Master degree program
Clinical Psychology

Clinical Psychology

QUALIFICATION

  • Scientific and pedagogical direction - Master of Social Sciences

MODEL OF GRADUATING STUDENT

1. Demonstrate advanced conceptual knowledge and a deep critical understanding of native and foreign classical and modern theoretical, methodological, applied, industry approaches for the professional activities of a psychologist in the field of health care.
2. Integrate the best world experience in the field of clinical psychology based on theoretical and empirical analysis of information into your work.
3. Apply the methodology and methods of neuropsychology, pathopsychology and psychosomatics, clinical and psychological intervention of various psychotherapeutic schools and directions to solve various problems based on compliance with ethical standards and principles.
4. Draw up a design and program for psychological research in the field of clinical psychology using theoretical and empirical methods at the stages of studying the state of the problem, collecting data, qualitative and statistical analysis, and formulating conclusions.
5. Conduct psychological diagnostics and assessment taking into account a complex of nosological, socio-demographic, ethnocultural, individual psychological and other characteristics of the client/patient.
6. Provide psychological counseling and psychological correction to patients/clients in individual and group formats in connection with the objectives of treatment, rehabilitation and development of clients/patients; analyze their outcomes.
7. Develop programs for psychological prevention and psychological education of the population, taking into account the current challenges of the healthcare sector.
8. Apply and systematically evaluate methods and techniques of clinical psychological research when conducting various types of psychological examinations.
9. Solve independently and in a team organizational issues of the professional activities of psychologists and psychological services in healthcare organizations.
10. Implement and analyze optimal strategies and content of training, methodological and educational work with students, contributing to their successful socialization.
11. Develop various types of professional documentation to support professional psychological work, scientific and pedagogical activity
12. Build effective professional communication as part of professional teams, based on knowledge of the regulatory framework, languages, philosophical and psychological principles of interaction, management, tolerance and support; briefly and clearly present problems and original solutions in professional and research activity.

Program passport

Speciality Name
Clinical Psychology
Speciality Code
7M03117
Faculty
Philosophy and Political Science

disciplines

Foreign Language (professional)
  • Number of credits - 6
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline is to form practical skills in various types of speech activity in a foreign language. The training course builds the ability to perceive, understand and translate information in the modern global space, participate in scientific events to test their own research. The discipline is aimed at improving competencies in accordance with international standards of foreign language education.

History and Philosophy of Science
  • Number of credits - 3
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline is to form a holistic systemic understanding of philosophy as a special form of cognition of the world, its main sections, problems and methods of their study in the context of future professional activity. The training course forms the theoretical and methodological basis of research work.

Methodology and methods of psychological expertise
  • Number of credits - 9
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - Purpose: form a systemic vision of psychological expertise as a type of psychological practice, an understanding of its specificity and place among other types of psychological practice, skills for conducting various types of psychological expertise and the procedure for conducting them. The course examines the methodology, procedures for organizing and conducting various types of psychological examinations, as well as methods of psychological research within the framework of medical-social, military-medical, medical-pedagogical, forensic psychological examination.

Neuropsychology and psychosomatics: theory, methodology, diagnostics and practice
  • Number of credits - 5
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - Purpose: formation of systemic ideas about neurophysiological mechanisms and psychosomatic bases of mental activity in norm and in various diseases. The course will study theoretical and applied aspects of the mechanisms of mental activity and psychological support of patients on the example of studying disorders of mental activity in patients with local brain lesions, psychosomatic, somatopsychiatric disorders

Organization and Planning of Scientific Research
  • Number of credits - 6
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - Рurpose: formation of a specialist’s research culture, research competence, as well as the theoretical, methodological and practical foundations for organizing research activities in the conditions of the development of science and the implementation of industrial and innovative development programs of the Republic of Kazakhstan; fundamentals of methodology and methods of scientific research, logic and structure of pedagogical research, scientific apparatus and research planning

Organizational and ethical aspects of psychological activity
  • Number of credits - 5
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The main purpose: to form a systematic understanding of the ethical and organizational aspects of psychologists' work and psychological services. The course covers ethical dilemmas and ways to resolve them, risk assessment and management in psychologist-client relationships, work with special groups, and the psychologist's relationships with colleagues and employers. It also studies supervision, management, and other organizational issues related to the psychologist's professional activity.

Pathopsychology and pathopsychological diagnostics
  • Number of credits - 6
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - Purpose: form systemic knowledge and ideas about violations and disintegration of personality and behavior in various mental and somatic diseases. When studying the course, the etiology of mental disorders, the pathopsychological characteristics of the main psycho-neurological nosologies according to the current International Classification of Diseases, features of cognitive disorders, personality and behavior in children and adults, and impaired consciousness will be reviewed.

