Psychologist

The psychologist – the specialist who is engaged in studying of the principles of correction of behavior and sincere human life. He uses this knowledge for assistance to people and optimization of their activity.

The first psychological laboratory was opened by Vundt in Leipzig in 1879. Later similar schools and laboratories were open also in other countries including in Russia where the various directions – psychoanalysis, a behaviorism, humanistic psychology developed.

Types of activity of the psychologist

It is possible to refer consultation, psychological diagnosis, a psychological training to primary activities of the psychologist.

Diagnosis – studying of specific features of human mentality by tests. Consultation – communication between the client and the psychologist which is sent to search for versions of the solution of the problems disturbing the client and also to fuller implementation of his abilities. A training – active training in ways of personal growth, emotional regulation and the solution of problems. The psychological training usually takes place in a type of group occupations which combine various psychological exercises and games. Some specialists combine all these types of activity, however, most often, psychologists specialize in something one.

Personal qualities and place of work of the psychologist

Psychologists work preferential in the specialized centers. Besides, many specialists are engaged in scientific research and teaching. Quite often they realize the knowledge in other types of activity with people. For example, HR managers in the various organizations very often have psychological education.

Such thin and complex challenge as psychological assistance, demands the defined both professional, and sincere qualities. The true specialist is obliged to be able to listen and hear the interlocutor. He has to possess the developed logic, ingenuity, resistance to stress, ability to analyze and draw the correct conclusions.

Many confuse such specialties, different in value, as the psychotherapist, the psychiatrist and the psychologist. However it should be noted that the psychiatrist and the psychotherapist are doctors who got an education in medical educational institutions, and the psychologist is not a doctor. He studies not mentality of the person, but his inner world, state of mind and helps to find harmony, both with surrounding people, and with himself.

Consultation of the children's psychologist

It is worth registering in consultation of the psychologist if the child has children's fears, persuasive actions (torsion of hair, suction of a finger), aggression, alarm and hysterics. Consultation of the children's psychologist at psychosomatic diseases will be not superfluous – tics, enuresis, the raised/lowered pressure, stutter, and also at children's masturbation. On consultation it is possible to get advice of the psychologist concerning education, development and training of the child.

Usually children's psychologist works with healthy children. It helps healthy children to overcome the arisen difficulties. If the child is sick, then the children's psychologist works together with the neurologist or the psychiatrist.

At the beginning of consultation the psychologist talks about the disturbing problems with parents, and then carries out psychological diagnosis of personal features and intellectual development of the child and talks to him for assessment of the existing problem and selection of adequate techniques of correction. Correctional work, most often, is carried out at the specialist in an office, and parents receive recommendations about correctional work in house conditions. For correctional work art therapy (a molding, drawing, music), game therapy, a skazkoterapiya and the corporal oriented psychotherapy is used. The specialist determines the level of psychological readiness of the seven-year-old child for school lessons by special techniques.

During consultation the psychologist helps to remove block, hypererethism, a hyperactivity at children. He will try to remove the causes of bad progress and learnability (scattered attention, disturbances of logical thinking), to reveal and solve problems in relationship with peers at school or in kindergarten.

Family psychologist

Consultation of the family psychologist most often helps to resolve the most part of conflict issues in a family. The family psychologist during the analysis of problems acts as the independent expert, without taking someone's part. The specialist tries to do everything possible in order that spouses solved all conflict situations and kept a family. At a rupture of marriage timely council of the psychologist helps to adjust civilized communication between the former spouses.