Our therapeutic direction is towards Light: Islamic Counselling and a non-secular politics of difference and transcendence

Islamic Counselling : The Open Evening

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.

£20

Muslim Mental Health Today

"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 […]

Muslim Mental Health Today

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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 […]

Free

Why is Islamic Counselling Different

online

Sabnum Dharamsi and Ayesha Powell: Islamic Counsellors. 2pm BST https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/.../what-makes-islamic...

British Psychological Society Conference on “Wellbeing: some insights into meanings and practices across cultures”

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 […]

UKRAINE FUNDRAISER: Emergency Summit Contributing to Global Peace & Justice

online

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’
UK based Ukrainian volunteer.

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.

Muslim Youth Helpline Training

online

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