The Institute of Islamic Counselling and Well Being is the charitable arm of our work. One of our key roles is to maintain a register of practitioners trained in our model.
Islamic Counsellors trained in our model are as yet few and so you may wish to find a therapist more local to you or who is trained in another model.
Who is trained in another model
As the leading Islamic Counselling organisation in the UK, we felt it important to lay down foundations for the strategic development of Muslim mental health and well being through the development of Islamic counselling and Islamic psychology. Islamic counselling is a growing field in which there are a number of approaches derived from Islamic teachings. In this context its purpose is to facilitate the development of Islamic counselling in relation to:
In addition the Institute of Islamic counselling and Well Being aims to support the development of wider field of Islamic Psychology and to facilitate well being through related research, education and training conferences publications and the development of protocols policies etc. The Institute proposes to take on this wider role in relation to Islamic psychology and personal development in the knowledge of the current need for a focus in the development an Islamic body of theory and practice in relation to these areas.
We want to facilitate the development of Muslim Mental health and well-being through quality assured Islamic Counselling and Psychology.
We wish to reflect the needs of the community, the Muslim community and the human community, and have the ability to drive change and advocate for Muslims in relation to mental health.