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Hello, Dear Viewers and Subscribers. Today (06/20/2018) Mikhail Efimovich Litvak – anniversary – he turns 80 years old! That’s why I decided to dedicate today’s video to Him! Time codes, as usual, will be posted below, as well as in the description of the video on YouTube.

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Time codes:
0:00 Mikhail Efimovich’s anniversary, and why I decided to record this video.
05:50 Text of the note that I wrote back in June 2011 (now I am presenting this text with my comments)
21:25 About the laws and patterns of life, as well as about what, unfortunately, psychologists are NOT taught in universities
31:12 Biographical information of Mikhail Efimovich Litvak
35:40 Complete List of Books written by Mikhail Efimovich Litvak, which can be purchased in online stores

Hello, Dear Readers. Today (06/20/2018) Mikhail Efimovich Litvak has an anniversary - he turns 80 years old! Therefore, I decided to dedicate today’s article specifically to my, so to speak, former Teacher. Yes, once Mikhail Efimovich really was an unshakable authority for me and a Teacher with a capital T. But, as a whole range of true knowledge accumulated in such areas as scientific psychology, psychotherapy and clinical psychiatry, his authority in my eyes was greatly shaken - there was too much outright rubbish, misconceptions and deliberate lies in the Teacher’s speeches. But it is to HIM (and this can NEVER be taken away from him!), and so, it is to HIM that I owe the fact that once upon a time, a long, long time ago, as much as 10 years ago (in December 2008), thanks to his book “Psychological Vampirism “I first became interested in such a science as psychology. And, although later, as I acquired true knowledge, my views with Litvak diverged quite radically, and I filmed a whole series of sharply negative critical material (the first part of which you can read in the article “”), revealing a number of shortcomings regarding the views and positions of his false teaching, but, nevertheless, for the fact that, thanks to him, I first came to psychology, I am very, very grateful to him from the bottom of my heart! That is why on his birthday, there will be NO criticism of my former Teacher even close. On the contrary, today I will read to you that positive and, I would say, somewhat enthusiastic note about Mikhail Efimovich, which I wrote seven whole years ago - back in June 2011. By the way, my readers often asked me about it - they say, “You criticize Litvak, so why is there such a laudatory note in his honor on your website?” Answering this question, I will say the following: “Yes, when I wrote it for the first time, I really believed that Litvak was a guru, and everything written or said by him was the ultimate truth. But everything flows, everything changes. Later, I realized WHAT EXACTLY my former Teacher was wrong and showed it in critical video reviews. Well, I want to bring that old last note today as THANK YOU for what Litvak did for me then. I left the entire essence of that note WITHOUT any changes, only correcting the style in some places (and even then, very, very slightly - as they say, to make it sound more beautiful).” By the way, about a year ago I already recorded a similar video with thanks to Mikhail Efimovich (you can read it in the article “”). There I spoke in detail about how his books and audio seminars helped me. Well, in today’s video I will share with you those emotions and feelings that overwhelmed me during that period of time when I had just recently emerged from my neurotic life scenario. Actually, this will be discussed further. Well, so as not to delay, I will move from words to action (as usual, I will write my brief comments in parentheses and designate them with my initials (Yu.L.):

“Hello, Dear Readers. I dedicate today's article Mikhail Efimovich Litvak . He is a man of world renown. But for me he is a Teacher! (Well, regarding a person with a World Famous name - this, of course, is a little overkill. But since I promised without criticism, I will NOT do it again :); Yu.L.). It was thanks to him and his books that I was able to change my neurotic life for the better. So, I managed to find a way out of my tragic scenario. (No, from the point of view of scenario theory, the outcome of my neurotic life scenario was, of course, NOT tragic, but banal. I will write down more about the scenario outcome (banal (non-winner), tragic (loser, or defeated) and victorious) separate video; Yu.L.). I was able to understand how to live according to my Destiny, realizing all the inclinations and abilities that Life generously endowed me with by nature. (Yes, what is true is true. Nature and genetics rewarded me really generously; Yu.L.). I was able to find myself. I decided on my global (strategic) and smaller local (tactical) goals, and found the roads that lead to their implementation. I figured out for myself what principles I need to proceed from in order to behave correctly and effectively in absolutely any life situations. (Well, regarding Absolutely Anyone, this is, of course, an obvious overkill. But, yes, I will NOT deny - even at that time I understood how to build communication with many people and significantly improved my communication skills; Yu.L.) .

