Family psychologist - course 240,000 rubles. from Talentsy, training 1.5 years, Date: December 1, 2023.

instagram viewer

Basic course

Module 1. Introduction to the profession of psychologist-consultant

Theory

Dive into the basics of psychology, learn about its origins and popular psychological practices.

Improve your personal skills that are useful in your work as a practicing psychologist.

You will learn:

• content of the professional activity of a psychologist-consultant,
• ethical principles of work of a psychologist-consultant
• history of psychology and psychological counseling,
• popular areas of psychological counseling

Practice in the module

Workshop “Introduction to the profession of psychologist-consultant”

You will get to know the participants of the study group, master the format of group psychological work, its features and rules.

In mini-lectures, exercises, discussions and homework, you will begin to form the thinking of a consulting psychologist: the ability listening to oneself and the ability to hear others, observation, sensitivity, the ability to separate fact from affect and systemic reflection; emotional intelligence, empathy, psychological intelligence and systemic reflection.

Module 2. Brain and human behavior

Theory

Find out more about the modern scientific view of the human psyche. What are the laws governing perception, attention, thinking, memory and emotions? and what role the brain and nervous system play in this.

You will learn:

• biological foundations of the human psyche and behavior,
• psychophysiological mechanisms of adaptation and coping with stress,
• modern high-tech methods of studying the brain, and the latest discoveries in the field of neuroscience,
• universal properties of perception, attention, memory, thinking, speech and mental states,
• psychology of consciousness and the unconscious,
• psychology of emotions and the nature of empathy.

Practice

Seminar on general psychology

Let's make complex points from the lecture material clear. You will be able to ask your own questions about the lectures or the topic in general, connecting theory and personal experience.

From each topic of general psychology we will draw specific practical conclusions for psychological counseling. You will see how you can use knowledge of general psychology in your work with clients and in your own development as a professional psychologist.

Seminar “Brain and Human Behavior”

At the first seminar, we will work with the brain atlas to consolidate and visualize information about the structure and functions of different parts of the nervous system.

At the second seminar, we will talk about myths about the functioning of the brain and touch on one of the most interesting questions in neuroscience - do nerve cells recover?

Module 3. Basics of psychological counseling

Theory

Start looking at psychological counseling through the eyes of a professional. Understand its goals and objectives; see at what stage the advisory conversation is; guess what question should be asked to the client now; establish working contact with the client.

Improve your personal skills that are useful in the work of a practicing psychologist: the ability to set goals and move to them, the ability to recognize and resist manipulation, the ability to rely on one’s own personal resources.

Module topics:

• What is professional psychological counseling in Russia? Its differences from friendly support and psychotherapy
• Basic principles of psychological counseling
• Stages of a consultative conversation
• First consultation with a new client
• Professional empathy of a psychologist-consultant

Practice

Basics of psychological counseling

You will begin to master the professional skills of a consulting psychologist: establishing contact, questioning, empathic response, formulating a contract, testing hypotheses.

Workshop "Development of personal competencies of a psychologist-consultant"

You will continue to develop the personal qualities and soft-skills necessary for a practicing psychologist.

At the workshop, we will examine the topics of goal setting, managing one’s own activities, as well as those barriers that “prevent” us from moving along the intended path in life.

Learn to resist manipulation, find and use the resources of your personality.

Module 4. Personality psychology and basics of psychological diagnostics

Theory

Learn to analyze a person’s inner world using psychodiagnostics to help with problems that cause people to turn to psychologists.

Form a professional view of a person’s personality. After all, understanding the client’s personality is the cornerstone of any area of ​​consulting.

You will learn:

• fundamental principles of personality psychology,
• methods for diagnosing and developing personality resources,
• personality models that underlie the most recognized approaches to psychological counseling,
• distinctive features of professional diagnostic techniques,
• basic principles of psychodiagnostics,
• diagnostic techniques suitable for the work of a practicing psychologist.

Practice in the module

Workshop on psychodiagnostics.

You will become familiar with the rules for constructing and interpreting psychodiagnostic techniques. You will understand how much you can trust the diagnostic results and how to use them in the counseling process.

Gain experience working with test and psychosemantic techniques. You will learn how to select and where to look for psychodiagnostic tools, as well as how to distinguish a real technique from a fake.

Seminar Personality in psychological counseling:

At the seminar we will consider the main problems of personality psychology in the context of psychological counseling.

