1. Fundamental Reference Books

Explore our recommended reading list below, including both foundational  and advanced resources for researchers and practitioners engaging with Islam, psychology, and psychotherapy.

• For fundamental  issues concerning Islamic thought and psychology:

Psychology and Psychotherapy in Islamic Thought: Solid Foundations and New Horizons

• For methodological discussions on Islam and psychology: 

Rethinking the History of Psychology (especially Part I: Rethinking Methods and Approaches in Psychology and Psychotherapy Studies and Part III: Future Directions)

• For studies on Islam and psychotherapy:

Psychotherapy and Beyond

These three books are recommended as fundamental reference sources for studies on Islam, psychology, and psychotherapy conducted within PPAD.

2. Recommended Articles

By reading our published articles, you can explore the contemporary and practical implications of our studies. The articles both shed light on the current literature on Islam, psychology, and psychotherapy and include our original theoretical and practical contributions. The articles are grouped into four categories:

• Religiously and Culturally Sensitive Studies

In the articles in this group, the interventions aim to approach the client’s values with respect and sensitivity and to support them in finding a path aligned with those values in the way they themselves prefer.

For example, assisting a client in seeking religious consultation is considered a culturally and religiously sensitive practice.

• Religiously and Culturally Integrative Studies

In this group of articles, the therapist’s use of religious knowledge, whether prepared beforehand or incorporated during the therapeutic process, is regarded as fundamental.

For example, culturally and religiously integrated practices include using verses from the Qur’an and hadiths for cognitive restructuring or increasing righteous (salih) deeds for behavioral activation.

• Original Psycho-ontology Studies

In the interventions described in this group of articles, the essential feature is that the therapist draws on explanatory components of the human being (such as the ‘heart’) beyond the components of cognitive-behavioral therapy and uses these components to account for the causes of illness as well as to guide the healing process.

• Other: 

Additional  published studies