Working with Muslim Clients: Spiritual and Religious Competencies for Clinicians
This workshop will provide professionals with basic knowledge of Islamic beliefs, attitudes and common social norms that often impact willingness to seek help, conceptions of mental health, and attitudes toward treatment options. The goal is to discuss major Islamic worldviews, social norms, and common concerns of the Muslim community that can impact the ability to effectively engage and communicate with Muslim clients, colleagues, and students. The workshop will also provide participants with the opportunity to reflect on explicit and implicit bias, increases level of comfort serving a divers...Read moree Muslim population, and develop effective communication related to religious beliefs, attitudes, and behaviors. Less...
Learning Objectives
- Compare common Muslim worldviews to your own expectations about illness and wellness and courses of action.
- Identify existing misconceptions about Islam and Muslims that may influence your own beliefs and attitudes towards the Muslim population, and how these may impact your professional interactions.
- Identify common Muslim social norms and discuss how these social norms may impact your standard interactions and behaviors in the therapeutic setting.
- Describe common Muslim worldviews as it relates to perceptions of mental illness, attitudes towards various treatment options, and typical help-seeking behaviors.
- Describe tools that can be used to discuss religiosity and the role of spirituality for the Muslim client.
Friday, November 07, 2025
Live Interactive Webinar
01:00 PM EST - 03:00 PM EST
EARN 2 CE Credit Hours
About the speaker
Anisah Bagasra, Ph.D.
Associate Professor in the Department of Psychological Science at Kennesaw State University
Anisah Bagasra, Ph.D. from Saybrook University, is an Associate Professor in the Department of Psychological Science at Kennesaw State University who specializes in behavioral health research in the Muslim American and African American faith communities. She teaches a wide range of psychology courses and mentors students engaged in undergraduate research with a focus on culturally competent research in minority communities. Specific research interests include Islamic Psychology, the impact of Islamophobia, teaching Death & Dying, and perceptions of mental illness. Her recent publications include four co-edited volumes, “Working with Muslim Clients in the Helping Professions”, and “The Changing Faces of Higher Education: From Boomers to Millennials” and ‘The Impact of HBCUs in the 21st Century’, and ‘Digital Narratives of Trauma among Immigrant and Refugee Women’ and numerous journal articles. She also conducts CE workshops in the area of religious and spiritual competencies for psychologists, conflict resolution, and community-based research. Dr. Bagasra has recently founded the Death, Dying & Bereavement Research Consortium to promote collaborative, interdisciplinary research within the field of Death & Dying.
Agenda
0:00: Introduction to the Topic and overview of Learning Objectives5:00: What are Religious and Spiritual Competencies
10:00: Poll: What comes to mind...Islam and Muslims
15:00: Test your knowledge activity
20:00: Impact of Islamophobia
30:00: Muslim worldviews
40:00: Multi-Dimensional Views of Mental Illness and Causation
50: 00: Reflection Time and Q & A
60:00: Religiosity and Cultural/Social Norms
70:00: Measuring Religiosity
80: 00: Religiosity and Treatment
90: 00: Acculturation and its Impact
100:00: Case Study
110: Final Q & A
CE Information - Earn 2 CE Credit Hours
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