Although all this simply required titanic work on myself, in 2.5 years I independently (only with the help of books and audio seminars by Mikhail Efimovich) found the roots of the neurotic traits of my character, managed to rebuild myself in communication with people, understand, forgive, ask for forgiveness, let go and forget, and if you remember, then with a smile on your face. (Yes, this is absolutely true. Then I really forgave and let go of a lot of people, both from my soul and from my life; Yu.L.). I managed to get out of the scenario with honor The Fawning Tyrant(perhaps the worst scenario) (no, I would NOT say that this is the worst scenario - yes, it certainly had its difficult moments, but in general - nothing truly tragic in my neurotic scenario, on in my opinion, it was NOT; Y.L.), and then Arrogant Creator(no, here I am writing in error - I have NEVER BEEN an Arrogant Creator AT ALL; Yu.L.). Now I am firmly on the path of the Subhuman according to Maslow, who strives at all costs to be a full-fledged Person. (Yes, that’s true, then it was really SO; Y.L.). I had a lot of trial and error. However, without the latter, there really is nowhere. It was after the failures, which I carefully analyzed and analyzed, that significant success followed in working on myself - in self-improvement, personal growth and development.
Yes, the work was done simply enormous, although according to Abraham Maslow and Mikhail Efimovich Litvak, (i.e., a Man) I am not even close yet. But I am moving towards this goal by training my mind, pouring in new information from his books and audio seminars, as well as from the works of classics of both fiction and psychotherapeutic literature.
Books Mikhail Efimovich Litvak - this is the best thing I have ever come across from psychological, psychotherapeutic, philosophical and fiction literature. (Well, since I promised WITHOUT criticism, then, perhaps, I will refrain here too :); Yu.L.). In the shortest possible time, they really allow you to change your life. (It is very, very difficult to change anything in the shortest possible time. But, however, then, at that period of my life, this literature really gave impetus to the beginning of my changes; Yu.L.). I thought for a long time, what is the secret of his success? Why does his work simultaneously include three essential components: efficiency, simplicity and accessibility? Why does the mind work to its fullest and in the right direction, healing and cleansing the soul from the fetid neurotic rot that has been accumulating in the soul for years? - What an interesting thing. I changed Myself, only through his books and seminars. In addition to another Teacher from Network Marketing, to whom I am also very grateful (he taught me in practice how to communicate with people on business and for business) (I will devote more detail to the topic of network marketing two separate large videos, in one of which I will definitely tell you about my history of doing this type of “business”; Yu.L.), I didn’t have more Teachers who helped me get out of my neurotic life scenario - I didn’t go to psychologists, didn’t attend various training groups (and thank God, otherwise it’s still unknown where I would have ended up, and whoever it took me to; Yu.L.), did not run around to neurosis clinics and psychotherapists. I avoided black and white magicians, hereditary shamans, midwives, astrologers and fortune tellers of the highest categories!
Yes, I worked a lot on myself, studied, wrote down, kept diaries, wrote a biography and analyzed. (Yes, all these are, of course, very useful things in working on yourself; Yu.L.). I perfectly mastered and successfully applied psychological aikido, targeted modeling of emotions, Horney's introspection, script reprogramming and basic techniques Perls Gestalt Therapy, (well, fortunately, from Gestalt therapy I took, in fact, only one exercise - to live here and now, and with this I firmly tied up with Gestalt; someday I will definitely make several videos on the topic of criticism of this “psychotherapeutic” directions; Yu.L.). But it was Litvak who opened my eyes to these methods, clearly and clearly describing them in the book “From Hell to Heaven.” From his other books and audio seminars, I received the missing love of my father and mother. (No, here, of course, what I wrote was complete nonsense; Yu.L.). I found out at what stage of development of sexuality my delay occurred and how to deal with it. (No, I resolved the issue with love and sex in a completely different way. Litvak HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THIS. More precisely, at some point his false teaching played a cruel joke on me both in terms of sex and in terms of relationships with the opposite sex, and in terms of love. But, since I promised WITHOUT CRITICISM, I will NOT go into details here Y.L.). I stopped criticizing people close to me: I got rid of the criticism that I was guilty of every hour, if not every minute. (Yes, this is true. Here, of course, Litvak is absolutely right, believing that one should praise for free, and criticize for Money. And now, accordingly, working as a psychologist, I take money for the criticism that I provide in consultation when analyzing and analyzing the situation from the position of an Adult, explaining to his clients where, in what and why they were wrong, and what should have been done in order to achieve the result they desired; I managed to find the positive qualities of his personality in almost every person, as the 19th century German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche advises: “correct” your neighbor by praising him; or, grasping the tip of his good qualities, drag him until you pull out his virtue and hide your neighbor in its folds.” (Yes, this is also an absolutely correct approach; Yu.L.). I stopped dividing people into good and bad: I communicated with those who were suitable for me and stopped communicating with those who, accordingly, were not suitable for me. Whether they are good or bad is not for me to judge (100%; Yu.L.).

