Psychological counseling (MSC)

The purpose of the program:

  • Training of competitive specialists who possess a sufficient amount of scientific- theoretical and psychological-pedagogical knowledge, have professional competencies, expert and research skills in the field of individual and group psychological counseling, psychology of organization and professional activity.


    Language of instruction: kazakh/ russian/ english

    Training period: 2 years

    Form of education: full-time

Key learning outcomes
Сonceptual provisions of philosophical, psychological and pedagogical science in the context of the modern paradigm of psychological counseling. It performs psychological diagnostics of personality, representatives of various social groups, subjects of the organization and business in order to provide psychological assistance. It independently develops a program and methodological support for research (theoretical, empirical), planning and organizing scientific research based on the analysis of the achievements of modern psychological science and practice. It integrates interdisciplinary scientific knowledge, theory and practice of psychological counseling to solve professional problems. It conducts psychological training in the field of professional activity on human resource management. It conducts an examination and evaluation of the results of psychological assistance, using psychotherapeutic technologies to correct mental phenomena of various social groups.
List of disciplines
Cycle of basic disciplines: History and Philosophy of science, Higher School Pedagogy, Foreign language (professional), Psychology of management, Integrative approach in psychological counseling, Designing scientific and expert research in psychology, Psychology of business, Information technologies in psychological research, Cross-cultural and ethnic psychology.

The сycle of professional disciplines: Methodology of scientific research in psychology, Mathematical and statistical processing of psychological research data, Psychology of higher education, Image psychology and advertising psychology, Statistical processing of psychological research data in the SPSS program, Health psychology: theory, methodology and practice, Practicum on organizational consulting and coaching, Psychological job in the organization, Training technologies in human resources, Modern psychotherapeutic technologies in psychology, Problems of modern experimental psychology, Stress management, HR-personnel management.
Employment opportunities
Scientific career: continuing studies in PhD doctoral studies or in foreign universities under the Bolashak program;

Teaching career: educational institutions of higher professional education, including Narkhoz University;

Work in the field of practical psychology: in psychological centers, in business psychology and in large companies, in the рsychology of service activities (civil service, law enforcement agencies), conducting individual and group types of
psychological counseling.