Professor Othman Mohamed PhD, KB. PA.
Professor Othman Mohamed PhD, KB.PA.
President,
Board of Counsellors Malaysia,
Ministry of Women, Family and Community Development (KPWKM)
Professor Othman Mohamed is a distinguished leader in the field of Counsellor Education and Career Development, renowned for his extensive contributions to counselling practice and research. With a career spanning over four decades, his work has significantly advanced the standards and practices in the counselling profession in Malaysia. Currently, as a Professor Amal Putra in the Department of Counsellor Education and Counselling Psychology at Universiti Putra Malaysia, Professor Othman’s expertise includes counsellor education and supervision, as well as career development and counselling. His contributions have been pivotal in shaping the accreditation standards for counsellor education and the counselling profession in Malaysia.
Professor Othman is a registered and licensed counsellor under the Malaysian Counsellors Act 1998 (Act 580). He was also a founding member of the first Bachelor of Education Degree Programme in Guidance and Counselling in Malaysia at Universiti Pertanian Malaysia, which earned the first accredited recognition by the Malaysian Government in 1985.
An accomplished author, Professor Othman has published twelve books on counselling, including two award-winning titles such as Prinsip Psikoterapi dan Pengurusan dalam Kaunseling and Psikologi Kognitif Ad Din: Personaliti dan Teknik Rawatan Kaunseling. His contributions to the field include innovative software inventions for career assessment, such as the OÆSIS™ Career Assessment Suite.
Professor Othman has conducted research and workshops on various aspects of counselling, focusing on career development and technology integration in counselling. His dedication to the profession is evident through his numerous awards and recognitions, including the Malaysian National Book Award for Psychology 2022 for his work on cognitive psychology and techniques in Islamic Counselling.
Keynote Speaker 1:
Title:
Beauty of Ihsan towards Universal Transformation in Counselling
Compassion is the key towards the practice of counselling in whatever approaches depicted in the profession. Compassion is embedded in Ihsan being an elemental pillar in the act of empathy. Ihsan connotes the duty to do things that are beautiful in acts of behaviours, incorporating the thoughts of completion in perfection and excellence. In the Islamic context, Ihsan is in reference to the ever presence of Allah SWT throughout the macrocosmic universe and in whatever we as humans does microcosmically. Ihsan is the precursor of positiveness wherein good intentions, optimism and thinking well of others prevails. The idiom on Husnu al Zann conceptualized the meaningful favourable perceptions of pivoting positive inclusivity in whatever an individual project in life. In the realm of Ihsan is embedded the acquisition of skills, knowledge and the needs of empowering others with good virtuous models. Ihsan depicts the positive act in whatever an individual is doing. The acts of Ihsan is achievable through the essence of Futuwwah being the wisdom of the multiple positive values in the pursuit of altruism. Futuwwah provides for the deep sense of bringing out the positive characters of individuals. This is the counsellors’ positive act of empathy crossing religion, language, race, denominations or sects. The essence of the counselling process is embedded in the positive acceptance of the clientele through the undertaking of hikmah, wisdom of the counsellor.
Meet Our
Speakers
Professor Othman Mohamed PhD, KB.PA.
President, Board of Counsellors Malaysia, Ministry of Women, Family and Community Development (KPWKM)
Professor Christine Suniti Bhat PhD, LPC, LSC
President, American Counselling Association Professor, Department of Counselling and Higher Education, Ohio University
Professor Jaana Kettunen, PhD
President, International Association for Educational and Vocational Guidance Professor, University of Jyvaskyla, Finland
Professor Datuk Mohd Tajudin Md Ninggal, PhD, KB.PA.
Vice President and Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic & Research), Open University Malaysia
The conference convenors would like to invite counsellors, academics, professionals, researchers, and students to come together to share their insights, experiences, and research findings in the field of helping profession.
Contact Us
WCC2025 Secretariat
Board of Counsellors, Level 19, Ministry of Women, Family and Community Development, No:55, Persiaran Perdana, Precinct 4, 62100,Putrajaya, Malaysia.
Tel : +60383232521/2526
Email : wcc2025@upm.edu.my