Islamic Counselling and Psychotherapy: An Introduction to Theory and Practice

G. Hussein Rassool
Paperback, 410 pages
9781032586342

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.

Contents

SECTION I: The Essence of Islāmic Therapy: Context and Background Illuminated
1. Foundation of Islāmic counselling and psychotherapy
2. Islāmic counselling and psychotherapy: From faith to psychology
3. Unveiling the role of the Islāmic  psychotherapist: Exploring the nature and scope of psychotherapy
4. Ethical framework in Islāmic psychotherapy
5. Navigating the ethical challenge in Islāmic psychotherapy

SECTION II: The Intersection of Islām and Psychotherapy: Understanding Congruent and Non-Congruent Psychotherapeutic Approaches
6. Illuminating the psyche: An Introduction to psychoanalytic therapy
7. Harmony and dissonance: Jungian therapy and Islāmic psychotherapy
8. Humanistic therapy:  Re-envisioned through an Islāmic  perspective
9. Islāmic  insights into cognitive behaviour therapy: Path to healing mind, soul, and behaviour
10. Uniting faith and therapy: The Islāmic perspective on solution-focused brief therapy
11. Narrative therapy through the Islāmic  lens.
12. Hope therapy: Finding Strength in Faith
13. Before the Nikah: Islāmic perspectives on pre-marital preparation 
14. Sacred bonds and marital challenges Islāmic-oriented marital therapy

SECTION III: The Healing Path: Practical Intervention Strategies in Islāmic  Psychotherapy
15. Healing hearts and minds: Integrating Qur’ân and hādīths in Islāmic  psychotherapy
16. Journey through the night: An Islāmic  approach to dream interpretation
17. Challenging boundaries: Halāl-Harām considerations in complementary therapies
18. The Siraat Al-Islāmic Psychotherapy Practice Model
19. Psychotherapy and harm-reduction in addiction: An Islāmic perspective
20. Clinical applications of the Siraat Al-Islāmic Psychotherapy Practice Model
21. Beyond the couch: Islāmic  approaches to research in psychotherapy
22. Islāmic psychotherapy: Tackling challenges, employing strategies, cultivating competence