Integrating the Islamic faith with modern psychotherapy is at the forefront of the spiritually integrated psychotherapy movement. To bring this work to wider attention and to promote its continuation, Dr. Carrie York Al-Karam has brought together the present volume of nine essays, each of which is written by a Muslim clinician who practices Islamically integrated psychotherapy (IIP)—a modern approach that unites the teachings, principles, and interventions of the faith with Western therapeutic approaches.

Acknowledgments / ix

Preface / xiii

Introduction / 3
Carrie York Al-Karam, PhD

Chapter 1: An Islamic Theoretical Orientation to Psychotherapy / 25
Abdallah Rothman, LPC

Chapter 2: Utilization of Islamic Principles in Marital Counseling / 57
Layla Asamarai, PsyD

Chapter 3: The HEART Method: Healthy Emotions Anchored in RasoolAllah’s Teachings: Cognitive Therapy Using Prophet Mohammed as a Psycho-Spiritual Exemplar / 76
Farah Lodi, MA, CCC

Chapter 4: Conducting Spiritually Integrated Family Therapy with Muslim Clients Utilizing a Culturally Responsive Paradigm / 103
Afshana Haque, PhD, LMFT-S

Chapter 5: Integrating Islamic Spirituality into Psychodynamic
Therapy with Muslim Patients / 127
Ibrahim Rüschoff, MD, and Paul M. Kaplick, BSc

Chapter 6: Family Therapy and the Use of Quranic Stories / 152
Rabia Malik, PhD

Chapter 7: Outlining a Case Illustration of Traditional Islamically
Integrated Psychotherapy / 175
Hooman Keshavarzi, LPC, and Fahad Khan, PsyD

Chapter 8
Marrying Islamic Principles with Western Psychotherapy for Children and Adolescents: Successes and Challenges / 208
Fyeqa Sheikh, PsyD

Chapter 9: Integrating Duaa Arafa and Other Shiite Teachings
into Psychotherapy / 229
Sayyed Mohsen Fatemi, PhD

About the Contributors / 243

Index / 251

Carrie York Al-Karam, PhDis president of the Alkaram Institute, a non-profit research and educational institution dedicated to advancing Islamic psychology to benefit society and improve lives. Her areas of expertise are Islamic psychology, spiritually integrated psychotherapy, and virtue/character development. Her books include Mental Health and Psychological Practice in the United Arab Emirates and Maya and the Seven Limbs. She currently resides in Roanoke, Virginia with her family.