Pedagogy of Higher Education
  • Number of credits - 5
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline is to form the ability to teach in universities and colleges based on knowledge of higher school didactics, theory of education and management of education, analysis and self-assessment of teaching activities. The training course is aimed at studying the trends in the development of education and the Bologna process. The course will help you master teaching and curatorial skills, various strategies and methods of teaching and education.

Psychological assessment of personality and behavior disorders
  • Number of credits - 6
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - Purpose: form the ability and skills to carry out psychodiagnostic work in health care, comprehend the role of psychic factors in structural analysis of mental and somatic disorders. The course covers methods, technologies, and procedures of psychological diagnosis and assessment of mental disorders, taking into account nosology, socio-psychological, and other characteristics of patients/clients.

Psychology of management
  • Number of credits - 3
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline is to provide scientific training of highly qualified specialists based on the study of fundamental concepts of management psychology, creating prerequisites for a theoretical understanding and practical application of the most important aspects of the field of management in the process of professional formation. The course is aimed at studying the patterns of development and functioning of mental processes, the basics of effective interaction and conflict resolution, self-development and self-presentation.

Data for 2021-2024 years

disciplines

Addiction Prevention and Intervention
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - Рurpose: form a systemic vision of addictions and practical work skills with clients/patients with addictive disorders. The course reviews modern methods of psychological diagnosis, prevention, intervention, and rehabilitation of addictive behavior. Special attention is paid to working with chemical and non-chemical dependencies (substance abuse, gambling, Internet addiction, food addiction, etc.) at a young age.

Children's pathopsychology
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - Рurpose: formation of competencies for psychological diagnosis, psychocorrection, and counseling of child and adolescent patients with mental health disorders.The course reviews factors affecting mental development of children, types and forms of mental development disorders and deviant behavior, methods of psychological diagnosis and correction used in working with children and adolescents.

Computational Modeling of Social Behavior
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - Рurpose: to develop the ability to understand, apply computer modeling in the analysis of social behavior, important aspects of models in psychology; a clear understanding of computer modeling of social behavior. Computer models providing accurate formalism of social processes are revealed; features of modeling social behavior, forecasting system behavior, virtual combinations of internal and external behavior parameters.

Computer modeling and statistics in psychology
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - Purpose: formation of professional psychological thinking through the development of practical skills in the application of computer modeling methods and statistical methods of data processing. The course provides for the study of ways to increase the "purity" of the experiment by increasing the accuracy of recording the results and eliminating errors in processing the source data.

Family and group psychotherapy
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - Purpose: to form a holistic view of the process of psychotherapeutic work with family and group, about the forms and methods of psychotherapeutic work in specific cases using various approaches; relevant competencies and practical skills. The course focuses on the use for therapeutic purposes of the entire set of interactions and relationships that arise between family members and participants in the group, including a psychotherapist.

Family Psychotherapy
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - Рurpose: formation of understanding of the place and role of family psychotherapy in the structure of psychological assistance to the client/patient. During the study of the discipline students will learn following aspects: psychological methods of assessment and intervention in mental disorders (at the level of the individual, child-parental, marital, sibling relations) to help the client and his relatives.

Group psychotherapy
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - Рurpose: formation of a systemic understanding of the role and place of group psychotherapy in the system of psychological help; development of skills of psychological work in group format with different categories of clients/patients. The course considers the possibilities and limitations of group psychotherapy, group dynamics, methods, and procedures of modern directions of group psychotherapy. It also considers the peculiarities of group work with patients in different nosologies.

History, Condition and Development Tendency of Modern Psychology
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - Рurpose: formation of competencies for mastering the theoretical and practical foundations of the development of psychological thought. Qualitative changes in the development of psychological ideas, the history of the emergence of a particular psychological concept, common and distinctive features in the development of psychology in different eras, various scientific concepts and theories, achievements of the past and modern psychological thought are revealed.

Individual clinical psychotherapy
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - Purpose: formation of competencies of complex therapeutic verbal and nonverbal effects on emotions, judgments, self-awareness of a person with various diseases (mental, nervous, psychosomatic); development of skills of relief of psychopathological symptoms by methods of individual clinical psychotherapy. The course focuses on mastering the basics of individual clinical psychotherapy, mastering approaches, organizational and substantive issues of the psychotherapeutic process, methods and basic techniques.

