Applying Islamic Principles To Clinical Mental Health Care (introducing Traditional Islamically Integrated Psychotherapy)

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Edited by Keshavarzi, Hooman; Edited by Khan, Fahad; Edited by Ali, Bilal; Edited by Awaad, Rania

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This volume introduces traditional Islamically integrated psychotherapy (TIIP). The book introduces the basic foundations of TIIP, then delves into the writings of early Islamic scholars to provide a richer understanding of Islamic literature about mental health.

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This text outlines for the first time a structured articulation of an emerging Islamic orientation to psychotherapy, a framework presented and known as Traditional Islamically Integrated Psychotherapy (TIIP).

TIIP is an integrative model of mental health care that is grounded in the core principles of Islam while drawing upon empirical truths in psychology. The book introduces the basic foundations of TIIP, then delves into the writings of early Islamic scholars to provide a richer understanding of the Islamic intellectual heritage as it pertains to human psychology and mental health. Beyond theory, the book provides readers with practical interventional skills illustrated with case studies as well as techniques drawn inherently from the Islamic tradition. A methodology of case formulation is provided that allows for effective treatment planning and translation into therapeutic application. Throughout its chapters, the book situates TIIP within an Islamic epistemological and ontological framework, providing a discussion of the nature and composition of the human psyche, its drives, health, pathology, mechanisms of psychological change, and principles of healing.

Mental health practitioners who treat Muslim patients, Muslim clinicians, students of the behavioral sciences and related disciplines, and anyone with an interest in spiritually oriented psychotherapies will greatly benefit from this illustrative and practical text.

Table of contents:

Part I: Foundations of Traditional Islamically Integrated Psychotherapy (TIIP) 1. Foundations of Traditional Islamically Integrated Psychotherapy (TIIP) 2. The Role of the TIIP Therapist: Scope of Practiced and Proposed Competencies Part II: Introducing the Islamic Intellectual Heritage 3. Islamic Psychology: A Portrait of its Historical Origins and Contributions 4. Framing the Mind–Body Problem in Contemporary Neuroscientific and Sunni Islamic Theological DiscoursePart III: Case Formulation and Assessment 5. Quantitative and Qualitative Assessment of the Ontological Domains of the Psyche in TIIP 6. Dreams and Their Role in Islamically Integrated Mental Health Practice Part IV: Treatment of the Domains of the Human Psyche 7. Emotionally Oriented Psychotherapy 8. Use of the Intellect (‘aql) as a Cognitive Restructuring Tool in an Islamic Psychotherapy 9. Behavioral (Nafsānī) Therapy: Character Development and Reformation 10. Spiritually (Rūḥānī) Focused Psychotherapy

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“This book fills a tremendous void in the literature, wherein it provides both a structured theoretical explication of an Islamic Psychotherapy as well as practical guidelines and concrete interventions for clinical practice. It uniquely combines faith and science, creating an integrative bridge for mental health providers in providing therapy within an Islamic spiritual context.” —Harold G. Koenig, Duke University Medical Center, USA

“This is a fascinating and impressive book—theologically, philosophically, and theoretically. The book also contains many helpful insights for the practice of Islamic spiritually integrated psychotherapy. It makes an outstanding contribution to the growing literature about the role of religion and spirituality in mainstream psychology and psychotherapy. I enthusiastically recommend it.” —P. Scott Richards, Brigham Young University, USA