Nafs and Therapy

By Noura Amkieh

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Category: Mental Health

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Episodes: 25

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This podcast is where therapy meets faith and tradition. Too often, we search for therapists who share our beliefs, hoping for a space that truly understands us. As a Muslim and practicing therapist, I felt the need to explore this intersection—to have real conversations about where faith and psychology align, how we can grow, and how healing can be both spiritual and psychological. Most importantly, mental health doesn’t discriminate—believer or not, we all face struggles. Join me in reflecting, questioning, and making space for a something that is dear to our heart, mind, and soul.

Episode Date
S3 E4: The ancient dilemma: knowing the right way but choosing otherwise
Apr 14, 2026
S3 E3: Why focusing on holy texts in context can transforms how you connect with Allah
Mar 29, 2026
S3 E2: Living Fiqh: Capacity, Choice, and our limitations.
Feb 23, 2026
S3 E1: Beyond the Checklist: Islamic Law, Moral Responsibility, and Mental Wellbeing.
Feb 17, 2026
S2 E7: Returning to the Basics: When Living Islam Becomes the Ground of Healing
Nov 24, 2025
S2 E6: Finding God and your people, with Mohammed Isaaq
Nov 17, 2025
S2 E5: Wounds and Worship - Reflections of a Faithful Neuroscientist
Nov 10, 2025
S2 E4: Beyond the Self - Healing through Faith and Connection, with Salma and Mehboob
Nov 01, 2025
S2 E3: When the Mind Wanders: ADHD and the Heart of Prayer
Oct 11, 2025
S2 EP2: When the Mind Breaks Open Psychosis, Faith, and Belonging with Imtithal Mohammed
Oct 02, 2025
S2 EP 1 : The Art of Presence - Psychiatry and Islamic Psychology in Practice with Armaan Rowther
Sep 22, 2025
Season 2 on The Farm: The Intro.
Sep 18, 2025
EP 12: From Gaza’s ER - Holding Suffering, Faith, and Resilience with Dr. Adil Husain
Sep 09, 2025
EP 11: Dr Hooman Keshavarzi - Religious OCD: Untangling Obsession from Devotion
Aug 29, 2025
EP 10: Finding Meaning, Dr. Samir Mahmoud on Beauty, Love, and the Psychology of the Divine
Jul 01, 2025
EP 9: Beyond Symptom Relief: Dr. Mazen Atassi on Islamic Psychology Meets Naturopathic Healing
Jun 19, 2025
EP 8: Centering Faith in Love & Marriage a conversation with Salma Khan
May 30, 2025
EP 7: Motherhood and the path to Allah, a conversation with Noor Awad
May 11, 2025
EP 6: Beneath the Surface , Muslim Youth and the Struggle with Addiction with Imam Tabari Zahir
Apr 24, 2025
EP 5/P2: The Faith-Fitrah Dissonance, a conversation with Wid Kattan
Mar 31, 2025
EP 5/P1: The Faith-Fitrah Dissonance, a conversation with Wid Kattan
Mar 24, 2025
EP 4: Religious Trauma, الصدمات الدينية - A conversation with Khoulod Aladani in Arabic
Mar 17, 2025
EP 3: The Inner Critic & Gods' Mercy - A conversation with Rafah Sahab in Arabic
Mar 07, 2025
EP 2: Loss, Grief, and God - A conversation with Sarif Alrai.
Feb 28, 2025
Episode 1: The long awaited intro
Feb 19, 2025