CURRENT SOCIO-LEGAL ASPECTS OF PSYCHOLOGICAL AND PSYCHOTHERAPEUTIC SERVICE MARKET

Abstract

The current psychological and psychotherapeutic service market is analyzed. Functions, competitive advantages, and the socio-legal status of the professional groups on the market which deliver psychological (psychotherapeutic) services under the sociocultural conditions of the contemporary Russian society on the basis of the practical experience of the Centre for Medical Psychology, are distinguished.

Keywords

• clinical (medical) psychology
• licensing
• psychodiagnostics
• psychological counseling
• psychocorrection
• psychotherapy.