Of course, like all people, I have my own unresolved problems. But these are problems of a completely different level than they were before, when my soul resembled the Augean stables, and the ninth circle of the fifth zone of Dante’s hell reigned in my brain (there, according to Litvak, traitors to themselves suffer). (Yes, this is true. I betrayed myself (my goals, my dreams, my aspirations, desires, interests and needs) before. And I betrayed it very, very strongly, and, as a result, I suffered a lot and suffered from this - I had to live then, indeed, it was very, very hard; Thanks to the adjustment of the script, all the problems from the unconscious moved into my consciousness (yes, awareness of your problems is really the first step to achieving success; Y.L.), and since I no longer want to hide them or forget about them, very soon they will find their natural solution because I work on myself all the time. But two and a half years here is clearly not enough. (Yes, everything was written here absolutely correctly. Some problems, indeed, sometimes require longer work on oneself; Yu.L.). But with what joy I celebrate every little turn of the spiral that brings me closer to a full-fledged Personality. I am moving forward - towards the realization of my global goals, while simultaneously overcoming smaller (local) goals, but no less important in their significance.

And now, Dear Readers, I will tell you the main secret of success. Mikhail Efimovich Litvak . In his books he gives us the Laws. (No, Laws in psychology DO NOT exist AT ALL. This is NOT physics and mathematics for you - THERE, indeed, are the clear and strictly defined LAWS of our Universe. - The way it is structured, and the way certain phenomena in it are structured As for psychology, there are only a certain kind of REGULARITIES that can work with a certain percentage in certain situations, and a huge number of these same “laws” that Litvak cites in his books, presenting them as truth. in the last resort, very often in fact they are NOT even close to the truth. But I promised WITHOUT criticism. So I’ll shut up; They can be called differently: for an atheist these are the Laws of Nature, for a believer these are the Laws of God. For me, these are the Laws of Life on which the whole world rests. These Laws know no exceptions. Only by competently mastering the Laws can you get rid of neurotic hell, find peace and peace of mind, and finally live a happy life. (What is true is true. - Having mastered the true patterns of our life, we can indeed significantly improve its quality, making it much better and happier; Yu.L.).
Over the course of two and a half years, I had the opportunity to communicate with several people who graduated from psychological and even psychotherapeutic faculties of prestigious universities and received their diplomas and certificates there. Their whole problem was precisely that during their training they never learned, or perhaps they were simply not given or explained, these most important Laws of Life! Those. in universities they studied everything except the latter. (Yes, unfortunately, this is really so. In university, unfortunately, they do NOT teach the laws of life. NOWHERE AND IN NO WAY. And it’s a very, very pity. Psychologists really lack real knowledge of psychotherapy. Therefore, it would indeed be very, very cool to introduce such a large and voluminous course on certain psychological patterns of our life in universities right while receiving a psychology degree. This would be very useful for my colleagues both in terms of working on themselves and in terms of further work with clients and patients who turn to them for help. That is, normally this course (I would call it a course on psychological maturity) should talk, among other things, about certain patterns on which certain phenomena are based, and about certain patterns knowledge and understanding of which would help to successfully resolve certain life situations and psychological problems that arise in a person). As for my view on the system of psychological education as a whole, I will outline it in separate video; Yu.L.). What was the result of such training, I think you, Dear Readers, have already guessed. At best, universities produced Arrogant Creators, at worst, Subservient Tyrants. I shudder to think how many souls they could ruin by doing psychotherapy. (Well, by the way, Yes - a person who has graduated from the Faculty of Psychology should not be allowed to work psychotherapeutically with a client, in my opinion, until he himself is an adequate and psychologically mature person. Read more about psychologist personality(i.e. about what it should be) I also plan to record a separate video; Yu.L.). After all, a person who came to a psychologist for the first time and, at the same time, ended up with a completely unqualified specialist, will not even contact other psychologists anymore - here such a thing will work flawlessly for the client psychological defense as identification. (Yes, absolutely true. Often a person who has encountered a low-quality and unqualified psychologist will most likely never turn to another such specialist again: “Since this one is such crap, then all the others will most likely be the same. All they are the same. And what did they teach them at the university? They only get money for their work, but there’s no point!”;

