# Personality Psychology

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37.04.01 
*In Russian*

Level of education Master

Type of instruction Full-time

Duration 2 years

Main courses

- Basic Competences for Psychological Counsellor
- Balint Group
- Clients with Different Character Patterns in Personal Counselling
- Qualitative Methods in Personality Psychology
- Methodical Supervision
- Methodological and Theoretical Problems of the Psychology of Personality
- Introduction to Psychological Counselling: History, Methodology, Approaches
- Fundamentals of Existential Counselling
- Psychodiagnostics of Personality Problems
- Psychology of Identity Processes
- Psychology of Experience
- Psychology of Comprehension
- Contemporary Models of Personal Counselling
- Existential Psychology

Career opportunities

- The graduates can work as researchers and practicing professionals in the field of studying the psychological problems of the present-day individual and personal counselling for the sake of providing psychological support and preventing psychological problems
- The graduates can work as consulting psychologists at organisations where psychological assistance is required: centres for psychological, educational, medical and social support, crisis centres, helplines, schools, universities, business entities; conduct private consulting practice. In addition, the graduates can work as coaches (personal development trainers) and researchers (in the field of personality psychology and inner world phenomenology)

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