No matter how many words are written about the difference between a psychotherapist and a psychologist-psychotherapist, until the educational and practical qualifications of a specialist are shown by example, there will be no complete understanding. So, the recommended training of specialists is psychotherapists in private practice. for people who want to receive high-quality psychological help, which the client can first learn about from his potential psychotherapist. I will rank the training according to the importance and cost of services: In the first place is a Psychologist-psychotherapist who first graduates from a higher educational institution in medical, counseling, social or special psychology for 5 years. Then he goes to study in a long-term program in one of the areas of psychotherapy for at least 3 years. For your information, the following psychotherapeutic areas are currently well represented in Russia: art psychotherapy, Gestalt psychotherapy, cognitive psychotherapy, behavioral psychotherapy, psychoanalysis, positive psychotherapy, body-oriented psychotherapy, psychodrama. The second place is occupied by a psychotherapist who first completes higher medical educational institution in the field of psychotherapy, then a 3-year program in one of the listed types of psychotherapy. And it is important that he is undergoing retraining in the field of Psychology. Third place in terms of training level will be shared by 3 specialists: 1. A psychotherapist who has completed 3 years of training in one of the types of psychotherapy, but has no psychological knowledge. 2. A psychologist who has a higher psychological education, but does not have a special 3-year psychotherapeutic training. 3. A specialist who has psychological retraining in the field of psychology and has a diploma in psychology as a second profession, and has undergone special 3-year training in psychotherapy. All the rest are simply psychologists - practitioners who can provide psychological assistance well, but do not always understand how to do it happens. Well, for completely dark and ignorant people there are psychics, parapsychologists, fortune tellers, priests, hairdressers and just taxi drivers. The practical qualification of any specialist is at least 3 years. Until this time, they are trainees. Ivan Kotva, psychologist-psychotherapist