Materials from Mikhail Efimovich’s books allow you to independently walk the path from Hell to Heaven. No wonder Litvak believes that neuroses are 150% curable. And indeed it is! And let him take decent money for his seminars, but he does it only because he helps, and does not charlatan! (Well, he promised WITHOUT criticism. Therefore, I will refrain from commenting on the cost of his seminars, and from a detailed analysis of the effectiveness of his seminars and trainings, although I definitely have something to say on both of these points... But I WILL NOT. At least, certainly NOT in this article and NOT on the anniversary of Mikhail Efimovich; Soon after treatment, patients (and now clients) no longer need it. It does not act as an inducer, does not trick, does not hypnotize, but forces the brain to work to its fullest and, time after time, to find the right solutions to get out of the most difficult situations in life. He is a top-class professional, but does not seem to be.

Here's some biographical information about Mikhail Efimovich Litvak which I found on his official website:
Litvak Mikhail Efimovich was born on June 20, 1938 in the city of Rostov-on-Don. He is the founder of the CROSS club (a club for those who have decided to master stressful situations), where you can learn psychologically competent communication and public speaking, as well as undergo a course of treatment for psychosomatic diseases and neurotic disorders (now seminars on logic and management psychology have begun to be held there). This club was founded back in 1984.
Mikhail Efimovich is the author and co-author of more than forty books that are devoted to current issues of clinical psychiatry, psychotherapy, and the psychology of management and communication. The total circulation of his books has already exceeded 15 million copies. Bestselling books: “Psychological Aikido”, “If you want to be happy”, “The sperm principle”, “Psychological Vampirism”.
He is a Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Natural Sciences, as well as a psychotherapist of the World Psychotherapeutic Association and a Member of the European Association of Psychotherapists (EAP) (this title was awarded to Litvak immediately after reading his books!). (Okay, I will remain silent about what an organization like RANS (Russian Academy of Natural Sciences (NOT to be confused with RAMS - Russian Academy of Medical Sciences)) is and for WHAT they give all these pseudoscientific titles there, in this RANS. Well As for the European Association of Psychotherapists, personally, in my eyes, after Litvak’s story that they took him there only after reading his books, so, in my personal eyes, this organization fell sharply. Assigning membership only for books, Moreover, they are absolutely NOT scientific, but published in mass circulation and designed for the mass reader, i.e., for simple and ordinary people who have NO RELATIONSHIP to psychotherapy and, accordingly, cannot evaluate his works from the point of view of the truth presented there. information - as for me, this is just complete nonsense. However, what can we talk about just some Litvak, when such an absolutely pseudoscientific direction in psychotherapy as such an absolutely pseudoscientific direction in psychotherapy is included in the same European Association and is considered adequate and normal. neurolinguistic programming(or NLP). So Litvak and his membership in the EAP are still trifles; Yu.L.).
Mikhail Litvak is the creator of such unique techniques as “Psychological Aikido”, “Script reprogramming”, “Targeted modeling of emotions”, “Intellectual trance”, “Psycho-methotherapy” and others.
He and his students regularly conduct psychological seminars and trainings in more than thirty-two regions of Russia, and in eighteen countries both near and far abroad (Ukraine, Latvia, England, Kazakhstan, Germany, USA, Switzerland, Finland, Bulgaria, Lithuania, and etc.).

