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

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 […]

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Why is Islamic Counselling Different

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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”

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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

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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

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

The Pomegranate Book Club

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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!

Free

Black Identities + White Therapies Working with Race, Ethnicity and Culture in and Outside the Therapy Room

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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 […]

£20 – £50