The development of self-reflection and maturation of the students of psychology and other helping professions.

This thesis focuses on the importance of personality maturation and development of self-concept in the study of psychology and other helping professions, in connection with the future responsibilities and personal demands of the profession. The theoretical part shows the most important developmental milestones in the formation of personality that makes people reach maturity in performing helping professions. The work is a recurring topic of identity formation and self-esteem as a further important aspect in the development of personality. Are described here as motivation, its importance and some of its specifics in the helping professions. Examines the practical, based on qualitative research among students of selected subjects, the development of motivation for learning and ideas about the future performance of helping professions. Furthermore, as knowledge and experience gained in studying the student can utilize in your daily celebrity and professional life and how these effects reflects the self- reflection of its functioning