Turki Alotaibi
Student Counselor
University of Nottingham
United Kingdom
Biography
Turki Alotaibi is currently pursuing a 3 year PhD research degree at the University of Nottingham in investigating the attitudes, perceptions, knowledge and understandings, of student counsellors working in boys' secondary schools in Saudi Arabia. He is undertaking the PhD research with a view to improving working practices for student counsellors in Saudi Arabia, and for increasing the overall effectiveness of student counsellors there.
Turki Alotaibi was previously the Director of the Student Counselling Programme at the Education Department Afif, Saudi Arabia, and has more than 17 years of professional experience in educational and school counselling roles. Mr Alotaibi received M.Sc. degree in Educational Counselling and Psychology, Nottingham University and B.Sc. degree in Social Sciences from Teachers' College Makah, Saudi Arabia.
He has many publications regarding Combating Anxiety and Depression among School Children and Adolescents through Student Counselling in Saudi Arabia, School Counselling in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia BACP Children & Young People and Investigating the Attitudes, Perceptions, Knowledge, and Understandings of Student Counsellors in Saudi Arabia.
Research Interest
Counselling children and adolescents
Child care and development
Student counselling
Educational counselling
Society and culture.
