This book provides Islāmic psychology practitioners a framework on integrating evidence-based approaches of spiritual interventions based on Islāmic jurisprudence (Shari’ah with therapy). Covering both the theoretical and theological underpinnings of religious coping from an Islāmic perspective while also serving as a practical guide, this text delivers an integrative approach which can be used in psychotherapy to ensure a more holistic process of healing and well-being. It outlines the positive and essential contributions that interventions rooted in Qur’ânic and Sunnah evidence can make in terms of prevention, treatment, and recovery, describing a wide variety of practices and beliefs. Chapters focus on highlighting the importance of daily supplications and prayers, as well as other Prophetic remedies as part of a comprehensive, encompassing therapeutic plan for not only psycho-spiritual, but also physiological afflictions. This book provides all Muslim mental health practitioners, trainees, and students as well as healthcare workers in Muslim communities with an accessible guide to using Islāmic spiritual interventions in therapeutic practice.

Islāmic Counselling and Psychotherapy: An Introduction to Theory and Practice provides foundation-level knowledge of and perspective on the fundamental principles and practices of counselling and psychotherapy from an Islāmic perspective. This groundbreaking practical framework incorporates Islāmic spirituality, religion, and cultural contexts into the therapeutic process. It makes the case that authentic Islāmic spirituality, based on submission to God, forms the cornerstone of good mental health. The book’s foundation focuses on the therapist’s role and ethical considerations specific to Islāmic psychotherapy. It explores the integration of Qur’ânic teachings and hādīths and delves into dream interpretation and the clinical applications of the Siraat Al-Islāmic psychotherapy practice model. This thoroughly revised new edition also highlights advances and developments in scholarship and evidence-based practices and introduces postmodern psychotherapy approaches like narrative and hope therapy. This text provides a clear understanding of the nature, scope, and process of Islāmic psychotherapy for Islāmic practitioners or clinicians working with Muslim clients.

This book explores tazkiya therapy, a holistic psychological approach based on Qur’anic guidance and rooted in the understanding of human beings as multidimensional –that is, physical, psychological, social and spiritual beings. The book starts with a detailed explanation or the object, the process and the purpose of tazkiya therapy, along with an account of the boundaries and the enabling factors of the approach. Rather than a singular theoretical framework, tazkiya therapy is a dynamic and flexible approach that integrates multiple frameworks and disciplines to grow the human soul, cognition, emotion and behaviour. Although it is a multidimensional approach, the process of therapy is step-by-step, and the middle part of the book presents the key stages in the approach. Within these steps, the therapist is given seven different approaches that they can customise to the needs of the client depending on whether they need assistance with thinking patterns, emotional disturbance, a behavioural problem or a dysfunctional nervous system. The book ends with a comprehensive summary of the model, a series of case studies, a future outlook on training and an application for continuing the study and practice of tazkiya therapy. This book, based on the foundation that tazkiya therapy covers issues that are spiritual in nature and always connects to Allah in facilitating the healing process, will fulfil the needs of practicing Muslim psychologists, psychiatrists and students of psychology and Islāic studies.

This book outlines the methods and practice of Islāmically Modified Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (IMCBT), a modified version of CBT adapted to the Muslim client’s preferences, culture, and religion. The book begins by establishing IMCBT’s fidelity to the core competencies and evidence-based practices of CBT while also introducing new unique features and interventions related to Muslim clients. It uses real-life cases to off er practical strategies for overcoming stigma, forming the therapeutic alliance, structuring the session, and utilising the client’s faith for coping and problem-solving. Chapters comprehensively provide CBT skills competencies with Islāmic modifications for a range of topics including case conceptualisation, reframing, cognitive restructuring, and advanced coping strategies for addressing interpersonal conflicts and enhancing therapeutic outcomes. The book also offers both proscriptive and prescriptive ethical guidance by showcasing instances where clients experienced negative outcomes with other practitioners to emphasise the dangers of not properly preparing for and understanding how to work with Muslims who prioritise their faith. This book will appeal to practitioners, educators, and students who are seeking deeper ways of adapting their practice, teaching, or learning to the Muslim client’s needs while also maintaining fidelity to the core features of CBT.

