Islamic Counselling An Introduction to Theory and Practice

includes index and biblioraphy

1. Context and Background ........1 Islam and Muslims..........3 Counselling and Islamic Counselling : An Overview ...............13 Spirituality and islamic Counselling ...........25 Understanding human nature and Personality development in the islamic Context ................34 Psychological Health: Cultural and religious influences ...............51 Understanding the muslim Client ..............64 Islamic ethics related to Counselling ...............83 2. Assessment, models and intervention strategies ................95 General Guidelines for the assessment of muslim clients............97 Psychoanalytic therapy and counselling ............107 Humanistic approach......122 Cognitive behavioural therapy...........137 Solution - focused brief Therapy ............151 Pre-marital and marital Counselling ........165 Religious coping strategy and spiritual Interventions ............187