Meet our Traditional Islamically Integrated Psychotherapists (TIIP)!
Our Traditional Islamically Integrated Psychotherapy (TIIP) certified therapists have completed all three levels of TIIP training and successfully fulfilled 200 supervised practice hours under a TIIP supervisor. Additionally, they have applied TIIP in the treatment of at least 10 therapy cases. All certified therapists hold licensure or are license-eligible in mental health practice, or are Islamic clergy with formal pastoral training.
Abdul Qadeer is an Osnabrück-based CBT psychotherapist. With an MA in Cross-Cultural Psychology and EMDR training, he has 5+ years in psychiatry and addiction.
Aziza is a Clinical Psychologist practicing in Qatar. She is specializing in women’s mental health, anxiety, depression, OCD, trauma and Complex PTSD.
Dr. Fahad Khan is a Licensed Clinical Psychologist with a Doctorate in Clinical Psychology and a Masters degree in Biomedical Sciences.
Hooman Keshavarzi is a licensed clinical psychologist in the state of Illinois, he holds a Doctorate and Masters in Clinical Psychology and a Bachelors of Science – specialist psychology track/minor in Islamic Studies.
Dr. Khalid Elzamzamy is a Clinical Fellow in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at Hamad Medical, Qatar, where he completed his psychiatry residency training.
Dr. Samar holds a Doctorate in Clinical Psychology from the Illinois School of Professional Psychology.
Elif Kimya is a psychotherapist with degrees in Psychological Counseling. She works with adults on anxiety, depression, and valuing faith-aligned care.
Enes Kaban completed his Bachelor of Arts in Psychology at Istanbul Sehir University with an honorary degree.
Esra is a Clinical Psychologist based in Türkiye at Khalil Center. She is specializing in trauma, OCD, anxiety, grief, depression, and psychosomatic disorders.
Traditional Islamically Integrated Psychotherapy
TIIP is a therapeutic framework that is an ever-evolving modality of psychological treatment originally published by Keshavarzi, H & Haque, A in 2013. Since then, there has been further research directed at developing this framework. TIIP is the culmination of Khalil Center’s research on psychological treatment conducted by its interdisciplinary team consisting of dually trained professionals and Islamic scholars. The TIIP model offers a framework for integrating contemporary behavioral science into an inherently Islamic framework. The foundations of this model are rooted in an Islamic epistemological and ontological framework.
The practice applications of this model are through techniques that are of two types:
Inherently Islamic approaches of psychotherapy inspired by the Qur’an, Sunnah, and the spiritual sciences (taziyah, tasawwuf).
Adaptation and integration of mainstream interventions that are consistent with the foundations and principles of Traditional Islamically Integrated Psychotherapy (TIIP).
In Traditional Islamically Integrated Psychotherapy (TIIP), there are four overarching goals of the psychotherapeutic encounter:
Inkishāf - introspective self-discovery
Inqiyād - engendering treatment compliance & motivation
I’tidāl - equilibrium in all aspects of life
Ittiḥād - holistic integration
Interventions are designed to utilize these principles and specifically target the elements of the TIIP ontological framework of the human psyche:
ʿAql - cognition
Nafs - behavioral inclinations
Rūḥ - spirit
Iḥsās or emotions