I don’t particularly like to admit this, but when I reverted to Islam, it wasn’t the very real possibility of experiencing Islamophobic attacks that made my journey particularly difficult. It…

During my undergraduate psychology degree, I learned about a famous study from the 1960s that has stayed with me ever since. Researchers administered a fake IQ test to elementary school…

This week, I allowed myself to get drawn into an online debate about the deen on a public platform.At the time, my household was preparing to welcome a beloved family…

One of my clinical specialties is anxiety, but that wasn’t an entirely deliberate choice.You see, before going through my own therapy and training in Islamic psychology, I spent decades struggling…

I was raised as a non-Muslim with the belief that, because of my religious convictions at the time, I would automatically enter Paradise.Naturally, my focus was not on what I…

I was almost 30 years old when I took my shahada almost eleven years ago, Alhamdulillah.Although I had felt drawn to Islam since childhood, I was also exposed to many…

As a Muslim Psychologist who does Islamic therapy, I use methods from this approach, as well as other techniques, mainly those that are used in cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT).  CBT is…

It was narrated from Ibn ‘Abbas that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said:“There are no days during which righteous deeds are more beloved to Allah than these days,” meaning the…

I recently realized that I have never properly explained the foundation of my Islamic therapy approach, and I wanted to take some time to share a little about it today,…

One of my first jobs after moving to Alberta was working as a mental health therapist in a rural public health clinic in Westlock.My colleagues and I would often consult…