Alexander Makarov is a well-known specialist in the field of modern psychology with more than 10 years of experience. He is engaged in private practice, conducts individual consultations and group trainings, writes articles on relevant topics. Makarov is well-known to television viewers as an expert on the programs "Housing and Public Utilities" and "Plot", as well as a skeptic on the popular show "Battle of Psychics."
Biography Highlights: Family and Early Years
Makarov Alexander Viktorovich was born on January 2, 1979 in the Novosibirsk Academgorodok, which is part of the Soviet district of the capital of Siberia. The largest scientific and educational centers, institutes, museums, and the presidium of the RAS branch are concentrated in this part of the city.
Alexander's father, Viktor Viktorovich Makarov, is a well-known psychotherapist, professor, one of the largest specialists in his field. Mom Galina Anatolyevna is a candidate of psychological sciences. Spouses Makarov and are currently actively engaged in professional activities, and their matured children continue the family business. Alexander’s sisters - Catherine and Ksenia - also provide psychotherapeutic assistance to adults and children. All members of the Makarov family regularly improve their qualifications, undergo training in Europe, and learn from personal experience with popular methods of psychotherapy.
Remembering his childhood, Alexander Viktorovich notes that the years of his growing up were a difficult time for the collapse of communist ideals. The Makarov family was very worried about the fading interest in science, when many talented scientists were forced to change their profession due to poverty or tried to go abroad. In this hectic time, they also did not stay long in one place. As a result of such a nomadic life, Alexander managed to change seven schools and four cities.
Makarov grew up as an enterprising child. For example, at the age of 10, he earned extra money by selling postcards to foreign tourists, and spent the money on various goodies and entertainments. Alexander calls the main trouble of his youth drugs, because of which many of his peers and friends died early.
Makarov received his higher education at the East European Institute of Psychoanalysis in St. Petersburg, although he has a special opinion on this. In his opinion, the value of an institute diploma in our country is greatly exaggerated. Alexander sincerely does not understand why there are so many people with higher education in Russia.
While studying at the institute, an active young man did not sit idly by. He got a job in a large sporting goods store, and climbed the career ladder to the deputy director. Despite the obvious managerial talents, Makarov never seriously considered this activity, but used it for temporary earnings.
Professional career
After graduating from the institute in 2005, Alexander moved from Petersburg to Moscow, where he lives to this day. Here he received another education at the Maimonides Academy at the Faculty of Classical Philology, Psychology and Law.
He began his career with private practice, and also in 2006 did not work long in the Gilyarovsky Psychiatric Hospital. He had to leave due to poor working conditions, which are characteristic of most government institutions. Doctors did not have enough computers to keep medical records, which created a tense atmosphere in the team and took away from Makarov the time intended for communication with patients.
Therefore, he focused on private consultations, corporate trainings, and continuing education. In 2007, more than 500 hours of training took place at the Academy of Postgraduate Education at the Department of Psychiatry, where he focused on the topic of post-stress disorders. In 2012, he made an expedition to India to study and master local psychological practices.
In the period 2007-2010 he worked with study groups in continuing education courses for doctors led by his father, Viktor Viktorovich. Since 2008, Alexander Makarov has begun to actively appear on television and on the radio as an invited expert. Speaking as a representative of the psychological community, he tries to express personal assessments or opinions, supported by statistics, research, and professional experience.
His television debut took place on the channel "Moscow Region". Makarov recalled that during the performance he was very worried. Soon he became a regular guest of various programs, including:
- analytical programs;
- Popular talk shows
- news releases;
- documentaries;
- journalistic investigations;
- morning broadcasts of radio stations and television channels.
The experience of expert presentations by Alexander Viktorovich has over 100 comments for the media. In particular, he was invited as a leader in projects dedicated to religious sects and the influence of the Internet on people's behavior.
In 2010, Makarov was invited to the show about paranormal abilities "Battle of psychics." His tasks include conducting tests for participants and psychological support for the heroes of the program. Since then, he appeared in nine seasons of the popular project. According to Alexander, viewers love the “Battle of psychics” for the special drama that real characters and tragic, mysterious stories give to what is happening on the screen.
Makarov was at the origins of the creation of a private psychiatric clinic Rehab Family, in 2011-2013 he served as executive director. Today this clinic is one of the largest in Europe and is known far beyond the borders of Russia.
Currently, Alexander Viktorovich continues to engage in private practice, collaborates with the Battle of Psychics, is a member of the Professional Psychotherapeutic League.
Working methods
In his work, Alexander Makarov is a supporter of the method of interaction with the patient. He sees his task as a specialist in helping the client to choose methods and actions to solve their problems. Such a conscious approach on the part of the patient, according to the psychotherapist, is most effective. Moreover, he tries not to advise more than 10 people at the same time so that the quality of work does not suffer. Questions and problems Makarov works with:
- relationships with difficult teens;
- establishing relationships with the opposite sex;
- problems interacting with other people;
- assistance in the development and improvement of useful skills (sociability, self-confidence, tolerance);
- solving family problems and building relationships in the family;
- the need for frank conversation without fear of misunderstanding or condemnation.
