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 […]

Abdullah Maynard and Sabnum Dharamsi will be joining this event geared at counsellors and therapists exploring how counsellors and therapists can contribute to issues of social justice. There are some amazing contributors from the field of therapy including Emmy van Dreuzen, John McLeod, Dwight Turner, Digby Tatum and others. Our workshop is entitled ‘When thoughts and prayers are not enough -towards therapeutic activism." and here's the abstract below!

"Your thoughts and prayers are not enough’
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How do we get to therapeutic activism, avoiding normative conceptions of neutrality and spiritual by-passing? This workshop will consider how we meet diverse realities in the therapeutic space engaging in these with our hearts as well as acceptance of the complex politics.

Islamic CounsellingThe Vastness of the Human Spirit - A private session open to helpline Volunteers and Staff Only

The book club is an relaxed space where we can discuss books and Islamic Counselling!

The book we are reading for next months session is : The Body Keeps The Score by Bessel Van Der Kolk so the topic will be around trauma. Please don’t feel under pressure to have to complete the entire book by the session, you can bring parts that you enjoyed or were meaningful to you!

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 […]

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. 

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 […]

‘ReOrienting the Post-Western’ International Critical Muslim Studies Conference 23rd – 25th September 2022 University of Leeds About the conference Abdullah and Sabnum will be presenting their paper "Show me things as they really are” (Prayer of the Prophet SAW) The search for authentic'" at the 1st International Conference on Critical Muslim Studies. Hosted by The […]

Another interesting event - a collaboration between OnlineEvents and the existential Academy with keynote speakers Dr Dwight Turner, Celena Lewis and Dr Chloe Farahar. Many other workshops including: Abdullah Maynard is speaking to: 'They run from questions they create’ - diversity and the geopolitics of counselling In this workshop we will consider some of the […]

Part of Brunel University's Departmental Seminars, presentation by Giulia Liberatore and sabnum Dharamsi, based on our collaborative paper, under editorial review.

Hear about course requirements, what you need to be an Islamic Counselor, progression routes, Nafsiyyat, /everything you need to know before you metaphorically pack your bags to join the flying carpet that is the course. 😊