Cyber Counseling for Muslim Clients
Publisher: The Other Press
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 168
ISBN-13: 9789670957029
Description: The famous Islamonline.net was receiving many questions from its viewers from around the world in their forum. Many of which were psycho-spiritual in nature, making the need for a Muslim psychologist inevitable. When Malik Badri was approached by Islamonline.net to initiate a cyber-counseling program, he readily obliged. The novel and humble collaboration of Malik Badri and Islamonline.net in answering these questions has materialized in a book. The selection of questions and solutions prescribed here are varied, from marital disharmony and dysfunctional families to anxiety disorders, parapsychology issues, drug addiction and the influence of the mind over body. It is hoped that some of the solutions provided here, based on Islamically modeled therapy, will continue to help others with similar problems in this changing world of globalization.
Table of contents: title: Preface; title: Foreword; title: Questions; title: 1. Lack of confidence and social anxiety; title: 2. A young female doctor suffering from pulmonary embolism; title: 3. Is the healing power of the mind over the sick body really true?; title: 4. A young Muslim woman in love with an undeserving man; title: 5. Comparing psychoanalysis with cognitive therapy; title: 6. Are possessions by jinn that lead to seeing things or hearing voices real or are merely psychological and mental disorders?; title: 7. A conflict between a demanding wife and her mother in law; title: 8. A case of bipolar disorder; title: 9. A good Muslim suffering from homosexual fantasies; title: 10. A woman who inappropriately blames herself; title: 11. Islam and psychology; title: 12. A case of unwarranted feelings of guilt; title: 13. The danger of unnecessarily delaying marriage; title: 14. A case of obsessive-compulsive disorder regarding religious aspects; title: 15. Undue anxiety; title: 16. More about jinn possession; title: 17. A problem of an approach-avoidance conflict; title: 18. A gifted girl mistreated by her family; title: 19. The need for a devoted worshipper as a role model; title: 20. When obsessive-compulsive disorder disturbs religious faith; title: 21. To shave or not to shave, that is the problem; title: 22. Benefits and cultural harms of Western child psychology; title: 23. Is masturbation a sin? Is it physically and mentally harmful?; title: 24. How to get rid of unjustified suspicion and mistrust of others; title: 25. Can one change his personality traits?; title: 26. A blessed struggle against doubt; title: 27. Finding difficulty in performing prayers; title: 28. An unresolved conflict between having a second wife and being deprived from having children; title: 29. A shy wife who cannot comply with her husband’s sexual request; title: 30. Extremism verses moderation in worshipping; title: 31. Unwarranted feeling of inferiority because of dark skin color; title: 32. Indecisiveness concerning marriage; title: 33. Are personality disorders a psychopathology or bad and selfish behavior?; title: 34. The problems of cross-cultural marriages; title: 35. A young man who wishes to know where he can study for a M.A. degree; title: 36. The need to change one’s conception about the nature of Allah; title: 37. A problem caused by a religious conversion; title: 38. A case of a mono-symptomatic phobic anxiety that is only related to speaking in public; title: 39. An irresponsible wife who messed up the life of her husband; title: 40. Lack of concentration in study; title: 41. Is marijuana non-addictive and safe to take?; title: 42. How to treat an emotionally immature wife?; title: 43. An unusual case of a respected man who needed advice but wrongly treated as psychologically disordered; title: 44. Para-psychological phenomena: Fact or fiction; title: Selected bibliography