Islamic Counselling

Level 2 in Islamic Counselling
2022-09-03 - 2023-01-21 | online
Amidst all the noise of divergent psychological models, the Level 2 in Islamic Counselling opens up a whole world of spiritually embedded practice focused on helping self and other. The first level in our progression route. This course runs over 15 days between September and January. The additional dates for this course can be found in the prospectus. This course is eligible for Zakat Scholarships but prospective students must first be awarded a place.
Early bird fee also available.

"Open Hour"
2022-07-30 11:30 - 12:30 UTC | online
Come and meet us so you can discover all you need to know about our highly respected Islamic Counselling courses! A lovely informal way to get to know us and ask any questions about our courses.
Prospective Level 2 and Level 3 especially.

Black Identities + White Therapies Working with Race, Ethnicity and Culture in and Outside the Therapy Room
2022-07-15 19:00 - 2022-07-16 19:00 UTC | online
A Conference for Trainers, Practitioners, Students & Academics. Many interesting speakers with keynotes from Dr Dwight Turner on Twin tribes and intersectionality and Divine Charura & Colin Lago ‘Black Identities & White Therapies’: Race, Respect and Diversity. Abdullah Maynard is speaking on “Thinking differently about racism, refugees, and anger – (perhaps even
terrorism) in counseling and psychotherapy” and Sabnum Dharamsi on “Why I’m still talking to white people about race”
See link for full programme.

The Pomegranate Book Club
2022-04-22 18:30 - 19:30 UTC | online
A monthly book club for prospective and current Islamic Counselling Diploma Students on Friday evenings. Hosted by Mahjabin Choudhury, who is an Islamic Counselling and psychology graduate who has worked for MIND as a GP Counsellor in the BLMK area, as well as with The Lateef Project on counselling NHS staff during the pandemic.

Muslim Youth Helpline Training
2022-03-28 05:30 - 20:30 UTC | online

UKRAINE FUNDRAISER: Emergency Summit Contributing to Global Peace & Justice
2022-03-26 09:30 - 18:30 UTC | online
Join us on March 26 for UKRAINE FUNDRAISER: Emergency Summit Contributing to Global Peace & Justice
Register here
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/ukraine-fundraiser-emergency-summit-contributing-to-globa l-peace-justice-tickets-289489409617
Give what you can!

Humayra Raouf Islamic Counsellor MBACP speaking tonight on Islam Channel
2022-01-18 19:00 - 20:00 UTC | online
Humayra Raouf live on the today show Islam Channel today 18th January at 7pm

British Psychological Society Conference on "Wellbeing: some insights into meanings and practices across cultures"
2021-10-22 10:00 - 16:00 UTC | online
Sabnum Dharamsi and Abdullah Maynard will be presenting at the conference above on:
How do Muslims survive and thrive within secular and prejudicial spaces?
Less heavily framed conceptions of well-being are a precursor for greater inclusivity, wherein clients can be multi-dimensional and balanced, rather than two-dimensional figures in the western imaginary. Abdullah Maynard and Sabnum Dharamsi will share their experiences of spiritual and socio-political realities in the teaching and practice of Islamic Counselling. In doing so we hope to touch on the nature of being, consciousness, belief, and how these primary concepts relate to Islam, a way of understanding reality shared by 1.6 billion people. We hope that this alternative perspective offers challenges to established thinking of wellbeing.
Excellent line up of speakers include Professor Zenobia Nadishaw, Andy Curtis-Payne and Audrey West.

Why is Islamic Counselling Different
2021-10-06 14:00 - 16:00 (Europe/London) | online
Sabnum Dharamsi and Ayesha Powell: Islamic Counsellors.
2pm BST https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/…/what-makes-islamic…

