In this article the Scheme-therapy is considered as one of the current trends in modern psychology. The author emphasized an importance of diagnosing early maladaptive schemes within psychological counseling based on Scheme-therapy. The possibilities of their diagnosis have been described. Based on the analysis conclusions were drawn about the lack of the necessary tools. Under consideration are methods by which one can indirectly determine the predominance of different types of early

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... e schemes. The article reviews Questionnaire of Reflected Parental Relations of A. Varg and V. Stolin, Diagnostic Technique of E. Kheim's coping mechanisms as well as Method of Coupled Comparisons of V. Skvortsova, Diagnostics of Interpersonal Relationships of T. Leary, Methods for Diagnosing the Level of Subjective Control by J. Rotter, Methods for Diagnosing the Level of Subjective Loneliness Feeling by D. Russell and M. Ferguson and specific schemes that can be identified using these indirect methods are detected. Based on the analysis it was concluded that this psychotherapeutic approach needs to introduce new psycho-diagnostic methods for diagnosing early maladaptive schemes in order make this direction more studied and effective in the field of psychological counseling, and the work of specialists in this field should be made more productive.