As a Muslim woman, born, brought up and educated in England, I have sometimes experienced some discomfort in practicing Western psychology as a psychotherapist. Many times I see patients who I believe would benefit from a more holistic approach, taking into account their spiritual needs as well as their emotional and physical needs, but it is as if there is a taboo in mixing faith with treatment \u2013 it is not \u201cacceptable\u201d or considered \u201cprofessional\u201d<\/p>\n

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As a Muslim woman, born, brought up and educated in England, I have sometimes experienced some discomfort in practicing Western psychology as a psychotherapist. Many times I see patients who I believe would benefit from a more holistic approach, taking into account their spiritual needs as well as their emotional and physical needs, but it is as if there is a taboo in mixing faith with treatment \u2013 it is not \u201cacceptable\u201d or considered \u201cprofessional\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":6726,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[419],"tags":[7267,7,7268,7269,7211,341,399,7271,514,7272,938,7273,7284],"class_list":["post-6725","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-truth-seeker","tag-al-biruni","tag-featured","tag-fitra","tag-ibn-khaldun","tag-ibn-sina","tag-islam","tag-knowledge","tag-razi","tag-religion","tag-salma-yacoob","tag-science","tag-self","tag-towards-islamic-psychology-part-12"],"yoast_head":"\n