And, finally, a list of Books by Mikhail Efimovich that can be purchased in the online store:
1) Neuroses;
2) Sperm principle;
3) Psychological gambits and combinations. Workshop on psychological aikido;
4) How to find out and change your destiny;
5) Psychological vampirism;
6) General psychopathology (co-authored with A.O. Bukhanovsky, Yu.A. Kutyavin);
7) If you want to be happy;
8) Don't whine! Workshop on psychological aikido;
9) Sex in the family and at work;
10) Command or obey? Psychology of management;
11) Psychological Aikido;
12) From Hell to Heaven;
13) The Adventures of the Eternal Prince;
14) How to become a good and sought-after psychologist;
15) Psychologist. Profession or lifestyle;
16) Yes, your command or yes, your subordination. Psychology for management (in Bulgarian);
17) Psychological Aikido (in English);
18) Psihologiskais aikido (in Latvian);
19) Psychological Aikido (in Bulgarian);
20) Bandaging mental wounds or psychotherapy (co-authored with M.O. Mirovich, E.V. Zolotukhina-Abolina);
21) Revelations of a former spermatosaurus, or a textbook of life. Diary of Tatyana Shafranova (co-authored with Tatyana Shafranova);
22) News from the future. Letters to the manager (co-authored with Tatyana Soldatova);
23) How to find a good employee and a good job? (co-authored with Victoria Cherdakova);
24) The Adventures of a Crying Sanguine Man (co-authored with Hilga Plotnik);
25) The Adventures of the Cowardly Lioness, or the Art of Living, which you can learn (co-authored with Galina Chernaya);
26) Further adventures of the Cowardly Lioness (co-authored with Galina Chernaya);
27) Religion and applied philosophy. Apart or together;
28) Logic and life. Study guide (co-authored with Natalya Epifantseva and Tatyana Shafranova);
29) Man and woman;
30) The Sperm Principle in family relationships;
31) 7 steps to success;
32) 5 methods of raising children;
33) 4 types of love;
34) Workshop on the principle of the Spermatozoon;
35) The Sperm Principle in Business;
36) Psychology Practices;
37) How to sell yourself dearly (co-authored with Victoria Cherdakova);
38) How to manage yourself, business and destiny (co-authored with Tatyana Soldatova);
39) 10 methods for developing thinking and memory;
40) How to raise a genius;
41) How to find a good boss and a good subordinate (co-authored with Victoria Cherdakova);
42) Marriage of convenience? (co-authored with Victoria Cherdakova).

Dear Readers, that’s all I have for today. I wish Mikhail Efimovich Litvak good health and long life, but I wish you success and see you again.

Mikhail Litvak is a famous Russian psychologist, psychotherapist, author of 30 books on practical and popular psychology, author of the concept of “psychological aikido.” We have collected for you 20 of his most famous quotes:

1. If a person cannot say anything good about himself, but wants to say something, he begins to say bad things about others.

2. Gnaw the granite of science, and not your neighbor’s throat, if you really want to gnaw something.

3. Depression is given to a person to think about himself.

4. No one leaves anyone, someone just moves forward. The one who lags behind believes that he was abandoned.

5. If you think well of yourself, why do you need someone else to think well of you.

6. Do what you want and don't ask permission. Suddenly they refuse.

7. The ability to love and tolerate loneliness well is an indicator of spiritual maturity. We do our best work when we are alone.

8. An immature person often knows, but does not know how. A mature woman not only knows, but also knows how. Therefore, an immature person criticizes, while a mature person does.

9. I don't know the path to success. But I know the path to failure is the desire to please everyone.

10. There is no male or female logic, there is the ability or inability to think competently.

11. Do you want to know your main enemy? Look in the mirror. Deal with him - the rest will run away.

12. Achieve success - grievances will go away.

13. Communicating with friends is pleasant, but communicating with enemies is useful.

14. There is only one valid reason for breaking a relationship and leaving a job - the impossibility of personal growth in the current conditions.

15. Share only joy with both friends and enemies. The friend will rejoice, the enemy will be upset.

16. Don’t chase happiness, but find the place where it is found. And happiness will find you on its own. I can tell you the place where your happiness is found - it is yourself. And the path to it is the maximum development of all your abilities.

17. Happiness is a “by-product” of properly organized activities.

18. If you want to prove something to someone, it means you live for the sake of the person to whom you want to prove it. If you live for yourself, then there is no need to prove anything to anyone.

