Alexander B. Orlov

Professor: Faculty of Social Sciences / School of Psychology / Centre for Fundamental and Consulting Personology

Alexander B. Orlov has been at HSE University since 2004.

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Education, Degrees and Academic Titles

2006

Professor

1996

Doctor of Sciences* in General Psychology, Psychology of Personality, History of Psychology
Russian Academy of Education Institute of Psychology

1990

Senior Research Fellow

1978

Candidate of Sciences* (PhD) in Pedagogical Psychology
Research Institute of General and Pedagogic Psychology of the USSR Academy of Pedagogic Sciences

1978

Doctoral programme in Educational Psychology
Research Institute of General and Pedagogic Psychology of the USSR Academy of Pedagogic Sciences

1975

Degree in Psychology
Lomonosov Moscow State University, Department of Psychology

* Candidate of Sciences
According to the International Standard Classification of Education (ISCED) 2011, Candidate of Sciences belongs to ISCED level 8 - "doctoral or equivalent", together with PhD, DPhil, D.Lit, D.Sc, LL.D, Doctorate or similar. Candidate of Sciences allows its holders to reach the level of the Associate Professor.

* Doctor of Sciences
A post-doctoral degree called Doctor of Sciences is given to reflect second advanced research qualifications or higher doctorates in ISCED 2011.

Professional Interests

Client-Centered Psychotherapy(CCT)psychological counseling psychotherapy person-centered approach psychology of personality expressive client-centered psychotherapy encounter groups

Awards and Accomplishments

Best Teacher — 2013

Courses (2024/2025)

Basics of Client-centered Psychotherapy (Mago-Lego; 3 module)Rus
Basics of Client-centered Psychotherapy (Master’s programme; Faculty of Social Sciences; 1 year, 3 module)Rus
Expressive Arts Therapy (Mago-Lego; 1, 2 module)Rus
Expressive Arts Therapy (Master’s programme; Faculty of Social Sciences; 1 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
Mentor Seminar "Human-Centered Approach" (Master’s programme; Faculty of Social Sciences; 2 year, 1-3 module)Rus
Postgraduate seminar (Postgraduate course; 3 year, 2 semester)Rus
Research Seminar "Person-Centered Approach: Theory and Practice" (Master’s programme; Faculty of Social Sciences; 2 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
Theory and Practice of Group Person-Centered Interaction (Mago-Lego; 1, 2 module)Rus
Theory and Practice of Group Person-Centered Interaction (Master’s programme; Faculty of Social Sciences; 2 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
Past Courses

Courses (2023/2024)

Basics of Client-centered Psychotherapy (Mago-Lego; 3 module)Rus
Basics of Client-centered Psychotherapy (Master’s programme; Faculty of Social Sciences; 1 year, 3 module)Rus
Expressive Arts Therapy (Mago-Lego; 1, 2 module)Rus
Expressive Arts Therapy (Master’s programme; Faculty of Social Sciences; 1 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
Expressive Arts Therapy (Master’s programme; Faculty of Social Sciences; 2 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
Mentor Seminar "Human-Centered Approach" (Master’s programme; Faculty of Social Sciences; 1 year, 1-4 module)Rus
Research Seminar "Person-Centered Approach: Theory and Practice" (Master’s programme; Faculty of Social Sciences; 1 year, 2-4 module)Rus
Theory and Practice of Group Person-Centered Interaction (Mago-Lego; 1, 2 module)Rus
Theory and Practice of Group Person-Centered Interaction (Master’s programme; Faculty of Social Sciences; 2 year, 1, 2 module)Rus

Courses (2022/2023)

Basics of Client-centered Psychotherapy (Mago-Lego; 3 module)Rus
Basics of Client-centered Psychotherapy (Master’s programme; Faculty of Social Sciences; 1 year, 3 module)Rus
Expressive Arts Therapy (Mago-Lego; 1, 2 module)Rus
Expressive Arts Therapy (Master’s programme; Faculty of Social Sciences; 2 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
Introduction to Individual Counseling (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Social Sciences; 3 year, 2 module)Rus
Research Seminar "Person-Centered Approach: Theory and Practice" (Master’s programme; Faculty of Social Sciences; 2 year, 1-3 module)Rus
Theory and Practice of Group Person-Centered Interaction (Mago-Lego; 1, 2 module)Rus
Theory and Practice of Group Person-Centered Interaction (Master’s programme; Faculty of Social Sciences; 2 year, 1, 2 module)Rus

Courses (2021/2022)