How not to get lost in the variety of personality theories? What exactly does a consulting psychologist need to know about personality? What is a fully functioning personality? Is it possible to combine different approaches in work? How does the process of psychological counseling affect a person? We will discuss these and other questions at this seminar.

Module 5. Developmental psychology in counseling

Theory

Immerse yourself in the development of the human psyche throughout his life: from infancy to old age.

Learn to take into account the client’s age in psychological consultation: understand typical problems, limitations and opportunities, understand the direction of potential growth of the client’s personality, select a work style based on age client.

Module topics

• How the human psyche develops throughout life.
• The concept of "age crises". Why are they necessary for the psyche, and what to do with them?
• Features of consulting clients of different ages

Practice in the module

Seminar “Age Psychology”

During the lesson, you will have the opportunity to summarize your knowledge of developmental psychology and analyze the characteristics of each age period. Using case examples, trace the line of personality development, starting from adolescence and ending with silver.

Module 6. Family psychology and sexuality psychology

Theory

Form a professional view of family problems in order to help clients, relying not on your personal experience, but on a balanced professional position.

A family consultant effectively works with such problems as relationships between spouses, child-parent relationships, divorce, difficulty building long-term relationships, emotional disturbances and behavioral problems children.

Explore the development of sexuality, gender education, the basics of help with sexual problems in adulthood, and dispel myths about sexology.

You will learn:

• basics of a systematic approach to family analysis,
• psychology of parenting,
• ideas about harmonious relationships and forms of deviations in marital and parent-child relationships,
• fundamentals of the psychology of sexuality.

Practice

Seminar “Psychological work with families”

You will explore your own myths and attitudes in the field of family, and practice looking at relationship problems from the perspective of a psychological consultant.

Module 7. Fundamentals of Clinical Psychology

Theory

Use the basics of a clinical approach to better understand the client's problem and personality.

Learn to determine the boundaries of your capabilities: what you can help a person with as a consultant psychologist, and what it is better to consult a doctor or clinical psychologist with. To improve your work efficiency and the client's quality of life.

You will learn:

• you will define the concept of norm and non-norm in psychology,
• study mental disorders of different levels of severity, and understand the capabilities and boundaries of the work of a consulting psychologist,
• learn the diagnostic criteria for mental disorders and learn to understand in which case it is important to recommend that the client consult a clinical specialist or psychiatrist,
• get acquainted with the clinical and psychological concept of psychosomatics.

Practice

Seminar “Clinical Psychology”

You will have the opportunity to discuss and clarify important points from the lectures for you, and ask questions of interest in a safe group environment. See examples of the features of clinical thinking and how it can be used in counseling.

Seminar on neuropsychology

At the first seminar on neuropsychology, we will talk about executive functions, which play a critical role in our social life. Let's do short exercises to identify and develop these functions.

The second seminar on neuropsychology is devoted to interhemispheric asymmetry. You will learn why a person needs specialization of the brain hemispheres, how left-handed people differ from right-handed people, and how to determine your asymmetry profile.

Module 8. Crisis psychological assistance

Theory

Learn to recognize acute psychological crises and master ways to provide psychological support to clients.

Module topics:

• Extreme situations and emergency psychological assistance
• Psychological assistance for suicidal risks
• The concept and types of crises in psychology
• Short-term crisis intervention

Module 9. Modern modalities of counseling

Theory

Explore in theory and practice the main modalities (directions) of psychological counseling.

Choose a counseling modality for further specialization.

Integrate ideas and methods from various disciplines into your practice.

You will learn the basics:

• client-centered approach
• existential-humanistic direction
• cognitive behavioral psychotherapy,
• Gestalt approach,
• psychoanalytic direction,
• art therapy,
• body-oriented approach,
• coaching

Practice

At workshops on approaches to counseling, you will examine in detail individual topics from the lectures, you will be able to ask the teacher your own questions, and you will connect theory with personal experience.

You will form an idea of ​​this approach to counseling and try out some of the techniques of working as a psychologist-consultant in it.

The time allotted for questions will allow you to clarify the points that interest you as much as possible with a psychologist - practice. We discuss each exercise, thinking about what requests and what clients we can use them with.

Module 10. Starting practice as a consulting psychologist

Theory

Gain experience in individual and group psychological work, remove the psychological barrier in front of the client.

Develop your own individual counseling style.