19. Dreams are the voices of our abilities. I don't dream of singing in opera. There is no voice, no hearing. And if I dreamed, then, consequently, this dream would be fueled by my abilities. Therefore, I would try to get into the opera. You just need to think about how to make this dream come true. The main thing here is not to rush, then it will work out pretty quickly. It’s good when a person can say the following about himself: “All I do is try to make my dreams come true.”

20. It is better to communicate with a good book than with an empty person.

In our Book Library you can read briefly. In it, he talks not only about the general principles of this technique, but also about how to use aikido in business correspondence, in a situation of work conflict, how to criticize using this method, how to accept criticism, how to respond to unconstructive criticism and many other things.

Dear Readers, that’s all I have for today. I wish Mikhail Efimovich Litvak good health and long life, but I wish you success and see you again.

A short autobiography written by me for an article on Wikipedia at the request of readers.

Wikipedia has the shortest version, which you can find on its official website.

Here I bring to your attention a slightly more expanded version

Parents:

Litvak Efim Markovich, born in 1912, a doctor by profession, died in 1964.

Mother, Litvak Berta Izrailevna, was born in 1912, an employee by profession, died in 1986.

In 1961, I graduated from the Rostov State Medical Institute (now a university) and was drafted into the ranks of the Soviet Army, where I served in various positions in army medical institutions.

Since 1967, I worked in the psychiatric clinic of psychiatry of Rostov Medical University as a psychiatrist, and since 1980 as a teacher in the Department of Psychiatry at the Faculty of Advanced Medical Training, where I participated in teaching cycles of general advanced training in general psychiatry, addiction medicine, psychotherapy, and medical psychology. and sexology.

Until 1980, his scientific interests were in the field of clinics and treatment of schizophrenia (about 30 articles). In the 1980s, my scientific and clinical interests shifted towards psychotherapy, psychosomatics, sexology and medical psychology.

Studying the problem of neuroses using the example of my patients and getting acquainted with world literature (psychoanalytic methods, existential analysis, humanistic psychology, cognitive therapy, etc.), I came to the conclusion that patients should not so much be treated with drugs, but rather be taught proper communication with oneself, with loved ones and strangers, in general, build correct communication and successfully resolve your affairs both at work and in your personal life.

Using Freud, Adler, Skinner, Berne and others as predecessors, I developed a technique that I called “Psychological Aikido.” This technique has proven to be applicable in business, education and sports, where it is now widely used.

This was followed by the development of a method for targeted emotion modeling. It has proven to be applicable in the training of leaders. The idea that the roots of neuroses go back to early childhood, when an unhappy scenario develops, led to the development of a method that I called “script reprogramming.”

It was necessary to modify some traditional methods of psychotherapy, such as autogenic training. A comprehensive therapeutic program and an organizational model for the treatment of neuroses were developed, which were successfully introduced into clinical practice.

The simplicity of the modification is such that it is also used by healthy people for the purpose of prevention and health improvement. Treatment at the clinic turned out to be insufficient, and patients began to come to me even after discharge from the hospital and bring their relatives and friends.

This is how the psychotherapeutic club CROSS (Club of Those Who Decided to Master Stressful Situations) was spontaneously formed. It received its official name in 1984. There were already more healthy (or rather not yet sick) people there. The results of the treatment turned out to be lasting and many of my patients, both sick and healthy, began to experience social growth. They became leaders, but they were not ready for this work. This is how techniques related to management psychology arose. Now top and middle managers are mastering them in appropriate training. And when some of the especially advanced ones decided to try themselves in politics, we organized a cycle of training in public speaking for them.

In the process of this work, a technique of public speaking was developed, which I called “intellectual trance.” Methods of speaking at rituals (weddings, birthdays and other holidays), meetings and rallies were developed, which allowed my wards to win election campaigns, occupy higher positions and win tenders.

In 1986, I summarized all this in my candidate’s dissertation entitled “Clinic and complex treatment of neuroses depending on the system of personal relationships,” which I successfully defended in 1989 at the Academic Council in Tomsk at the Research Institute of Mental Health.

I started writing books at the request of members of the CROSS club. They did not remember everything that was said to them. This is how my publishing and writing career began. The main theoretical developments of the dissertation formed the basis for all my books. The first book to appear was “Psychological Aikido” in 1992 by the Pedagogical University Publishing House. (Before this, I published three more brochures, but I do not include them in the list of books).

