By Sabnum Dharamsi ã Talk given at St Ethelburga’s, London (2007) edited version (2009) This talk is about intersections between knowledge, psychology and faith, and their role in understanding the nature of truth and knowledge and how these condition our actions. It does this by taking a journey from doubt to reason, through different aspects of oneself, and in doing shows how experience is inevitably shrouded in ambiguity. This process...Read More
A paper by Abdullah Maynard Qadr and Qadir. The events in England following the death of Mark Dugan on the 4thof August, the spontaneous violence, rioting and looting to me illustrate in a graphic clarity the interaction between decree and destiny played out on a grand scale in the context of our evolution of consciousness. For difficult as it is, we must consider the social reality with an eye of...Read More
A paper by Sabnum Dharamsi and Stephen Maynard presented at Durham University, Spirituality, Theology and Mental Health: Myth, Authority and Healing Power ABSTRACT Current research suggests that it is the quality of the therapeutic relationship, irrespective of the model, which most impacts clinical outcome in counselling. This paper looks at how spirituality can enhance the quality of the therapeutic relationship, with particular reference to the Islamic framework of self and...Read More
Objectives · A brief exploration of the context that Islamic Counselling operates in. · Answering the question “who is it for?” based on real life studies of three categories of people who approach us. · An invitation to experience some of the techniques we use. What is the context that Islamic Counselling operates in? For some the bursting of the 80’s economic bubble has led many to a search for...Read More
‘I watch, waiting to see that spark of humanity that is in all of us.” The above is a paraphrased quote from a film currently on release in the UK, As Good As It Gets. For me, it describes an aspect of the counselling process that takes place in Islamic counselling as well as other forms of counselling based on a spiritual path or model of counselling routed in an understanding...Read More
