Over the last two decades, Islamic counselling and psychology have grown rapidly in the UK — shaping theory, training, and services. These approaches often emerge from cross-cultural, anti-racist, and decolonial traditions, yet there remains limited space for dialogue between diverse models and practices. This panel brings together Muslim women working as practitioners, researchers, and educators […]
Next meeting 27th July, same time! A dedicated space for Muslim Mental Health Professionals.
HeartSpace: A supportive gathering for Muslim Mental Health Workers Following our first HeartSpace, we are continuing with this inspiring and supportive space for Muslim Mental Health Workers. More details shortly, but save the date!
The first in our progression route to becoming an Islamic Counsellor. This course can also be taken by people who would like to be introduced to Islamic Counselling skills and use it in a personal capacity.
Our Diploma in Islamic Counselling (Level 4) is a two year part time course that is the final stage in qualification as a counsellor. With this qualification you can apply for registered BACP membership and work in organisations from NHS to NGOs. It's an in-depth preparation to work with people experiencing many different presentations, but […]
Our first alumni gathering - which inshallah will be the first of many!
Join us for Nour's Annual Tea Party with Sabnum Dharamsi ✨ We're honoured to welcome Sabnum Dharamsi, co-founder of Islamic Counselling, who developed its theoretical model, practice and accredited curriculum based on sacred and timeless ways of being. In Sabnum's own words: "Many years ago I realised that Islam has profound wisdom around the self, […]
In this second stage of the progression route, students are invited into the world of nafsiyyat, the Islamic sciences of the self, as well as deepening their professional and personal understandings. Every aspect of the course is closely tied to theory in practice, so your heart is truly on a journey of service.
This time we'll be sharing experiences around working with children, led by Hannan Mohamed.
🌿Conference: "The Myth of Therapeutic Neutrality"
To every mental health professional and student who has ever felt the tension between their values and their practice — this is for you.
Part of the established tradition of mental health work is that the therapeutic space is ‘neutral’. This idea of neutrality, developed in the West, has been exported globally to places and people with mixed experiences of many Western conceptions, including justice.
Increasingly attention from diverse perspectives critique the idea of therapeutic neutrality as a myth. Are the values of our therapy indigenous to the ‘West’, or do they reflect universal truths? Are they divine-sacred, or pragmatic and political? All are welcome to this conference, which offers therapists from our diverse communities an opportunity to reflect and dialogue on ancient and contemporary Islamic understandings of self, therapy, and well-being. Our worlds are structured by our imaginings of it, and this conference explores Islamic understandings of knowing, being, and health, that may invite a wider understanding of the field of mental health as a whole. We begin on Friday evening with a panel of speakers from last year, (Waheeda Islam, Dr Tarek Younis, Dr Sarah Mohr, Ramzia Akbari-Nour, asking them about what's happened between then and now, and then on Saturday a host of speakers including our beloved Sandra Otila Ortiz, Professor Mona Amer from University of Cairo, Zaira Mughul, Professor Ghazala Mir, Professor Wahbie Long from South Africa, and more.
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