Then the book “Psychological Diet”, “Neuroses, Clinic and Treatment” based on the dissertation materials was published in 1993. But for this I had to organize my own publishing house, where I published the book “Algorithm of Luck”.

At this time, fate brought me together with the Phoenix publishing house. The publisher suggested that I increase the length of my books and release them as one 600-page book, which I did. And at the end of 1995, this publishing house published my first thick book, which I called “If you want to be happy. Psychology of communication,” which contained all 4 aspects of communication - with yourself (I), with a partner (I and You), with a group (ME and YOU) and with strangers (ME and THEY). The book immediately became a bestseller and was reprinted several times. In 2000, it was significantly redesigned. Its total circulation has already exceeded 200 thousand copies.

However, the publishing house did not unconditionally print all my books. In my publishing house, I also published the book “Psychotherapeutic Studies” in 1998 and the monograph Epilepsy. “Psychotherapeutic Etudes” is actually a collection of my articles, which scientific journals did not want to publish for their “unscientificness”, and the media for their scientificity.

"Epilepsy" is a textbook for doctors, written in collaboration with Yu.A. Kutyavin and V.S. Kovalenko. In addition, in 1992, the publishing house of the Russian State University published the textbook “General Psychopathology”, co-authored with A.O. Bukhanovsky and Yu.A. Kutyavin.

The material related to the problem of communication grew and in 1997 the book “If you want to be happy” was divided into three

"How to find out and change your destiny"

"Psychological vampirism. Anatomy of conflict"

and "Command or obey. The psychology of management" with a total volume of 1200 pages.

Some editions are corrected and supplemented. It was decided not to publish the book “If you want to be happy.” However, at the request of readers, its publication was resumed. In 1998, at the request of businessmen, I published the book “The Sperm Principle,” which turned out to be the most widely read book, which has already gone through 40 editions.

In 2001, commissioned by the publisher, the book “Sex in the Family and at Work” was published, which I consider as a scientific monograph, because it summarizes the experience of a large sociological study (approximately 11,000 families).

In 2001 and 2011, the book “Psychological Aikido” was published in English.

In 2011, books were published in Latvian, Bulgarian and Lithuanian. In 2012, the books “Neuroses” and “Religion and Applied Philosophy” were published. Now the publishing house has several more books in the printing stage. The book is being prepared for publication in German and Chinese.

In 2001, I quit my job and began to engage primarily in public work and periodically taught at various universities in Rostov-on-Don (Teacher Advanced Training Institute, Construction Institute, University, at some Moscow universities, as well as at the University of Portland and the New Business Center). York

Social work

From 1984 to 2006 he was a freelance chief psychotherapist in the Rostov region.

Since 1984 I have been involved in educational work (CROSS club). Club branches already operate in 43 regions of Russia, as well as in 23 countries near and far abroad (Latvia, Uzbekistan, USA, Germany, etc.) I regularly go there to give lectures.

At one time he was the chairman of the regional qualification commission under the Ministry of Health of the Rostov region for the certification of psychiatrists, psychotherapists, narcologists and neurologists. I am also a psychotherapist according to the register of the European Psychotherapeutic Association (certificate issued in Vienna on January 29, 2002), as well as a psychotherapist according to the register of the International Psychotherapeutic Association (Certificate issued in Vienna on September 26, 2008), which gives me the right to practice psychotherapy in those countries that recognize these organizations, I have a certificate of recognition No. 5 of the Russian Professional Psychotherapeutic League for a significant contribution to the development of domestic psychotherapy and a number of other diplomas and certificates.

Participated in a large number of scientific conferences, congresses, Russian and international as a speaker, section leader, seminars, round tables, master classes, etc.

I periodically consult with sports organizations, in particular the Olympic kayaking and canoeing team.

This is an interesting fact:

At the very beginning of its foundation in 1982, the CROSS club was called “Vanka-Vstanka”.
When the club was founded, I was 44 years old.

Biography

Mikhail Efimovich Litvak is a psychologist, psychotherapist (has an EAP certificate), candidate of medical sciences, author of 30 books on practical and popular psychology, the total circulation of which as of 2013 amounted to more than 5 million copies, and a number of scientific articles devoted to issues of psychotherapy and communication psychology. Corresponding member of the Russian Academy of Natural Sciences.