Methodology, methods and experiment in psychology
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - Purpose: to master the methodology, theory, organization of psychological research, including experiment, as a special form of research practice. The course is aimed at familiarization with the methodological foundations of psychological science, the formation of skills in planning psychological research, obtaining and processing empirical data; obtaining, interpreting and presenting experimental data.

Methods of clinical-psychological intervention
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - Purpose: formation of professional competencies of emergency clinical and psychological intervention in various psychopathologies and mental traumatization. The course is aimed at the practical development of methods of clinical and psychological intervention and the development of appropriate programs. Special attention is paid to the methods of cognitive-behavioral intervention of abnormal behavior and behavioral disorders of a clinical nature, including affective spectrum disorders.

Modern methods of counseling and psychotherapy
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - Purpose: to form a systematic understanding of modern paradigms of counseling and psychotherapy in relation to the work of a psychologist in clinical settings, as well as skills of psychological work with patients / clients. The discipline integrates the study of the theory, methodology and practice of counseling and psychotherapy within the framework of various psychological schools and directions; focuses on creating the necessary psychological atmosphere and therapeutic environment.

Modern methods of statistics in psychology
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - Рurpose: to contribute to the formation of competence in the analysis of research results by statistical methods and possession of a variety of methodological arsenal of statistical science. The main stages and directions of the development of statistics as a science are studied; rules, methods and techniques of statistical analysis of information, valid methods of quantitative and qualitative data processing, features of automatic application of standard formulas.

Neuropsychology and psychosomatics: theory, methodology, diagnostics and practice
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - Purpose: to create a holistic system view of the main practical directions of clinical psychology, to form competencies in the field of diagnostics and practice of applying theoretical approaches and applied aspects of neuropsychology and psychosomatics. The discipline reveals a model of neuro-psycho diagnostic and neuropsychocorrective activity in the process of real practical work from the point of view of the biopsychosocial paradigm.

Prevention of mental and behavioral disorders
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - Purpose: formation of professional competencies for the prevention of mental and behavioral disorders, development of appropriate preventive programs for medical, clinical organizations and public health. Special attention is paid to the prevention of addictions, neurotic disorders, behavioral pathologies and abnormal behavior.

Research Methods and Experiment in Psychology
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - Рurpose: to form the ability to understand the role of research work in the practical activity of a specialist, to master and consolidate the basic concepts of scientific research, to form an idea of the methods and logic of scientific knowledge, search, accumulation, processing of scientific information and registration of research results. The methodological foundations of psychological research, classification and characteristics of empirical methods, procedure and organization of psychological experiment are revealed.

Suicidology and crisis psychotherapy
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - Purpose: formation of ability and readiness to perform professional tasks in the field of consultative and psychotherapeutic, psychological, and educational activities aimed at persons with suicidal behavior and crisis states. The discipline introduces the specifics of providing appropriate psychological assistance; it focuses on taking into account physiological, psychological, and behavioral indicators of suicidal risk and crisis states of personality.

Theoretical methodological aspects of the physiology of higher nervous activity
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - Рurpose: formation of a systemic understanding of the regularities of the nervous system activity as the basis of mental activity and the relationship of brain disorders with disorders in mental activity. During the study of the discipline, master's students will study the concepts of physiology of higher nervous activity as a norm and in disorders of mental activity.

Theoretical Methodological Basis of Psychology
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - Рurpose: to develop the ability to understand, critically analyze and apply professional methodological knowledge, research methods, understand research problems, and solve methodological dilemmas in modern psychology. The discipline allows you to learn the categorical structure, explanatory principles and approaches, key problems and the specifics of psychological cognition itself; it teaches you to apply universal criteria to assess the quality of psychological theory.

Data for 2021-2024 years

INTERNSHIPS

Pedagogical
  • Type of control - Защита практики
  • Description - Formation of practical, educational-methodical skills of conducting lectures, seminars, creatively apply scientific, theoretical knowledge, practical skills in teaching activities, conduct training sessions in the disciplines of the specialty; own modern professional techniques, methods of training, use in practice the latest theoretical, methodological advances, make educational, methodological documentation.

Research
  • Type of control - Защита практики
  • Description - The purpose of the practice: gaining experience in the study of an actual scientific problem, expand the professional knowledge gained in the learning process, and developing practical skills for conducting independent scientific work. The practice is aimed at developing the skills of research, analysis and application of economic knowledge.

Research
  • Type of control - Защита НИР
  • Description - The purpose of the practice: gaining experience in the study of an actual scientific problem, expand the professional knowledge gained in the learning process, and developing practical skills for conducting independent scientific work. The practice is aimed at developing the skills of research, analysis and application of economic knowledge.

Data for 2021-2024 years