Dr. Sabiha Alam Choudhury is currently working as the Head of Department of Psychology and Counselling at School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Assam Don Bosco University, Tapesia, India.

Her research areas are Positive Psychology, Counselling & Psychotherapy, and Marriage and Family Counselling.

Email: sabiha.choudhury[at]dbuniversity.ac.in , sabihachoudhury9[at]gmail.com

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  • Assistant Professor (Senior), Department of Psychology and Counselling, Assam Don Bosco University, India.
  • PhD in Positive Psychology, MA in Psychology, Advanced Post Graduate Diploma in Counselling Psychology, BA (Honors) in Psychology, Diploma in Neuro-Linguistic Programming.
  • Executive member of Psychologist Association of North East India (PANEI). 
  • Lifetime member of Indian School Psychologist Association (InSPA). 
  • Lifetime member of PANEI.
  • Awarded with Certificate of Merit for Academic Excellence in 2009 by Aligarh Muslim Univerisity, Women’s College.
  • Content Editor for the course "Human Growth and Development" in Krishna Kanta Handiqui State Open University, Assam.
  • Primary Investigator of the project titled "Strengthening and Expanding Interventions for Persons with Mental Disorders in the North-East Region" (Phase-III), Jun 2015 - Oct 2016, sponsored by Ratan Tata Trust. 

Dr. Sabiha Alam Choudhury, born 22 Nov 1988, received her PhD from Gauhati University in 2018. In 2009, she completed her BA(Hons.) in Psychology and MA (Psychology) in 2011 from Aligarh University. She then joined Jamia Millia Islamia University, New Delhian to complete an Advanced Post Graduate Diploma in Counselling Psychology in 2012. She also holds a Diploma on Neuro-Linguistic Programming from MIND India: Institute of Positive Mental Health, in collaboration with MIND MASTERS.

Dr. Sabiha has organized many international and national conferences in the areas of psychology, education, mental health, etc. She is involved in voluntary community counselling activities, from 2015 till date, organized by Assam Don Bosco University in designing and supervising the programme as the Head of the Psychology and Counselling department.

Some of her skill areas are Public Speaking, Positive Psychology, Counselling Psychology, Clinical Research, Psychological Testing, Mental Health Counseling, Community Mental Health, Applied Psychology, Organizational Psychology, Family Counselling, Marriage Counselling, etc.

She is a frequent public speaker on the various mental health issue in institutions and organizations across northeast India.

Some of the organizations she has been involved in:
  • Assam Don Bosco Univerisity: Jan 2013 - Present:
    • Resource Person of the regular Student Development Programme for all the branches of Engineering as well as the School of Humanities and Social Sciences of Assam Don Bosco University, on relevant topics at the beginning of every semester.

  • Asian Institute of Management and Technology: Jan 2016 – Feb 2016:
    • Resource Person of Faculty Development Programme: A week-long Faculty Development Programme from 28th January to 4th February, 2016, on the topic “Self Awareness and Students Mentoring”, for the faculty members of Asian Institute of Management and Technology (affiliated to Gauhati University, Approved by the Department of Higher Education, Government of Assam).

  • 6th InSPA International Conference: As a Resource Person, conducted a symposium on "Flourishing: An essential concept in promoting well being in schools" in the 3rd International Conference by the Department of Applied Psychology of Pondicherry University and 6th InSPA International Conference, 2016 in Pondicherry University.
  • Child Guidance Centre, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi as Intern.
  • National Institute of Mentally Handicapped (NIMH), Lajpat Nagar, NEW DELHI as Intern.
  • Orkids Centre for disabled children in Kalkaji Mandir, NEW DELHI as Intern.
  • The family counselling centre of Dwarka, New Delhi as Family Counsellor.
  • L.C.B. College, Guwahati: March 2015: 
    • Resource Person of “Stress Management” programme, organized by the Women Studies Research Cell, L.C. Bharali College, Guwahati.
  • Pub Kamrup College, Baihata Chariali, Assam: 
    • Resource Person: Conducted a Workshop as a Resource Person on “Stress Management among Adolescents” in Pub Kamrup College, Baihata Chariali, Assam, on the 5th of April, 2014, organized by the Women’s cell, Pub Kamrup college.
  • Sri Ramanuja Mission Trust, Chennai, Indian Association of Health, Research and Welfare: April 2016: 
    • Organizer and Participant of an International Workshop on “Healing our planet: Eco-Sensitivity and Remediation”, organized by Sri Ramanuja Mission Trust, Chennai, Indian Association of Health, Research and Welfare and the Department of Psychology and Counselling, Assam Don Bosco University.


Some of her publications:

  • "Character strengths and academic achievements of undergraduate college students of Guwahati, Assam", Space and Culture, India, Volume 5, Issue 1, June 2017.
  • “Character strengths and academic achievement in undergraduate college students”, Indian Journal of Positive Psychology, an official publication of Indian Association of Health, Research and Welfare, Vol. 7, Issue 1, Mar. 2016.
  • “Mapping the Applicability of Counselling In Educational Settings”, Space and Culture, India, Volume 3, Issue 1, Nov. 2015.
  • "Locus of control and academic achievement of undergraduate college students of Guwahati City", International Journal of Humanities & Social Intervention, Volume 6, Issue 4, 2017.
  • “Locus of control and its impact on the Academic achievement on High school students”, School Psychology: Enhancing psychological competencies, Published by Puducherry Co-op Book Society Ltd., Oct. 2015.
  • “Family therapy and support to deal with Schizophrenia”, PANEI Newsletter, Volume 1, No. 1, Mar. 2015.
  • “The Role of Locus of Control in the Life of Adolescents”, PANEI Newsletter, Volume 1, No. 2, Sep. 2015.
  • “Relevance of Counselling in Educational settings: A comprehensive perspective”, Proc. of International Conference on Education - Reimagining Education: Connecting Vision, Context and Curriculum, A reference to South East Asia, organized on 12-14 Mar. 2015, by the Department of Education Gauhati University and Assam Don Bosco University, India.
  • “Locus of Control and its impact on the Academic Achievement of High school students”, Proc. of InSPA International Conference on School Psychology, held at Gauhati University, Guwahati, 21-23 Nov. 2014.
  • “Stress amongst women destitute and its impact on their health, with special reference to Guwahati city”, Proc. of Women's Worlds Congress 2014 (WWC 2014) - 12th International Interdisciplinary Congress on Women - Gender in a changing world, held on August 17-22, 2014, hosted by the Centre for Women's Studies at the University of Hyderabad, India.
  • “Ethics of Leaders in Group Counselling”, Proc. of ICSSR sponsored National Seminar, held on 19-20 May 2016, at Kumar Bhaskar Varma Sanskrit and Ancient Studies University, Namati, Nalbari, Assam, India.



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