Tkachenko O. The Formation of the Techniques of Understanding of the Client's Psychological Situation in Future Practical Psychologists

The client's psychological situation as the object of the psychologist's understanding in the situation of psychological consultation is researched. From the point of view of Psychological Hermeneutics its textual nature which is represented in the form of textual space is considered. In correspondence with the textual space of the situation of psychological consultation the integral system of the techniques of understanding of the client's psychological situation is created. The criteria and indices of the levels of understanding of the client's psychological situation are defined; the psycho-diagnostic procedure of their research is worked out and experimentally tested. The peculiarities of understanding of the client's psychological situation and development of the techniques of understanding of the client's psychological situation at different stages of the preparation of practical psychologists are researched. Psychological and pedagogical conditions of formation of the techniques of understanding of the client's psychological situation are defined and grounded. The program of the course "The Techniques of Understanding of the Client's Psychological Situation" is worked out and approved.