Ethical Dilemmas in Islāmic Psychotherapy: Balancing Faith, Culture, and Professional Ethics

This book is a guide to help psychotherapists, counsellors, and other mental health practitioners navigate the ethical dilemmas and challenges inherent to Islamic psychotherapy.In recent decades, the therapeutic application of Islamic psychotherapy has gained remarkable momentum.This approach integrates religion and spirituality into mental health practices, offering profound insights and benefits for clients.However, the incorporation of spirituality and religion into psychotherapy also raises a range of ethical dilemmas and challenges that remain insufficiently addressed in the literature.This book seeks to address this critical gap by providing a comprehensive resource that offers both theoretical foundations and practical strategies for identifying, understanding, and resolving ethical dilemmas when working with Muslim clients. Grounded in the ethical principles of Islam, it draws upon Qur’anic teachings, hadith, and Islamic jurisprudence while incorporating insights from contempor