Faith Sensitive Interventions in OCD Treatment
The 4T Model, developed by Dr. Taha Burak Toprak and inspired by Islamic scholarship, offers a faith-sensitive psychoeducation approach to OCD treatment.
This platform aims to examine theoretical discussions within the context of Islamic thought and modern science/psychology, as well as practical contributions to the use of concepts and actions in Islamic thought in psychotherapy applications. To this end, it organizes seminars, symposiums, reading groups, academic studies, publications, and national and international studies.
The 4T Model, developed by Dr. Taha Burak Toprak and inspired by Islamic scholarship, offers a faith-sensitive psychoeducation approach to OCD treatment.
A systematic review by Dr. Taha Burak Toprak and Hanne Nur Özçelik examines the diagnosis, treatment, and conceptual nuances of religious OCD, or scrupulosity.
A look back at PPAD’s 2024 Expert Meetings, featuring conversations with leading academics and clinicians on psychology, psychiatry, and Islamic thought.
In the second 2024 seminar, Dr. Taha Burak Toprak presented ‘Islam and Psychotherapy,’ exploring how views on truth and existence shape therapeutic practice.
On TRT Türk’s ‘Silk Ridges’ program, our association president Dr. Taha Burak Toprak explored the Prophet’s hadiths through the lens of psychological concepts.
In the ‘Social Science for Everyone’ program, our president Dr. Taha Burak Toprak discussed how daily life relates to psychological science and psychotherapy.
PPAD president Dr. Taha Burak Toprak spoke on Vav TV’s Millet Kiraathanesi and Family Roof programs about modern psychology and patience in family life.
The first Psychology in Islamic Tradition 2024 seminar opened in Istanbul with Dr. Taha Burak Toprak’s keynote, held by Ibn Haldun University and PPAD.
Our introductory seminars on key concepts and debates in Islam, psychology and psychotherapy began, examining articles written by Dr. Taha Burak Toprak.
PPAD president Dr. Taha Burak Toprak’s article on the 4T Model for treating religious OCD, based on three resistant cases, was published in an academic journal.

“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?”