I’ve been battling colonial values my whole life. In therapy training, they arrived dressed as neutrality. There’s something almost elegant about that disguise. Neutrality sounds like fairness. Like an empty room, waiting. But rooms are never empty. They are furnished by whoever built them — their assumptions about what a self is, what healing looks...Read More

‘This article first appeared in the July 2025 issue of Thresholds, published by the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy. Thttps://www.bacp.co.uk/bacp-journals/thresholds/ ©BACP 2025. The shadow of silence DownloadRead More

I am pleased to share these research outcomes on Islamic Counselling (the Dharamsi-Maynard model) from an evaluation carried out through The Lateef Project. The full report is in the paper published last month by Abdul Rauf, Noor and Maynard in Counselling and Psychotherapy Research. This infographic summarises the outcomes.Read More

Asalaamualaikum everyone! This article first appeared in the April 2025 issue of Thresholds, published by the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy. Thttps://www.bacp.co.uk/bacp-journals/thresholds/ ©BACP 2025. Final Thresholds April 2025_DharamsiDownloadRead More

Final Thresholds January 2025_Dharamsi Asalaamualaikum everyone! This is the first of a regular column, called ‘Walking Lightly.’ I hope you enjoy..This article first appeared in the January 2025 issue of Thresholds, published by the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy. https://www.bacp.co.uk/bacp-journals/thresholds/ ©BACP 2025Read More

The first level in our progression route, this is also a stand alone certificate which will enhance your capacity to support others. It is experiential, and must be attended live. Online.Read More

Bismillah Hir Rahman Nir Rahim This beautiful blog is written by an anonymous beautiful soul whom I encouraged to share – I knew that what she shared would be so helpful to many of you. May Allah make this a sadaqa ijariya for her, and help all of those who struggle to find peace in...Read More

Nice to be published in the BPS Psychology Review – our articles came from talks that we gave which was looking at different concepts of well being across cultures. We spoke to Islamic concepts, but our emphasis was, as the titles indicate “How How do Muslims survive and thrive within secular and prejudicial spaces?Sabnum focused...Read More