He developed and began to put into practice (teach patients treated under his supervision for neuroses and depression) the concept of a system for resolving conflicts in human relationships, called “psychological aikido.” This concept, as M.E. Litvak himself points out, was based on the work of the famous psychotherapist E. Berne on transactional analysis. Founder of the psychological public association “Club-CROSS”, which in 2013 has branches in 40 regions of Russia and 23 countries in Europe and America

Mikhail Litvak was born on June 20, 1938 in the city of Rostov-on-Don. Father - Litvak Efim Markovich, born in 1912, doctor, died in 1964. Mother - Litvak Berta Izrailevna, born in 1912, employee, died in 1986.

In 1961 he graduated from the Rostov State Medical Institute. He was called up for personnel service in the ranks of the Soviet Army, where he served as a doctor in medical institutions. Since 1967, he worked as a psychiatrist in the psychiatric clinic of psychiatry and narcology of the Rostov State Medical University, and since 1980 he taught at the Department of Psychiatry of the Rostov State Medical University at the faculty of advanced training for doctors.

Scientific interests and research were carried out in the field of clinics and treatment of schizophrenia. In 1989 he defended his Ph.D. thesis entitled “Clinics and complex treatment of neuroses depending on the system of personal relationships.” Later, in 1992, in collaboration with A. O. Bukhanovsky, Yu. A. Kutyavin, M. E. Litvak, a textbook was written - a manual for doctors “General Psychopathology”.

During his scientific activities, he also modified some traditional methods of psychotherapy, such as autogenic training. He developed a comprehensive therapeutic program and an organizational model for the treatment of neuroses, which were successfully introduced into clinical practice. For some of M.E. Litvak’s patients, treatment in the clinic was insufficient, and patients began to come to him even after discharge from the hospital and bring their relatives and friends.

Thus, in 1982, the psychotherapeutic club CROSS (a club of those who decided to master stressful situations) was spontaneously formed. It received its official name in 1984. The popularity of classes in the club, and most importantly, the results obtained by people from the author’s methods, such as “psychological aikido” and “scenario reprogramming,” only grew over time, which was reflected in the gradual opening of club branches not only in Russia but also in the world. As of 2013, the club consists of permanent branches in 40 regions of Russia and 23 countries in Europe and America.

Since 2000, he has been engaged in social, writing and educational work.

On January 29, 2002, at the European conference in Vienna, M. E. Litvak received a certificate of psychotherapist from the European Association of Psychotherapy (English) (EAP). On September 26, 2008, M. E. Litvak received a certificate from the International Psychotherapeutic Association, which gives him the right to practice psychotherapy in countries that recognize this organization. Awarded Certificate of Recognition No. 5 of the Russian Professional Psychotherapeutic League for his significant contribution to the development of Russian psychotherapy.

Literary activity

He began his literary activity in 1992, the first book written was “Psychological Aikido”. The book gained popularity and was reprinted more than 30 times. The book has also been translated into English, French, Bulgarian and Lithuanian. The “psychological aikido” described in the book is based primarily on the transactional analysis of Eric Berne, according to which when people communicate with each other, three states of their personality interact: “Parent”, “Adult” and “Child”. With parallel transactions, no conflicts arise in communication. Mikhail Litvak proposed a technique to recognize the “I-states” of a person in a conversation and, when transactions begin to intersect, transfer transactions back to parallel ones, smoothing out the conflict. This technique enjoys some popularity.

In 1995, his book “If you want to be happy. Psychology of communication". It describes for the first time the so-called script reprogramming and (in line with transactional analysis) the main aspects of human communication: with oneself (I), with a partner (I and You), with a group (I and You), with strangers (I and They) . Subsequently, the material in this book was expanded and published in the form of three different editions: “How to find out and change your destiny”, “Psychological vampirism. Anatomy of a conflict" and "Command or obey. Psychology of management".

In 2001, commissioned by the Phoenix publishing house, M.E. Litvak wrote the book “Sex in the Family and at Work,” based on a sociological study of many families, which was conducted in the 1980-1990s, while working as a psychotherapist.

By 2013, Litvak had written more than 30 books, with a total circulation of more than 5 million copies.

Ratings

One of the recognized psychologists and psychotherapists of the international level. Vladimir Lvovich Levi, in one of his interviews, spoke highly of the professional activities of M. E. Litvak, calling him his favorite Russian author, writing about self-understanding and self-work.