"This book provides Islåamic Psychology practitioners a framework on integrating evidence-based approaches of spiritual interventions based on Islåamic jurisprudence (Shari'ah) with therapy. Covering both the theoretical and theological underpinning of religious coping from an Islåamic perspective while also serving as a practical guide, this text delivers an integrative approach which can be used in psychotherapy to ensure a more holistic process of healing and well-being. It outlines the positive and essential contributions that interventions rooted in Qur'ãanic and Sunnah evidence can make in terms of prevention, treatment, and recovery, describing a wide variety of practices and beliefs. Chapters focus on highlighting the importance of daily supplications and prayers, as well as other Prophetic remedies as part of a comprehensive, encompassing therapeutic plan for not only psycho-spiritual, but also physiological afflictions. This book provides all Muslim mental health practitioners, trainees, and students as well as healthcare workers in Muslim communities with an accessible guide to using Islåamic spiritual interventions in therapeutic practice"--

Integrating Spirituality into Counseling uses the Christian tradition as a starting point for developing a universal frame of reference and is predominantly based on an existential approach to counseling, one that is applicable to several faith traditions as well as spiritual but nonreligious audiences. The chapters of this book proceed from the theoretical toward the more practical, in a logical fashion, allowing a clear distinction between different topics, starting from meta-reflection and finishing with practical applications. The design of the book allows students to focus on whatever is of importance to them; each chapter is self-contained and can be read independently of the others. Integrating Spirituality into Counseling is designed for students of counseling, pastoral care, spirituality, theology, and chaplaincy. It will provide readers with the tools they need to work with spiritual issues across traditions. Students will also find advice for when to refer clients to religious leaders or ministers, and they’ll also deepen their understanding of the ways in which spirituality influences one’s life.

At a time when there is increasing need to offer psychotherapeutic approaches that accommodate clients’ religious and spiritual beliefs, and acknowledge the potential for healing and growth offered by religious frameworks, this book explores psychology from an Islamic paradigm and demonstrates how Islamic understandings of human nature, the self, and the soul can inform an Islamic psychotherapy. Drawing on a qualitative, grounded theory analysis of interviews with Islamic scholars and clinicians, this unique volume distils complex religious concepts to reconcile Islamic theology with contemporary notions of psychology. Chapters offer nuanced explanations of relevant Islamic tradition and theological sources, consider how this relates to Western notions of psychotherapy and common misconceptions, and draw uniquely on first-hand data to develop a new theory of Islamic psychology. This, in turn, informs an innovative and empirically driven model of practice that translates Islamic understandings of human psychology into a clinical framework for Islamic psychotherapy. An outstanding scholarly contribution to the modern and emerging discipline of Islamic psychology, this book makes a pioneering contribution to the integration of the Islamic sciences and clinical mental health practice. It will be a key resource for scholars, researchers, and practicing clinicians with an interest in Islamic psychology and Muslim mental health, as well as religion, spirituality and psychology more broadly.

This book provides academic and clinical institutions for developing their educational programmes in psychology, psychotherapy, and counselling from an Islāmic paradigm. Examining the educational approach in the decolonisation of psychology curricula, the book proposes a vertically and horizontally integrated, embedded curriculum model. This model meets the changing needs of practitioners, incorporating indigenous cultural aspects and emerging technologies to reflect new and creative ways of thinking about delivering education in the post Covid-19 era. The chapters also demonstrate how curriculum development, based on the principles of Islamic education, helps institutions to establish purpose, define activities, and guide decision making in educational development. A series of steps for implementing this need-driven educational programme has been suggested. This practical, concise, and evidenced-based text will be a key resource for educators and trainers. It will help them understand how to re-design or suggest changes to curriculum structure, shape, and content in Islāmic psychology, psychotherapy, and counselling for undergraduate, postgraduate and continuing professional development levels of education.

