The Second Session of the Psychology in Islamic Thought Seminars Was Held

The Second Session of the Psychology in Islamic Thought Seminars Was Held

The second session of the Psychology in Islamic Thought seminar series took place. Our Association President Dr. Taha Burak Toprak delivered a presentation titled ‘Islam and Psychotherapy: An Example of a Model and Practice’ during the seminar held on Thursday, April 4, at Istanbul University’s Prof. Dr. Fuat Sezgin Congress and Culture Center.

The seminar focused on the impact of individuals’ understanding of truth, existence, and knowledge on psychotherapy practices.The intervention methods of various schools of psychotherapy and the different intervention techniques found in Islamic thought traditions were re-evaluated together in terms of their understandings of existence, knowledge, and humanity.

It was emphasized that the concepts of psychology and psychotherapy are directly related to intervention methods based on understandings of truth, existence, knowledge, and human nature in Islamic tradition.

Since it coincided with the month of Ramadan, a break was provided for iftar during the seminar. In the session that followed iftar, Dr. Toprak responded to the participants’ questions.

“What kind of relationship can we establish with the current science of psychology and its knowledge?” 

“What are the responsibilities of the different relationship styles we establish?”, 

“What does Islamic Thought tell us, in many areas such as the foundations of psychology, developmental theory, cognitive science, social psychology in the context of the philosophy of science?”

 “In the Islamic tradition, can a psychotherapy model be formulated from the theoretical structures regarding human beings, and if so, how?” 

“Could new aspects be considered regarding social treatment models?”

 

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