Teaching experience

Chernikov Alexander Viktorovich — candidate of psychological sciences.

Practicing psychotherapist, senior Researcher Center for Family and Childhood, teacher at the Academy practical psychology Moscow State University, Institute of Practical Psychology and Psychoanalysis. Chairman of the Expert Council of the Society of Family Counselors and Psychotherapists.

In 1992 he graduated from the Moscow State University them. THEM. Lomonosov. Psychology faculty. Department of Clinical Psychology. Diploma in the specialty "Psychologist, teacher of psychology."

Graduated in 1996 Research Center family and childhood Russian Academy Education (RAO).

Since 2007 professor at the Institute of Practical Psychology and Psychoanalysis.

Editor-in-Chief of the book series "Modern Family Psychotherapy" Publishing House " scientific world».

Books (2)

Systemic family therapy

Systemic family therapy helps to understand the individual in the context of his social relationships.

This book sets and solves a special problem - to help the specialist develop a holistic view of the family as a group of interdependent individuals - the family system.

Systemic family therapy. Classic and modern

In recent decades, interest in family therapy has increased. Communities of professionals emerge, form and work successfully educational programs new editions appear. This book is conceived as a guide to the course of systemic family therapy.

Its pages describe the key ideas and models of work of a family therapist, features of family diagnostics, techniques initial stage family therapy, circular interviews, direct and paradoxical prescriptions for the family, motivational techniques, etc.

Two of the latest approaches to family therapy are detailed: solution-focused brief therapy and narrative therapy. A separate chapter is devoted to teamwork with the family.

Area of ​​professional interests:

Family psychology and psychotherapy, psychodrama.

Academic degree: Candidate of Psychological Sciences.

Publications: Forty-five publications, including the monograph "Systemic Family Psychotherapy: An Integrative Diagnostic Model" in 1997, 1999 and 2001.

Education:

1987-1992 Moscow State University. THEM. Lomonosov. Psychology faculty. Department of Clinical Psychology. Diploma in the specialty "Psychologist, teacher of psychology".

1993-1996 Postgraduate study at the Research Center for Family and Childhood of the Russian Academy of Education (RAO).

Additional preparation:

• Training in the field of family psychotherapy:
  • Milan School of Family Psychotherapy. (A four-year program in Moscow led by Hana Weiner (USA), President of the International Association for Family Therapy.
  • Systemic therapy M. Bowen. (Two-year program in Moscow led by Katherine Baker and Peter Titelman, USA.)
• Preparation in the field of psychodrama:
  • A five-year psychodrama training project in Moscow (1993-1999) under the program of the Moreno Institute. Leader - Greta Leitz (Germany).
• 2001 EAP (European Association for Psychotherapy) certificate.

Professional experience:

• 1991-1992 Clinical psychologist at the Mental Health Center of the Russian Academy of Medical Sciences.
• 1992-1993 Deputy Director of the Moscow City Consultation on Family and Marriage.
• 1990-present temp. practicing family therapist.
• 1993-present Senior researcher at the Research Center for Family and Childhood of the Russian Academy of Education.
• 1996-present temp. Trainer and supervisor of the Institute of Group and Family Psychotherapy. Head of a three-year training program in family therapy.
• 1999-present temp. Lecturer at the Academy of Practical Psychology at Moscow State University.
• 2000 - present temp. Lecturer and supervisor at the Institute of Practical Psychology and Psychoanalysis.
• 2000 - present temp. Supervisor in a five-year training course organized by the Austrian Society for Systemic Therapy and Systems Research (OAS). Hosted by Gerda Klammer and Joachim Hinsch.
• 1997 Participant of the conference "Multidisciplinary Initiative Against Child Abuse". (Open Society Institute, Budapest).
• 2000 Participant of the 12th IFTA (International Family Therapy Association) Congress in Oslo, Norway.
• Since 2007 - Professor of the Institute of Practical Psychology and Psychoanalysis.

Membership in professional organizations:

• 1997-present temp. Member of IFTA (International Family Therapy Association).
• 2000-present member of EAP (European Association for Psychotherapy) and PPL (Psychotherapeutic League).
• 1998 - present temp. Chairman of the Expert Council of the Society of Family Counselors and Psychotherapists.

Candidate of Psychological Sciences.

Publications:

More than 50 printed works.

• including the monograph "Systemic Family Psychotherapy: An Integrative Diagnostic Model" 1997, republished in 1999, 2001, 2009 and 2011.
• Editor-in-Chief of the book series "Modern Family Psychotherapy" of the Nauchny Mir Publishing House from 2011 to the present. temp.

Education:

1987-1992 Moscow State University. THEM. Lomonosov. Psychology faculty. Department of Clinical Psychology. Diploma in the specialty "Psychologist, teacher of psychology".

1993-1996 Postgraduate study at the Research Center for Family and Childhood of the Russian Academy of Education (RAO).

Additional preparation:

Training in the field of family psychotherapy:

• Milan School of Family Psychotherapy. (A four-year program in Moscow under the leadership of Hana Weiner (USA), President of the International Association for Family Therapy. 1994-1998.
• Systemic therapy M. Bowen. (Two-year program in Moscow led by Katherine Baker and Peter Titelman, USA.) 2002-2003.
• Training in Psychodrama: A five-year psychodrama training project in Moscow (1993-1999) under the program of the Moreno Institute. Leader - Greta Leitz (Germany).
• Numerous short-term professional development (including an internship at the Milan Center for Systemic Family Therapy "School of Psychotherapy named after Mara Salvinia Palazzoli", Milan, Italy, September 2012.
• 2001 EAP (European Association for Psychotherapy) certificate.

Teaching experience:

Head of the three-year training program in family therapy at the Institute of Group and Family Psychotherapy (IGiSP)

1999-2014 - Lecturer at the Academy of Practical Psychology at Moscow State University

2000-2013 - lecturer and supervisor at the Institute of Practical Psychology and Psychoanalysis

2007-2013 - Professor at the Institute of Practical Psychology and Psychoanalysis

Membership in professional organizations:

1997-present temp. Member of IFTA (International Family Therapy Association).

2000-present member of EAP (European Association for Psychotherapy) and PPL (Psychotherapeutic League).

1998 - present temp. Chairman of the Expert Council of the Society of Family Counselors and Psychotherapists.