Bu öncü eser, İslam’ın zengin manevi ve etik gelenekleriyle, bilişsel davranışçı terapinin (BDT) kanıtlanmış tekniklerini uygulanabilir bir şekilde birleştiren yenilikçi bir terapötik model sunmaktadır. On iki kapsamlı bölüm boyunca, kitap BDT’nin temel prensiplerini, tarihsel gelişimini ve İslami öğretilerin Müslüman hastalar için terapötik uygulamayı nasıl geliştirebileceğini ve bilgilendirebileceğini ayrıntılı bir şekilde özetlemektedir. BDT’nin temel kavramlarını derinlemesine bir şekilde açıklayarak başlayan kitap, bu kanıt temelli terapinin tanımını, metodolojisini ve pratik uygulamasını aydınlatmaktadır. BDT’nin felsefi köklerini izleyerek, alandaki anahtar figürlerin katkılarını vurgulamakta ve çağdaş uygulamayı şekillendiren çeşitli BDT yaklaşımlarının gelişimini haritalamaktadır. Bu tarihsel bağlam, İslami perspektiflerin psikolojik prensiplerle nasıl uyumlu olduğunu inceleyen kapsamlı bir keşfe zemin hazırlamaktadır. İkinci bölüm, İslami kavramların zihinsel esenlikle entegrasyonuna adanmıştır ve tarihsel bir genel bakış ve temel prensipler hakkında bir tartışma sunmaktadır. Psikolojik sağlık hakkındaki Kur’an ayetleri ve hadisler üzerine yapılan nüanslı bir analizi sunarak, bunları Batı psikolojik modelleriyle diyalog içinde sunmaktadır. Kitap, İslami felsefenin psikolojiye katkılarını, manevi uygulamaların ruh sağlığını teşvik etmedeki rolünü ve stres ve ruh sağlığı sorunlarıyla başa çıkma konusunda İslam’ın sunduğu benzersiz yaklaşımları incelemektedir. Ayrıca, İslam din alimlerinin ruh sağlığı desteğindeki hayati rolünü ele almaktadır, böylece İslami psikolojinin küresel ruh sağlığı çabaları ve eğitimle uyum içinde olduğu bir geleceğin yolunu açmaktadır. Kitabın kalbi, pratik uygulamalarında yatmaktadır. Üçüncü bölüm, İslami prensiplerin terapiye etik ve pratik entegrasyonunu ayrıntılı olarak ele almakta, İslami öğretilerin BDT modellerine uyarlanmasından bireysel ihtiyaçlara göre terapi uyarlamalarına kadar geniş bir yelpazede teknikleri ve uyarlamaları tartışmaktadır. Terapistlerin, terapiyi her aşamada İslami kavramlarla entegre ederken, terapötik modele sadık kalmasını sağlayan adım adım bir rehber sağlayan manüelleştirilmiş protokoller tanıtılmaktadır. Bu bölüm, bilişsel yapılandırmadan davranışsal müdahalelere ve İslami prensiplerle problem çözme stratejilerine kadar ayrıntılı stratejiler sunarak terapistler için önem taşımaktadır. Kitabın merkezinde, etik ve pratik düşünceleri, bilişsel yapılandırma ve davranışsal müdahale tekniklerini, İslami farkındalık ve rahatlama tekniklerini ve İslami ilkelerle problem çözme stratejilerini içeren İslami prensiplerin BDT ile entegrasyonu yer almaktadır. BDT oturumlarının yapısını ve içeriğini, İslami öğretilerin oturumlara nasıl dahil edileceğini ve terapiyi bireysel ihtiyaçlara göre uyarlamayı sağlayan manüelleştirilmiş terapi protokollerini içeren bir bölümle uygulamalı bir yaklaşım sunulur. Terapötik ilişki üzerine odaklanan bölümler, uyum sağlama ve güven inşa etmenin, terapistin rolü ve yetkinlikleri ve manevi tartışmaların ele alınmasının önemini vurgular. Bilgilendirilmiş onam ve gizlilik, çift roller ve etik manevralar gibi etik ve profesyonel konular, terapinin profesyonel standartlara uygunluğunu sağlamak için incelenir. Araştırma ve değerlendirme, İslami- BDT’nin sürekli gelişimi ve güvenilirliği için kritik öneme sahiptir. Kitap, sonuçların değerlendirilmesi, kalite kontrolü ve mevcut araştırmadaki boşlukları belirlemenin önemini tartışır. Terapistler için eğitim ve denetim, gerekli beceri ve bilgiye sahip terapistleri yetiştirmek için etkili eğitim gereksinimleri ve modellerinin önemini vurgular. Kitap, pratikte karşılaşılan zorlukları ve sınırlamaları ele almak için stratejiler sunar ve BDT’nin etkinliğini ve kültürel hassasiyetini korumak için yaygın engelleri nasıl aşılacağını önerir. Sonuç olarak, kitap, İslami-odaklı BDT’nin küresel erişimini genişletme ihtiyacını ve potansiyel katkılarını vurgulayan geleceğe yönelik yönlerini özetler. Bu kitap, hem kanıt temelli BDT’nin ampirik sıkılığına hem de İslam’ın manevi zenginliğine saygı duyan psikolojik iyileşme için bir potansiyele işaret eden, alan için önemli bir katkı sunmaktadır.

This book provides a foundation of the methodology of research scholarship in Islāmic studies, psychology and psychotherapy, offering an understanding of the concepts and techniques of Islāmic research methodology integrated with qualitative and quantitative research. Integrating Islāmic moral and epistemological values into research methodologies, the text synthesises research methodologies and approaches (empirical, rational) with Islāmic research scholarship. Chapters include a range of topics including research ethics from an Islamic perspective, systematic methodology of research in Islamic studies and social sciences and inductive and deductive approaches. Other questions covered include how to integrate the Qur’ân and Hadith (rules, concepts and statements) with psychological phenomena and how to write a research proposal and research paper. Each chapter includes rich case examples and relevant practical examples. This book is ideal for researchers and students in Islāmic psychology and psychotherapy wishing to learn more about the techniques and principles of Islāmic research scholarship in the field.