You will learn:

• methods for preventing professional burnout,
• ways to increase the effectiveness of a psychologist-consultant,
• a diagram of professional self-analysis of the consultation,
• learn to work in an intervision and supervision group of fellow psychologists.

Practice

Workshop of psychological counseling. Practical work in a group

Practical classes are aimed at developing the professional competencies of a consulting psychologist.

You will learn to observe and analyze the course of a consultation at the content level, at the level of the relationship between the consultant and the client, at the level of the internal experiences of the consultant and the client.

Strengthen the skills of establishing and maintaining contact, formulating hypotheses, analyzing consultations and professional self-analysis.

Learn to give appropriate, ethical and meaningful feedback.

Overcome the “fear of the first consultation.”

You will form a group of colleagues in which you will be able to receive professional support and analyze client cases even after completing your training.

Module 11. Personal brand of a psychologist-consultant

Successful bloggers and entrepreneurial psychologists will talk about personal branding as a promotion tool and the rules positioning yourself on social networks, maintaining accounts and other components of promoting yourself as a professional in field of psychology.

Specialization

Module 12. Introduction to the profession and course

You will learn what a family psychologist does. Get acquainted with the work ethics of a family psychologist. You will also get comfortable with the course, get to know your curators, mentors and classmates.

Module 13. Family as a system. Theoretical foundations of a systematic approach to working with families

You will begin to master the most important competency that distinguishes a family psychologist from colleagues in the wider profile: the ability to see the family as an interconnected system and understand the family mechanisms of psychological problems.

In this module, study the theoretical foundations of an effective method of psychological assistance in solving family problems - systemic family therapy.

In practical classes, you will be able to apply the theory to case studies, and also begin to develop your own family system. This is extremely important for a practicing psychologist working with families and couples.

Module 14. Psychology of relationships

You will form a professional view of the psychological nature of love relationships. You will study models that are recognized by the scientific psychological community and have been tested over many years in couples counseling practice.

Do you understand how relationships work? How do they originate and develop? Why do they sometimes “break”? What determines their well-being and ill-being? And how to use this knowledge to help your clients.

Module 15. Fundamentals of the psychology of sexuality. Sexual relationships in couples

This module is devoted to a very important component of a couple's relationship - sex and sexuality.

You will explore the characteristics of female and male sexuality, and also become familiar with the most common requests that clients may make.

You will separately and in detail analyze the violations and restoration of sexual communication in a couple.

Module 16. Stages and crises of family relationships

In this module you will learn about the family life cycle. You will understand the typical difficulties that most families face along the way.

You will understand how to help families at different stages of this cycle, clients of different ages. You will see family problems not only as a crisis, but also as a resource for moving to the next stage of development.

Module 17. General issues in the practice of psychological counseling for families and couples

In this module you will understand in more detail the ethical, professional and technical aspects of working as a counseling psychologist with a family or couple.
Learn the basic practical principles of psychological counseling in this area.

Gain basic skills and general frameworks for conducting group counseling.

Module 18. Starting a career as a family psychologist

In this module, you will get acquainted with the career tracks of a family psychologist and create your own career path.

You will find out which platforms a psychologist should work with and where to get their first clients.

Get recommendations for promotion.

Module 19. Systematic approach to family counseling: diagnosis and correction

In this module you will continue to study a systems approach to working with families. Move on to the practice of diagnosing and identifying family problems. Learn methods for correcting family systems.

Module 20. Emotionally Focused Therapy with Couples

In this module you will learn the theory and basic skills of Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy. It is an effective approach for helping couples who want to make their relationships more intimate, secure, harmonious and satisfying.

Module 21. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Couples

In this module, you will learn the theory and basic skills of cognitive behavioral couples therapy.

This is an approach that has proven effective for solving a wide range of problems in couples: from dissatisfaction with their sex life to resolving protracted conflicts and mutual claims.

Module 22. Work of a family psychologist with frequently encountered requests

In this module, you will learn ready-made strategies for working with requests that are often encountered in the practice of a family psychologist:

• Problems of a young family: adaptation to family life
• Child-parent relationships
• Divorce. Psychological support during and after divorce
• Marital conflicts and infidelity

Module 23. Codependent relationships and addictions in the family

In this module we will analyze the theory and strategy of working with codependent relationships.
Having mastered it, you will receive the basis for providing competent psychological assistance to people whose relatives have addictions.