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Islamically Integrated Psychotherapy: Uniting Faith and Professional Practice
Integrating the Islamic faith with modern psychotherapy is at the forefront of the spiritually integrated psychotherapy movement. To bring this work to wider attention and to promote its continuation, Dr. Carrie York Al-Karam has brought together the present volume of nine essays, each of which is written by a Muslim clinician who practices Islamically integrated psychotherapy (IIP)—a modern approach that unites the teachings, principles, and interventions of the faith with Western therapeutic approaches.
As delineated in the Introduction, IIP has emerged from a variety of domains including the psychology of religion and spirituality, multicultural psychology and counseling, transpersonal psychology, Muslim Mental Health, and Islamic Psychology. The individual chapters then describe a variety of ways IIP is practiced by Muslim clinicians in their service provision with Muslim clients.
The contributors discuss a wide range of topics, such as how Islam can be viewed as a system for psychological wellbeing, or a “science of the soul”; what marital counseling can look like from an Islamically-integrated perspective; Prophet Mohammed as a psycho-spiritual exemplar in a new approach called The HEART Method; the use of Quranic stories in family therapy; as well as using Islamic teachings when working with Muslim children and adolescents.
A description of the various approaches is supplemented with discussions of their theoretical underpinnings as well as research-based recommendations for advancing clinical application. What emerges is a vital resource for Muslim and non-Muslim clinicians alike as well as the lay Muslim reader wanting to know more about how the Islamic faith and psychotherapy are engaging with each other in a modern clinical context.
As delineated in the Introduction, IIP has emerged from a variety of domains including the psychology of religion and spirituality, multicultural psychology and counseling, transpersonal psychology, Muslim Mental Health, and Islamic Psychology. The individual chapters then describe a variety of ways IIP is practiced by Muslim clinicians in their service provision with Muslim clients.
The contributors discuss a wide range of topics, such as how Islam can be viewed as a system for psychological wellbeing, or a “science of the soul”; what marital counseling can look like from an Islamically-integrated perspective; Prophet Mohammed as a psycho-spiritual exemplar in a new approach called The HEART Method; the use of Quranic stories in family therapy; as well as using Islamic teachings when working with Muslim children and adolescents.
A description of the various approaches is supplemented with discussions of their theoretical underpinnings as well as research-based recommendations for advancing clinical application. What emerges is a vital resource for Muslim and non-Muslim clinicians alike as well as the lay Muslim reader wanting to know more about how the Islamic faith and psychotherapy are engaging with each other in a modern clinical context.
304 pages, Hardcover
Published July 16, 2018
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About the author
Carrie York Al-Karam
4 books2 followersDr. Carrie M. York is founder and president of the Alkaram Institute. Her areas of interest include Islamic psychology, spiritually integrated psychotherapy, Islamic spirituality, and virtue/character development. She is also publisher at Alkaram Press. Her books including Mental Health and Psychological Practice in the United Arab Emirates (2015), Islamically Integrated Psychotherapy: Uniting Faith and Professional Practice (2018), a children’s character development book called Maya and the Seven Limbs (2020), and The Way of Love: Towards an Islamic Psychology of Virtue and Character Development (2023). Having lived outside her native United States for nearly 17 years in various countries, she now resides in Great Falls, Virginia. In her free time she enjoys jogging, traveling, and spending time with loved
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October 14, 2022
A collection of essays from Muslim mental health practitioners, outlining how they use Islamic principles in their therapy. As with any compilation, there are excellent essays, decent ones, and not so good ones. I found it interesting to see how Islam was utilized by those contributors I did not agree with.
I am traditionally biased, so I really enjoyed Abdullah Rothman and Hooman Keshavarzi's essays. These two essays were unique in that they presented a conception of Islamic conception of psychology which could be applied, with modifications, to Muslims and non Muslims alike. As a Muslim chaplain in training who deals with diverse populations, this was very appealing to me.
Overall good primer on islamically integrated psychotherapy, which can lead to additional research based on ones preference.
I am traditionally biased, so I really enjoyed Abdullah Rothman and Hooman Keshavarzi's essays. These two essays were unique in that they presented a conception of Islamic conception of psychology which could be applied, with modifications, to Muslims and non Muslims alike. As a Muslim chaplain in training who deals with diverse populations, this was very appealing to me.
Overall good primer on islamically integrated psychotherapy, which can lead to additional research based on ones preference.
March 12, 2023
All I have to say is that the Islamic tradition provided many pathways of healing the soul and treating the person holistically by addressing the mind/body/soul. This book provides tools on how faith and spirituality could be tailored in the therapeutic process. Western approaches to therapy are not discarded. However, the diversity of using Islamic-based therapy was truly beautiful to witness.
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