On December 2, a ceremony was held at the New Manege to honor the nominees of the "Just Help 2025" (Spravedlivaya Pomoshch 2025) Award. Among the winners in the category "Overcoming" (Assistance to People with Disabilities) was Elena Viktorovna Takkuyeva, Senior Lecturer at the Department of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy of the Faculty of Counseling and Clinical Psychology (FKiKP) at MSUPE. The award ceremony was timed to coincide with Volunteer Day and was connected to the conference "Lessons of Life. Educational and Professional Retraining Opportunities for People in Difficult Life Situations," held in Moscow this summer by the International Charitable Public Organization "Just Help of Dr. Liza."

Conference participants discussed key issues related to access to education and professional self-realization for people in difficult life situations, exchanging experiences with colleagues from different regions of the country. Successful case studies, retraining practices, and professional integration models were presented. Challenges and solutions were also discussed.

The volunteer movement of the Faculty of Counseling and Clinical Psychology at MSUPE was represented by the report "The Experience of Volunteering – A Touch of the Profession." Elena Viktorovna spoke about the mission, goals, and current results of the faculty's movement, which resumed its work in May 2024 after a long hiatus. A significant part of the presentation was dedicated to the results of mutually beneficial cooperation between MSUPE student volunteers and organizations affiliated with the faculty, including:

• Psychiatric Clinical Hospital No. 4 named after P.B. Gannushkin
• Scientific and Practical Center for Mental Health of Children and Adolescents named after G.E. Sukhareva
• State Budgetary Institution Social Home "Obruchevsky"
• "Clear Morning" (Yasnoye Utro) Service – a hotline for cancer patients
• Autonomous Non-Profit Organization "House of Amazing People 77"

During the award ceremony, Elena Viktorovna took the stage to thank all the MSUPE student volunteers whose work made receiving this public award possible.