Open AccessGUIDING ASPECTS OF ISLAMIC EXISTENTIAL-COGNITIVE BEHAVIOUR THERAPY FOR EXISTENTIAL DEPRESSION
Author(s) -
Nur Afifah binti Abas,
Mohd Nizam Sahad
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
malaysian journal for islamic studies
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2550-2042
DOI - 10.37231/mjis.2021.5.1.174
Subject(s) - existentialism , islam , soul , pandemic , cognition , psychotherapist , psychology , covid-19 , depression (economics) , psychoanalysis , epistemology , medicine , philosophy , psychiatry , theology , disease , pathology , infectious disease (medical specialty) , economics , macroeconomics
The CoVid-19 pandemic had again activated the neuronal circuit on our existential crisis as human beings asking basic existential questions: Where were we from, who are we, why are we here, how we supposedly should live here and where are we going? - Instinctively it appears evidently in the soul while facing threats that may lead to death like the pandemic exposes us to. This study critically explores and analyses through content analysis method on available published ‘Islamic’ documents, which are purposively sampled based on relevancy to the existence. We shared what we found related to existential psychotherapy using cognitive behavior therapy for depressed Muslim clients in supporting the current call for integrating Islamic teachings and practice. Mainly, being intersubjective is very crucial for therapists’ competency because Muslim clients are from diverse Islamic backgrounds.