The fourth issue of the journal «Counseling Psychology and Psychotherapy» (2025 # 4) has been released, dedicated to the II International Conference "Zeigarnik Readings. Clinical Psychology in the Modern World: Challenges and Resources". This issue contains a brief report on the event (see «From the Editor»), as well as articles based on presentations from various sections and round tables.
The issue opens with the «Theory and Methodology» section. The article by D.G. Dyakov is devoted to a crucial methodological problem of modern psychotherapy — the integration of knowledge from different schools and approaches. The author formulates a number of methodological principles that contribute to a scientifically grounded integration for solving practical problems, as opposed to the existing danger of an eclectic mixing of various techniques and methods.
The «Theoretical Reviews» section is represented by two articles. The first, written by a group of authors — O.V. Glukhova, V.Z. Sarkisyan, M.M. Ispiryan, Yu.V. Zaretsky, and V.K. Zaretsky — reflects the experience of cooperation between Russian and Armenian specialists in the field of teaching chess in schools. The article provides an important theoretical rationale for the hidden resources of this game, which include powerful mechanisms for the development of a child's intellectual and emotional spheres. The second article addresses the current issues of the traditional format of psychoeducational programs in the treatment of patients suffering from schizophrenia. The authors — A.V. Palin and N.A. Sirota — emphasize the necessity of conducting such programs in the early stages of inpatient treatment.
The «Thesting and Validating Instruments» section includes one article dedicated to the validation of the Secondary Traumatic Stress Scale (STSS) for specialists working with children and parents of children with disabilities and special needs. The authors of the article — E.A. Kazennaya, A.A. Zolotareva, A.S. Ulyanova, N.A. Lebedeva, and D.A. Karpova — have proven the high psychometric properties of the STSS methodology, which is now available to Russian specialists and can contribute to the prevention of burnout among representatives of one of the most important helping professions.
The final section of the special issue — «Empirical Studies» — includes four articles. The first of them, written by Belarusian researchers S.L. Boyko and K.V. Karpinsky, is devoted to the attitudinal regulation of vaccination behavior among healthcare workers and students in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. The article by Yu.V. Batluk, E.L. Krasko, D.A. Laskoy, V.A. Rozanov, and A.V. Shaboltas is dedicated to studying the risk factors for suicidal behavior in youth. The results of a study on family factors of obesity are presented in the article by E.D. Flitman and co-authors. Finally, the last article in the issue reveals new aspects of the problem of education and the methodological culture of modern mental health professionals. The author of the article, D.Yu. Kolomytsev, substantiates the relevance of the problem of neuroreductionism in the modern sciences of mental health.
Interested readers can find recordings of the authors' presentations, as well as other conference materials, on the conference website and on the Telegram channel .