Muslim Mental Health Today
2021-08-26 11:00 - 12:30 UTC | online
The SFH Foundation is hosting a conversation on
Muslim Mental Health Today
https://youtu.be/DV5DdyQDwhg
26th August
12pm South Africa
11am UK
Between Muna Bilgrami, Yaquta Morton, Sabnum Dharamsi and Abdullah Maynard
This pilot podcast explores the dimensions of mental health, Islam and spirituality.
The current Covid pandemic period has brought a huge rise in the frequency and intensity of mental health issues – such as anxiety and depression. Our intention is to start a conversation by mapping out what mental health and spirituality may mean in 2021 during a pandemic for people of faith.
Some of the topics we will be covering are:
What is mental health? Naming the prevalent issues of our time including: trauma anxiety and depression
Intersections of religion, race, gender and spirituality with mental health
Guilt and shame
Spiritual Bypassing
Painful emotions and how to be with them
Traditional and emerging modalities for healing
Please note that we will not be addressing severe, clinical stages of mental health.
If you have questions which you would like to put forward during the course of the podcast, we will try to address them in a series of future podcasts. Your collaboration will help us create useful discussions that will insha’allah benefit all the listeners.
The participants
Facilitating this conversation is Muna who is completing a PhD on a contemporary Sufi master and his students, and has a background in publishing books on Islam, radio broadcasting and teaching.
Based in Sweden, Yaquta is a great-grandmother, and retired community health educator specializing in Traditional Chinese Medicine, QiGung, permaculture design and self-care.
Sabnum has spent a lifetime raising awareness around mental health, previously in the drugs and alcohol fields, race and social justice, HIV and AIDs, sex and relationships and holistic/spiritual well-being at the individual, community and research/strategic level. For many years now her primary focus is the development and teaching of accredited Islamic Counselling in Britain, the first courses of their kind.
With an extensive background in psychology and humanistic counselling, Abdullah has worked with NGOs and in the public sector with a number of central government departments in the UK. Abdullah wrote the 2007 Muslim Mental Health Scoping Report for the Department of Health and Social Care and is also the chairperson of the Lateef Project, a major Islamic counselling service whose work includes serving NHS key workers.

Muslim Mental Health Today
2021-08-23 08:00 - 17:00 UTC
“do not despair of Allah’s mercy” (Quran 39:53)

The SFH Foundation is hosting a conversation on
Muslim Mental Health Today
https://youtu.be/DV5DdyQDwhg
26th August
12pm South Africa
11am UK
Between Muna Bilgrami, Yaquta Morton, Sabnum Dharamsi and Abdullah Maynard
This pilot podcast explores the dimensions of mental health, Islam and spirituality.
The current Covid pandemic period has brought a huge rise in the frequency and intensity of mental health issues – such as anxiety and depression. Our intention is to start a conversation by mapping out what mental health and spirituality may mean in 2021 during a pandemic for people of faith.
Some of the topics we will be covering are:
What is mental health? Naming the prevalent issues of our time including: trauma anxiety and depression
Intersections of religion, race, gender and spirituality with mental health
Guilt and shame
Spiritual Bypassing
Painful emotions and how to be with them
Traditional and emerging modalities for healing
Please note that we will not be addressing severe, clinical stages of mental health.
If you have questions which you would like to put forward during the course of the podcast, we will try to address them in a series of future podcasts. Your collaboration will help us create useful discussions that will insha’allah benefit all the listeners.
The participants
Facilitating this conversation is Muna who is completing a PhD on a contemporary Sufi master and his students, and has a background in publishing books on Islam, radio broadcasting and teaching.
Based in Sweden, Yaquta is a great-grandmother, and retired community health educator specializing in Traditional Chinese Medicine, QiGung, permaculture design and self-care.
Sabnum has spent a lifetime raising awareness around mental health, previously in the drugs and alcohol fields, race and social justice, HIV and AIDs, sex and relationships and holistic/spiritual well-being at the individual, community and research/strategic level. For many years now her primary focus is the development and teaching of accredited Islamic Counselling in Britain, the first courses of their kind.
With an extensive background in psychology and humanistic counselling, Abdullah has worked with NGOs and in the public sector with a number of central government departments in the UK. Abdullah wrote the 2007 Muslim Mental Health Scoping Report for the Department of Health and Social Care and is also the chairperson of the Lateef Project, a major Islamic counselling service whose work includes serving NHS key workers.

IC and LP Presentation: Minds Matter
2020-10-29 00:00 - 23:59 (Europe/Moscow)
information to follow

The Search for a soulmate - limited seats available
2020-10-24 21:00 - 22:30 (Europe/Moscow) | Zoom
A free event for mothers with children of marriageable age in East Africa only.
TO REGISTER CONTACT
aftab@africafederation.org
+255 655 553 883/ +447791506386

Accredited Islamic Counselling Level 2
2020-09-29 10:00 - 2022-01-22 17:00 UTC | Zoom
The first stage in our progression route. Ends 22nd January

Our Progression Route in Islamic Counselling
2020-08-03 19:00 - 20:00 (Europe/London)

Islamic Counselling : The Open Evening
2017-07-21 | zoom, Rumi's Cave 26 Willesden Lane, London, United Kingdom
Join us for an informal evening at Rumi’s Cave in London where you can gain more knowledge about Islamic Counselling courses, speak to counsellors and students about their experiences and become familiar with the feel of an Islamic counselling course.
