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Anxiety through an Islamic lens

This month's blog covers our understanding of anxiety from Islamic perspectives. We end with techniques you can practice right now!

Rumination and overthinking: how do we press pause on our rushing thoughts?

What is rumination? To ruminate is, now in modern terms, to think something over and over – often we call it overthinking. It actually...

Compassion isn't fluffy, it's brave.

An overview of compassion, what it is and what it isn't.

Islamic psychology and CBT: how do we integrate them?

Psychology has a long history. Most western courses that I’ve been on advise that the tradition started with the likes of Freud, Skinner...

NATs or Nafs, what exactly are they?

Imam Ja’far al‑Sadiq (a) said: “The Prophet (s) of God dispatched a contingent of the army (to the battlefront). Upon their (successful)...

What is psychotherapy and why do we need it?

The first thing is: mental health is part of physical health and visa versa. You can’t have one without the other so we as a community...