Features of professional education and training of psychologists to consult the specialists of the extreme activity profile

Abstract

The article presents the analysis of the problem of clinical psychologists’ preparation for consulting the specialists of an extreme activity profile. Based on the existing world practice of education and training of psychologists, approaches have been developed for the implementation of professional training of emergency consultants in Ukraine. Such training should include the formation and awareness of individual ways of work, the development of special abilities, mechanisms of self-regulation and unique creative counseling psycho technologies. The article also describes methods and techniques used by the author in his work with future counseling psychologists. Besides, the problem of internship and the possibility of its use in the modern training of future consultants has been analyzed. Basic skills and habits have been identified, which should be mastered by psychological consultants of extreme profile. The ways and possibilities how to increase the qualification of counseling psychologists during the process of their professional development are analyzed.