A Counsellor-Led Evaluation of Islamic Counselling's Impact on Anxiety and Depression Experienced by Muslim Clients

IF 1.2 Q3 PSYCHOLOGY, CLINICAL

Counselling & Psychotherapy Research Pub Date : 2025-03-03 DOI:10.1002/capr.12888

Humayra Abdul Rauf, Farzana Noor, Stephen Abdullah Maynard

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Abstract

Context

UK Muslims are a growing proportion of the population who often experience complex mental health presentations while having the poorest mental health outcomes across faiths from standard cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) interventions. Islamic psychology is a new development that addresses psychology as a psychospiritual phenomenon; Islamic counselling is a therapeutic approach within this field.

Objectives

The current study explores the immediate outcomes of the Islamic psychological intervention, Islamic Counselling, in relation to anxiety and depression, through a counsellor-led assessment of its impact.

Methods

Counsellors compared the Generalised Anxiety Disorder-7 (GAD-7) and Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9) scores before and after six to eight sessions of Islamic Counselling with 52 Muslim clients from three East London boroughs. Fifty of these clients presented with anxiety with depression.

Results

During the intervention, average GAD-7 scores across the three boroughs dropped from 14 to 8, moderate to mild anxiety, and average PHQ-9 scores across the three boroughs dropped from 15 to 9, moderately severe to mild depression, a fall of two thresholds. Following the results, the paper discusses the context of Muslim psychological health, specific factors regarding the nature of client presentations in this evaluation, and implications of this research. There were no ethical considerations in this evaluation.

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辅导员主导的伊斯兰咨询对穆斯林来访者焦虑和抑郁影响的评估

背景：英国穆斯林在人口中所占的比例越来越大，他们经常经历复杂的心理健康表现，而在标准认知行为疗法（CBT）干预下，他们的心理健康结果在不同信仰中最差。伊斯兰心理学是一种新的发展，将心理学作为一种心理精神现象；伊斯兰咨询是这一领域的一种治疗方法。目前的研究探讨了伊斯兰心理干预的直接结果，伊斯兰咨询，与焦虑和抑郁有关，通过辅导员主导的影响评估。方法：咨询师比较来自东伦敦三个行政区的52名穆斯林患者在接受6 - 8次伊斯兰咨询前后的广泛性焦虑障碍-7 （GAD-7）和患者健康问卷-9 （PHQ-9）得分。其中50名患者表现出焦虑和抑郁。结果干预期间，三区平均GAD-7评分从14分降至8分，焦虑程度由中度降至轻度；三区平均PHQ-9评分从15分降至9分，抑郁程度由中度降至轻度，下降了两个阈值。根据结果，本文讨论了穆斯林心理健康的背景，关于本评估中客户陈述性质的具体因素，以及本研究的意义。在这次评估中没有伦理方面的考虑。

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Counselling & Psychotherapy Research PSYCHOLOGY, CLINICAL-

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4.40

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12.50%

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期刊介绍： Counselling and Psychotherapy Research is an innovative international peer-reviewed journal dedicated to linking research with practice. Pluralist in orientation, the journal recognises the value of qualitative, quantitative and mixed methods strategies of inquiry and aims to promote high-quality, ethical research that informs and develops counselling and psychotherapy practice. CPR is a journal of the British Association of Counselling and Psychotherapy, promoting reflexive research strongly linked to practice. The journal has its own website: www.cprjournal.com. The aim of this site is to further develop links between counselling and psychotherapy research and practice by offering accessible information about both the specific contents of each issue of CPR, as well as wider developments in counselling and psychotherapy research. The aims are to ensure that research remains relevant to practice, and for practice to continue to inform research development.