists working with the population (psychologist-trainers, psychotherapists, school psychologists), but also academic applied psychologists. In a narrower and more common sense of the word, a practical psychologist differs from an academic applied psychologist, since applied psychology is focused on psychologists who will use its recommendations, and practical psychology is focused directly on the population with which this or that educational, therapeutic or training takes place. activity. First of all, they have a different language. Applicants speak the language of academic psychology. Practical psychologists develop a language that is a means of their work with the population, with ordinary people, with mothers and children.

Practical psychologist as a profession and a way of earning

The profession of a psychologist is more interesting than profitable. It is best to be a psychologist and work with people when there is a reliable source of income at the same time, when you don’t have to think about money. As a way of earning money, the most common solutions are counseling or conducting psychological groups. See →

The main instrument of the work of a practical psychologist is his personality.

The psychologist works primarily with his personality. There is no psychologist without knowledge and professional skills, but in what form and how effectively this knowledge will reach his clients or participants in his trainings, determines his personality. You cannot seriously demand from clients and participants what you do not do yourself. See →

Training of a practical psychologist

Higher educational institutions that train not just psychologists, but practical psychologists:

• Institute of Practical Psychology and Psychoanalysis
• University of Practical Psychology

Practical psychologist within the psychological service

The activity of a practical psychologist within the framework of the psychological service is regulated by the “Regulations on the psychological service”.

In the system of education, according to normative documents, a practical psychologist is held as a «teacher-psychologist».

Journals focused on the practical psychologist

• «Journal of a Practical Psychologist» — index 71808 according to the Rospechat catalog
• «Psychologist in kindergarten» — index 81927 according to the Rospechat catalog
• «Psychology and School» — index 81928 according to the Rospechat catalog
• «Psychological diagnostics» — index 82159 according to the Rospechat catalog
• «Journal of Practical Psychology and Psychoanalysis»
• «School Psychologist» — newspaper

What are psychologists? How to become a good psychologist?

Watch the interview of N.I. Kozlov to the newspaper «Trud»: «How to become a good psychologist»

Practical psychologist as a way of life

When most people could not write, there was a respected profession of a clerk. When the ability to write was massively taught in schools, it ceased to be a profession and became an ordinary skill. Also psychology — in a situation of mass illiteracy, «Psychologist» is a respected profession. When this is massively taught in schools, it will become an ordinary skill: «I can swim, write, count and understand people — what’s special about it?»