A feature of modern times is the high intensity and diversity of social processes. If in the last century the choice of a professional path after graduation was a decision, as a rule, determining the entire life path of a person, today scientists recommend changing the field of activity every 5-7 years.
The great Russian psychologist Alexei Nikolaevich Leontiev once said that the 21st century is the century of psychology. Professional retraining in psychology is the best option for acquiring a new qualification, which the current educational system offers.
Why change profession or acquire a new qualification
The well-being of a person largely depends on his self-realization. How to choose a job that will provide us with high earnings, a sense of satisfaction from the fact that wedo, and will provide an opportunity for career growth? This question occupies the minds of most school graduates and their parents.
But the most amazing thing is that only about half of the working population get real satisfaction from their work (and there is reason to believe that this is a very high figure). As you know, understanding the problem is already half the solution. If a person realizes that the work has ceased to bring pleasure (or maybe he never liked it), there is no opportunity for career growth in this area, or he simply realized that he wants to change his qualifications, but there is no opportunity or desire to receive another higher education, then you should turn attention to the possibility of prof. retraining.
What is useful to know if the choice of the further path is made in favor of psychology? More about this in the article.
Psychology is the profession of the future
It is generally accepted that psychologists become those people who want to deal, first of all, with their problems. In many ways, this is true. Moreover, most succeed, and at the same time gain valuable experience in resolving mental problems.
Man is a social being, we all have a unique life experience and are included in a variety of relationships from birth. And each individual, sooner or later, there are situations in which it is impossible to figure it out on their own. At least do it efficiently and, if possible, without loss. It is such cases that are the field of activity of a psychologist.
No wonderbooks on human psychology are in great demand in bookstores and are gaining more and more popularity every year. In other words, psychological help is what will be in demand at all times.
Acquiring a new qualification
If you intend to change your job to a psychological activity, have already decided on the direction in which you want to develop, then the best option for obtaining a new qualification would be professional retraining in psychology. Upon graduation, you will receive a diploma of additional (to higher) education with the assignment of a new qualification, on the basis of which you will be able to carry out psychological activities.
Do not confuse additional education with such popular short-term psychological courses, which today are often conducted by citizens of dubious competence, very often for the purpose of banal profit. The educational program consists of several modules and should provide basic knowledge from various psychological disciplines.
In fact, you get a second higher education. The duration of training usually ranges from 250 to 2000 academic hours, in terms of the schedule of higher educational institutions - about 2.5 years. Many educational organizations keep up with the times and offer the possibility of full-fledged distance learning in psychology. Since only persons with a higher education can work as a psychologist, a good saving of time and money comes out,given that you already have one higher.
Choosing an educational organization
Educational organizations that carry out professional retraining activities must have an appropriate license for additional professional education. When choosing a provider of educational services, a license is one of the decisive requirements. If the institution that issued the diploma does not have such a license, then the document of education will not be valid. Accordingly, there is a risk of losing money and time.
You also need to carefully approach the choice of a professional retraining program in psychology, the decisive factor here will be the direction, field of activity in which you plan to work.
For example, programs can be aimed at training specialists in such areas as:
- educational psychology – gives you the opportunity to work in educational institutions;
- legal psychology - such specialists are in demand, for example, in law enforcement agencies;
- clinical (medical) psychology - professional retraining in clinical psychology makes it possible to work in he althcare facilities, neuropsychiatric dispensaries, etc.;
- correctional (special) psychology - activities with people with disabilities;
- psychological counseling - mastering the competencies that allow counseling is one of the mostin-demand areas of work.
The above list is far from exhaustive, there are many more training programs and new ones are being developed periodically. In almost every type of human activity, a psychologist specializing in the characteristics of the sphere can work.
Increasing professional competence
Every psychologist knows that it is not enough to get an official document on education. To achieve mastery in your niche, you need to regularly replenish methodological tools and broaden your horizons. The most accessible thing that allows you to achieve personal and professional growth is the formation of your own library, regular courses in psychology and participation in professional communities.
Information technology has opened up new opportunities for mastering special knowledge and skills. Distance learning courses and programs for psychologists are very popular, which can be mastered at a convenient time for you and in a comfortable environment, for example, quietly at your home computer when no one is distracting.
Special literature deserves special attention. Strictly speaking, all books on human psychology can be divided into scientific and popular.
Popular psychology
When visiting bookstores, it is impossible not to notice that it is shelving with this name that takes up the largest space. It must be immediately noted thatthe materials presented here, probably, in 95% of cases for professional psychologists are of no practical value.
The target audience of such literature is people who do not have a special psychological education, but are interested in psychology, because, as we have already found out, most people face psychological difficulties in life. The layman can easily find something interesting for himself, and if you're lucky, then something useful. But the specialist will most likely not learn anything new here.
If we consider the assortment of this genre, we can distinguish the works of the following authors:
- Dale Carnegie - "How to Win Friends and Influence People"
- Mikhail Labkovsky - “I want and I will.”
- Mikhail Litvak - the author has many books, you can choose the one whose subject matter is most relevant.
- Nikolay Kozlov - "How to treat yourself and people", etc.
- Robert Kiyosaki - Poor Dad Rich Dad
- Brian Tracy - Get out of your comfort zone.
Scientific psychology
Scientific or academic psychology in the store is geographically close to the popular one, but takes up much less space. This is literature for professionals. This is where classic works, textbooks, dictionaries, etc. are found.
Everyone who keeps track of their professional growth and strives to improve it should visit the scientific literature department from time to time. Replenishment of the home library is carried out just by acquiring the works exhibited here.
Definitely in the collectioneach psychologist should have the following works:
- Larry Heell, Daniel Ziegler - Personal Theories.
- S. L. Rubinstein - "Fundamentals of General Psychology".
- L. S. Vygotsky - his work will help to understand the issues of developmental psychology.
- Yu. B. Gippenreiter - "Introduction to General Psychology", "Communicate with a child. How?”, “Child's behavior in the hands of parents”, “We continue to communicate with the child. So?" etc.
- Meshcheryakov B. G., Zinchenko V. P. - "Big psychological dictionary".
- Works by Z. Freud, C. G. Jung, C. Rogers and other representatives of classical psychology.
Internet resources
You can significantly save and speed up the process of self-education using information technology.
On the Web, you can purchase literature, CDs, download teaching materials. The main thing is to know what exactly you need and be able to “separate the wheat from the chaff”, as the Internet is full of low quality materials, as well as sites whose goal is to enrich themselves through the trust of naive users.
Separately, it must be said that YouTube opens up truly wide opportunities for self-education, where you can find training lectures, recordings of seminars and other educational materials.
Summarize
The undeniable fact is that psychology is a profession that will gain popularity more and more. After all, every person in his life is faced with psychological problems thatoften impossible to constructively solve on their own. Just as a person goes to a doctor in case of illness, so in case of psychological problems, it is advisable and most rational to use the professional help of a specialist - a psychologist.
If a person has a higher education, but at some point wished to get a psychological qualification, the best option is professional retraining, which can also be done remotely.
You can improve skills not only in universities and libraries, but also by self-selection and study of literature, attending specialized courses in psychology and getting acquainted with materials of interest on the Internet.
In other words, even such an amazing science as psychology can be mastered by almost anyone, if there is a desire, but you can always pick up opportunities.
