The Psychological Counseling and Educational Guidance Unit at the College of Dentistry held an international workshop entitled “Introducing students to the importance of psychological counseling and educational guidance in university life on the meeting program.

The workshop, which was attended by Professor Ali Jabbar Yassin and international lecturer Professor Rehab Abdel Samad Jaber, a mental health specialist and member of the Psychological Crisis Association in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, aims to introduce students to the importance of psychological counseling and educational guidance in university life.

The workshop included a detailed explanation of psychological counseling and educational guidance and the importance of counseling in solving the problems, conflicts and frustrations that students are exposed to at the university and in their private lives, and then raising the student’s awareness of himself in all aspects of his psychological, social and mental personality, and reaching with the person the stage of complete reconciliation with himself, and recognition. With his responsibility for the circumstances of his life, so that he becomes aware of the idea that real change begins from within in order to be a socially effective human being, able to overcome his problems and deal with life’s pressures efficiently and skillfully.