Abstract
The article is devoted to problems associated with the development of professional competencies of students and future educational psychologists. The task of university education is to form the personality of the future professional and promote his self-identification with the profession. Studying the development of professional competencies allows students to create conditions for self-awareness and an ideal image of a professional. The professional competence of students acts as an important aspect of self-awareness, and is one of the tasks of the formation and development of personality in adolescence. To function successfully in the chosen professional field, future educational psychologists must have the abilities and inclinations, have an idea of the future profession and specific ways to achieve professional excellence in the relevant field of activity. The article examines the issues of the system of professional actions that determine the style of interpersonal interaction in the process of education and upbringing. The presented professional competence allows the future teacher-psychologist to determine his place in the social world, and on this basis to develop a system of values and beliefs that are adequate to the requirements of modern education.