Mindfulness Techniques and Practices in Islamic Psychotherapy

Auteur

Nazila Isgandarova, PhD, DMin, RSW, RP, is a director of the supervised psycho-spiritual education programme and assistant professor at Emmanuel College of Victoria University in the University of Toronto. She is recipient of the Ontario government's 2023 Champion of Diversity Award and the 2022 Order of Vaughan.

Texte du rabat

Mindfulness Techniques and Practices in Islamic Psychotherapy is a guide for Muslim spiritual care providers, psychologists, psychiatrists, psychotherapists, and others who use spiritual and religious concepts, values, and rituals as novel interventions to offer culturally appropriate mental health services.

Résumé

Mindfulness Techniques and Practices in Islamic Psychotherapy is a guide for Muslim spiritual care providers, psychologists, psychiatrists, psychotherapists, and others who use spiritual and religious concepts, values, and rituals as novel interventions to offer culturally appropriate mental health services. Chapters lay out the practice of muraqabah as a strategy for addressing mental and emotional disturbances such as depression, anxiety, personality disorders, attentiondeficit disorders, and more. Using hermeneutical data, Mindfulness Techniques and Practices in Islamic Psychotherapy presents the processes and ethics of the muraqabah technique in Islamic spiritual care and psychotherapy.

Contenu

1. Introduction to Mindfulness 2. An Overview of Muraqabah as a Spiritual Practice 3. Muraqabah and the Human Nature 4. The Relevance of Muraqabah in Islamic Psychotherapy 5. The Techniques of Muraqabah in Islamic Psychotherapy 6. Incorporating Dhikr, Music, and Physical Movement in Muraqabah