Basics of Client-centered Psychotherapy (Master’s programme; Faculty of Social Sciences; 1 year, 3 module)Rus
Expressive Arts Therapy (Master’s programme; Faculty of Social Sciences; 2 year, 1, 2 module)Rus
Introduction to Individual Counseling (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Social Sciences; 3 year, 2 module)Rus
Research Seminar "Person-Centered Approach: Theory and Practice" (Master’s programme; Faculty of Social Sciences; 1 year, 1-4 module)Rus
Theory and Practice of Group Person-Centered Interaction (Master’s programme; Faculty of Social Sciences; 2 year, 1, 2 module)Rus

Courses (2020/2021)

Basics of Client-centered Psychotherapy (Master’s programme; Faculty of Social Sciences; 1 year, 3 module)Rus
Introduction to Individual Counseling (Bachelor’s programme; Faculty of Social Sciences; 3 year, 2 module)Rus
Research Seminar "Person-Centered Approach: Theory and Practice" (Master’s programme; Faculty of Social Sciences; 2 year, 1-3 module)Rus
Theory and Practice of Group Person-Centered Interaction (Master’s programme; Faculty of Social Sciences; 2 year, 1, 2 module)Rus

Timetable for today

Full timetable

Editorial board membership

2014: Member of the Editorial Board , Журнал практического психолога.

2014: Member of the Editorial Council , Психология. Журнал Высшей школы экономики (Psychology. Journal of the Higher School of Economics).

1994: Member of the Editorial Board , Вопросы психологии (Voprosy Psikhologii).

2012–2020: Member of the Editorial Council , Консультативная психология и психотерапия.

Conferences

2018
7-ой Международный фестиваль по интермодальной терапии экспрессивными искусствами (Москва). Presentation: Натур-ориентированная экспрессивная психотерапия
VII Всероссийская научно-практическая конференция Общества человекоцентрированного подхода с международным участием (Москва). Presentation: На чем центрирован человекоцентрированный подход?

2017
VI Всероссийская научно-практическая конференция Общества человекоцентрированного подхода с международным участием (Москва). Presentation: Российское Общество (Сторонников) Человекоцентрированного Подхода,2011 – 2017: итоги и перспективы

2015
Carl Rogers Birthday Annual Conference (Сан-Диего). Presentation: Person-Centered Approach to Self

2014
Carl Rogers Birthday Annual Conference (Сан-Диего). Presentation: The facilitative personal attitudes: rebranding

2013
II Всероссийская конференция Общества человекоцентрированного подхода (с международным участием), (Москва). Presentation: Психологический статус психотерапевта: индивидуальность vs. индивидность

Supervisor of the following Doctoral theses

for a Candidate of Sciences degree

1
A. Zirko The role of expressive and impressive vocalizations in self-expression and self-exploration, 2020

Employment history

1978-1983 Research Institute of General and Educational Psychology. Researcher

1983-1986 Aden University, College of Higher Education. Lecturer

1986-1992 Research Institute of General and Educational Psychology. Head of laboratory

1992-2004 Research Center of Family and Childhood of the Russian Academy of Education. Deputy Director.

2004-up to now National Research University Higher School of Economics. Professor

Professional interests

• Personality Psychology
• Psychology of Motivation
• Psychological counseling
• Psychotherapy
• Person-centered Approach

Interests Classifier eLibrary:
• 15.01.07 Philosophical questions and methodology of psychology
• 15.01.09 History of Psychology. Personalia
• 15.21.45 Psychology of activity and behavior. Psychology of motivation
• 15.21.51 Personality Psychology
• 15.21.61 Special states and phenomena of the mind
• 15.41.39 Psychology of communication. Communication processes
• 15.41.43 Psychology of interpersonal relations
• 15.81.70 Practical Psychology

Other

- Co-Director of the Master program "Investigation, counseling and psychotherapy of personality" (2006-2009)
- Director of the Master program "Investigation, counseling and psychotherapy of personality" (2009-2015)
- Founder and President of the Russian Community of the Person-Centered Approach (2011-2017)
- Participant of the Top 40 most cited Russian scientists-psychologists according to the Russian science citation index
- Member of the editorial Board of the journal "Problems of psychology"
- Member of the editorial Board of the journal "Counseling psychology and psychotherapy"
- Member of the editorial Board of the journal "Psychology. Journal of Higher school of Economics"
- Expert of the Russian humanitarian scientific Fund and the Russian Foundation for basic research
- Professor of the Academy of Practical Psychology at the Department of Psychology fo Moscow State University M.V. Lomonosov and the Russian Psychological Society
- Lecturer at the Institute of counselling psychology and consulting of the Federation of psychologists consultants
- Commentator, expert and Skype-consultant of the magazine "PSYCHOLOGIES" (all articles and notes published in the journal; reviews about Skype consultations)
- The Director of the Counselling Center "Trialogue"
- The author / Compiler / Scientific editor / Translator