SPbU SPbU
  • For Partners
  • Job Opportunities at SPbU
  • Contacts
  • Library
  • RU
  • 中文
  • About SPbU
    • The University Board of Trustees
    • History
    • Administration
    • International Cooperation
    • The University in Persons
    • Museums and Collections
    • Green Campus
    • About St Petersburg
    • Pirogov Clinic
    • Academic and Research Departments
    • University Giftshop
    • For Alumni
    • By-laws and Regulations
    University Introduction
  • Admission
    • Educational Programmes
    • Admissions Procedure
    • Documents Required
    • Independent Aspirantura Studies
    • International Admissions Office
    • Preparatory Course
    • Recognition of Foreign Educational Credentials
    • Tuition
    • Visa Support
    How to Apply
  • Education
    • Student Life
    • Internship
    • Accessible Environment
    • Accommodation
    • Clinics
    • Courses Taught in Foreign Languages
    • Heads of the Academic Offices
    • Online Courses
    • Scholarships and Grants
    • Services
    • Useful Information for International Students
    • Students Exchange Programmes (SEP)
    • Career Centre
    • International Student Club
    • Medical Services
    Russian Education System
  • Research
    • Research Park
    • M. Gorky Scientific Library of SPbU
    • Funding Opportunities
    • Research Internship Programme
    • Research Repository
    • Council of Young Scientists
    • Journals at SPbU
    • University Spin-offs
    • Intellectual Property
    • Visiting Professors
    • Pure System
    Resources Overview
  • News and Events
News
  • News
  • Calendar
  • Student Reviews
  • University: A Fresh Start
  • Rector's Interviews
  • University in Media
News and Events News
26 March 2020 News

St Petersburg University Psychological Clinic

In order to prevent the spread of the new coronavirus infection (COVID-19), St Petersburg University Psychological Clinic moved online on 26 March 2020. Consultations are now held online via Skype or WhatsApp depending on each client’s personal preferences.

Other conditions of psychological counselling remain unchanged. We kindly remind you that you can request a consultation by submitting a registration form or via email psy.clinic@spbu.ru.

Dear Students and staff members! If you find yourself in a difficult life situation or have problems solving psychological issues connected with:

  • Studies
  • Conflicts in the family
  • Feeling lonely
  • Adjusting to new life conditions
  • Self-identification
  • Interpersonal relationships
  • Anxiety conditions or depression

You can get psychological support from the experts of the Psychological Clinic of the University for free.

The Psychological Clinic was set up at St Petersburg University to offer help and support to those who need to solve different problems and overcome difficult life situations. Leading experts of the Clinic will help their clients sort out problems, make personal or family relations more effective, improve the quality of life, and cope with a whole variety of problems.

At the Psychological Clinic of the University we provide:

  • individual counselling
  • professional counselling (for those who experience difficulties with their professional identity)
  • counselling for parents of younger children
  • psychological support groups

Service is provided by teachers of the Faculty of Psychology at St Petersburg University. They are experienced specialists with all the necessary qualifications in the field of psychological counselling. They are assisted by professionally trained students in the Faculty. You can find more information about the specialists and the psychological support service here. 

The duration of sessions is 50 minutes. You can get five free consultations a year.

Students’ presence at the sessions is a necessary condition of free consultations.

  • Submit a request for a consultation via registration form
  • Call +7 (812) 363-65-01 or +7 (812) 328-94-17
  • Book an appointment on the website

We have recently launched a Skype hot line. Its aim is to provide free and anonymous psychological help in difficult life situations. Hot line working hours: 09:00 – 21:00 (Moscow time). You can contact any of our psychologists from around the World. The calls are voice only, no video calls are available.

How to access?

  • Download or open Skype
  • Login: SPBU-HELP-1
  • Make a call

Social networks:

  • Vkontakte page
  • Department of Personal and Professional Counselling VKontakte page
ATTENTION!

In case of a major crisis situation, if you need urgent psychological support, you can call +7 (812) 363-65-01 or +7 (812) 328-94-17. Our specialists will contact you and arrange a nonscheduled face-to-face session.

Latest News

An expert from St Petersburg University joins Heinrich Terahertz to discuss pricing in the art world

St Petersburg University to train experts in advanced HR technology

‘St Petersburg gave me friends, culture, and a good education’: Congo’s foreign minister visits St Petersburg University

# COVID-19

Other news

An expert from St Petersburg University joins Heinrich Terahertz to discuss pricing in the art world

09:13 News

St Petersburg University to train experts in advanced HR technology

09:07 News

Yalta, the Twilight of the Big Three

23 May 2025 Meeting

Prep year grind: how an Iranian student earned her spot in St Petersburg University

12 May 2025 Student Reviews

NetConference: Start-ups and Entrepreneurship

24 May 2025 Conference
"Peterburgskii Dnevnik" newspaper:

Nikolay Kropachev: "Churches at universities are becoming centres of spiritual life"

3 April 2025 Rector's Interviews
  • For Applicants
  • International Admissions Office
  • History of SPbU
  • Museums and Collections
  • Personal Account
  • Additional Programmes
  • Educational Programmes
  • Preparatory Course
  • Russian Language Programmes
  • For Partners
  • Clinics
  • Distributed Ledger Technologies Center of SPbU
  • Event Initiation
  • Language Testing Centre
  • Research Park
  • Multifunctional Payment Assistant
  • The Mediation Centre
  • University giftshop
  • For Students
  • Library
  • Accessible Environment
  • Blackboard
  • Timetable
  • Student's Personal Account
  • Accommodation
  • Internships
  • Students exchange programme and Freemover programme
  • Useful Information For International Students
© St Petersburg University, 2025
7-9 Universitetskaya Embankment, St Petersburg, Russia, 199034
By-laws and Regulations Contacts

This information resource may contain archival materials mentioning individuals or legal entities included in the register of foreign agents by the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation, as well as organizations recognized as extremist and banned on the territory of the Russian Federation.

Educational Programmes Russian Language Programmes Preparatory Course
International Admissions Office Contacts