Khalil Center’s signature TIIP Level 1 training is now being offered in Karachi, Pakistan! Limited seats and high demand.
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You are a perfect for this training if you fit into one of the following categories:
Currently enrolled in a graduate program in related mental health fields (Counseling, psychology, social work, marriage & family therapy, etc.)
Mental health professional (therapist, psychotherapist, psychiatrist, counselor, etc.)
Chaplain with a background/training in mental health
Islamic seminary graduates with a background in psychology/mental health.
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This is a 4-day intensive on Traditional Islamically Integrated Psychotherapy (TIIP) Level 1. The training will provide students of psychology and mental health with an orientation to the foundational tenets & principles of the model including a discussion of Islamic epistemology, i.e., a framework for reconciling disparate sources of knowledge (i.e. empirical, rational, and scriptural) within an Islamic context. The core principles of the model will be presented that include a review of holistic schemas of health and pathology, nature of the human being, composition of the human psyche, principles of change, and role of the TIIP practitioner.
Students will engage with practical applications of this model through two types of techniques:
Inherently Islamic approaches of psychotherapy. Inspired by the Qur’an, Prophetic Tradition, and the traditions of the scholars of the spiritual sciences (taziyah al-nafs).
Adaptation and integration of mainstream interventions. Methods drawn from contemporary orientations that are consistent with the foundational principles of TIIP.
The course will also teach students to conceptualize and treat psychological dysfunction using this Islamic model.
Interventions are designed to specifically target the elements of the TIIP ontological framework of the human psyche:
ʿAql - cognition
Nafs - behavioral inclinations
Rūh - spirit
Ihsās - emotions.
Tuition costs cover registration to the entire course, daily brunches, and course materials (relevant handouts, worksheets, charts, etc.)
General Tuition: PKR 100,000
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Location
Training Dates:
24th – 26th April 2026
Timings:
9:30 AM – 6:00 PM (Including refreshments and lunch)
Location:
Soorty Enterprise, Unit #9
Deputy & Clinical Director (National)
Dr. Fahad Khan, Licensed Clinical Psychologist and Deputy Director at Khalil Center, specializes in Muslim mental health and Islamic psychology.
Executive Director/Founder
Hooman Keshavarzi, Licensed Clinical Psychologist and Founding Director of Khalil Center, lectures internationally on Islamic psychology.
Opening Remarks & Introductions
Foundations of Traditional Islamically Integrated Psychotherapy (TIIP)
Reading
Keshavarzi, H & Ali, B (2018). Islamic Perspectives on Psychological and Spiritual Well-being and Treatment, in H. S. Moffic,,J. Peteet, A. Hankir, R. Awaad, Islamophobia & Psychiatry: Recognition, Prevention, and Treatment. New York: Springer. Pp. 41-54
Khan, F. & Keshavarzi, H. (2023). Theoretical foundations and clinical applications of Traditional Islamically Integrated Psychotherapy (TIIP). In Richards, S., Kawika, G., & Judd, D. (Eds.) Handbook of Spiritually Integrated Psychotherapies. American Psychological Association Press.
Intro to TIIP Model and Conceptualization
Reading
Keshavarzi, H., Khan, F., Ali, B. & Awaad, R. (Eds.) (2020). Applying Islamic Principles to Clinical Mental Health Care: Introducing Traditional Islamically Integrated Psychotherapy. New York: Routledge. Chapter 1
Khan, F., Keshavarzi, H., Ahmad, M., Ashai, S., & Sanders, P. (2023). Application of Traditional Islamically Integrated Psychotherapy (TIIP) and its outcome on psychological distress among American Muslims in outpatient therapy. Spirituality in Clinical Practice. Advance online publication.
Activity – Conceptualize Your Patient According to TIIP Case Vignettes (4) (ex. Emotional case, Cognitive Case, Spiritual Case, Behavioral issues case)
Break
Role of the TIIP Practitioner
Delineating role
Internal Characteristic requirements
External Characteristic requirements (ex. Skills, training, education, etc).
Examining different roles across Islamic disciplines ex. (Murabbī, Shaykh, Musliḥ, Ṭabīb, Psychologist, Faqīh etc).
Reading
Keshavarzi, H., Khan, F., Ali, B. & Awaad, R. (Eds.) (2020). Applying Islamic Principles to Clinical Mental Health Care: Introducing Traditional Islamically Integrated Psychotherapy. New York: Routledge. Chapter 2
Lunch & Jummuah Break
Case Conceptualization according to Traditional Islamically Integrated Psychotherapy (TIIP)
Assessment according to (TIIP) & the early stages of counseling.
Stages of Change
5 assessment principles
Prophetic Empathy
Empathy Response Styles
Reading
Keshavarzi, H., Khan, F., Ali, B. & Awaad, R. (Eds.) (2020). Applying Islamic Principles to Clinical Mental Health Care: Introducing Traditional Islamically Integrated Psychotherapy. New York: Routledge. Chapter 5
Role-play: Conducting Initial Sessions
Open Q & A
Process Experiential/Emotion-Focused Modalities of Intervention
Utilization of Emotion-Focused Interventions for facilitation Emotional regulation and transformation
Emotional Signature Interventions
Reading
Keshavarzi, H., Khan, F., Ali, B. & Awaad, R. (Eds.) (2020). Applying Islamic Principles to Clinical Mental Health Care: Introducing Traditional Islamically Integrated Psychotherapy. New York: Routledge. Chapter 9 Pp. 236-266
Roleplay/Demonstrations
Lunch & Dhuhr Break
Cognitive theories in Islam and role of ʿaql
ʿAql in the Islamic tradition
Difference between mind, brain, and ʿAql Cognitive psychotherapy (RIDA Model) will be introduced with case illustrations and discussions.
Reading
Keshavarzi, H., Khan, F., Ali, B. & Awaad, R. (Eds.) (2020). Applying Islamic Principles to Clinical Mental Health Care: Introducing Traditional Islamically Integrated Psychotherapy. New York: Routledge. Chapter 8
TIIP Cognitive Signature Interventions
Outlining a Case Illustration of Traditional Islamically Integrated Psychotherapy (TIIP)
Reading
Keshavarzi, H. & Khan, F. (2018). Outlining a case example of Traditional Islamically Integrated Psychotherapy (TIIP). In Al-Karam, C. Y. (Ed.). Islamically Integrated Psychotherapy: Processes and outcomes with Muslim clinicians. (175-207). West Conshohocken, PA: Templeton Press.
Widely circulated in academic circles across the world, this text will serve as the primary reference for the TIIP training. Authored by Khalil Center leadership, this text was the first ever structured articulation of an emerging Islamic orientation to psychotherapy known as TIIP. If you plan on attending the training, we would encourage you to get your hands on this and get busy reading!
This workbook provides a much-needed manual for those struggling with OCD scrupulosity and assists them during their journey to recovery. It includes activities and exercises that readers can put into effect on their own. The workbook will serve as a unique resource for clinicians, clergy, and clients in providing Islamically integrative psychoeducation and offering intervention methods in different domains (cognitive, behavioral, & emotional).
