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.
Executive Director & Founder | Illinois | [email protected]
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.
Psychologist| Illinois| [email protected]
Samar Harfi is a licensed clinical psychologist in the state of Illinois. She holds a Master’s and Doctoral degrees in Clinical Psychology from the Illinois School of Professional Psychology. She is a fellow at the International Association for Islamic Psychology (IAIP).
Clinical Deputy Director Khalil Center National | Illinois| [email protected]
Dr. Fahad Khan is a Licensed Clinical Psychologist with a Doctorate in Clinical Psychology and a Masters degree in Biomedical Sciences. He has also been a student of religious studies, beginning with his memorization of Qur'an at the age of 16.
Psychotherapist| California | [email protected]
Heba has received her undergraduate degree from UC Irvine in Psychology of Social Science, later earned a Master’s degree in Clinical Psychology and is currently pursuing her doctorate degree in Clinical Psychology.
Psychiatrist | Maryland | [email protected]
Dr. Elzamzamy completed his medical education at Ain Shams University in Egypt, followed by a general psychiatry residency at Hamad Medical Corporation in Qatar. Following his child and adolescent psychiatry training at the Institute of Living/Hartford Hospital in Connecticut, Dr. Elzamzamy completed a Clinician-Educator Fellowship at Johns Hopkins University.
Masters of Social Work | District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia | [email protected]
Tariq Elsaid is a Master of Social Work (MSW) graduate from the University of Michigan. At Khalil Center, he is a Psychotherapist and premarital coach under the direct supervision of AbdulAziz Syed (LCSW). Accompanying his MSW, Tariq also received graduate school training certificates in Interprofessional Trauma-Informed Practice (ITIP), Longitudinal Interprofessional Family-based Experience (LIFE), and Critical Translation Studies (CTS).
Licensed Marriage Family Therapist | California | [email protected]
Rana is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist with a Master of Arts in Counseling Psychology from the University of Denver. She has 15 years of experience working with adolescents, families, individuals, and couples. She also supervises interns and associates for Khalil Center and other local organizations.
Marriage and Family Therapist | California | [email protected]
Shaykh Jabir Tarin is a registered associate marriage and family therapist. He has served as a teacher at several Islamic institutions, including Dua Seminary, where he teaches the Islamic Sciences, and Nur Institute.
Licensed Counselor & Co-Founder of International Students of Islamic Psychology| [email protected]
Br Jamaluddin speaks English, Swedish, Farsi, Spanish and Portuguese. He ist currently a Masters Student in Clinical Psychology, Lunds University, Sweden Currently enrolled in Islamic Psychology Diploma, Cambridge Muslim College. He is a Licenced Counselor (GPI - Gothenburg s Psychotherapy Institute), former TV and Radio Host, Educator of Decolonial Theory and Islamic Psychology.
Research & Development Fellow & Therapist | Türkiye | [email protected]
Sena Aycan holds a Master's degree in Clinical Psychology and a Bachelor of Arts & Science in Psychology with a minor in Pedagogy. Over the years, she has worked with disadvantaged and vulnerable groups in various non-governmental organizations. She currently works as a Research & Content Development Fellow at Khalil Center and provides virtual and in-person therapy.
Research Fellow & Clinical Psychologist | Türkiye | [email protected]
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