Islam and Muslim Americans have deep historical roots in North America. Muslim identities, beliefs and practices are rich and diverse. There is misinformation, misperception and lack of understanding of the dynamism of this faith tradition and of Muslims in general. Modern day American Muslims are experiencing unique challenges that require a nuanced approach to understanding the intersections of their cultures, faith tradition, sexuality and pleasure. This engaging and reflective workshop will explore how to support and meet needs of Muslim clients in the therapeutic realm and in healing spaces from a value-based, culturally-centered and spiritually-grounded approach. These topics will be explored to challenge the orientalist gaze and colonial approaches. There will be opportunity for questions and answers on creating therapeutic environments that limits the re-traumatization of Muslim clients.
LIMITED REGISTRATION to 15 ATTENDEES TOTAL
Wait list will be enabled for attendees over this amount
At the end of this workshop, participants will be able to:
- Explore and assess the intersections of culture, race, spirituality and sexuality from a holistic Islamic perspective.
- Understand the Islamic view as it pertains to sexuality, pleasure and mental health
- Understand Islamophobia and its adverse effects on the mental health and sexuality Target Audience: This workshop is for clinicians in a mental health field and/or clinicians in-training who are seeking to disrupt and dismantle cycle(s) of oppression as it pertains to clinical work and systems. This training will examine the discourse of spirituality and sexuality from the lenses of intersectionality, Islamic psychology and critical race theory.
3 CEUs pending
Zoom link emailed upon registration; This event will NOT be recorded
Speaker Bio: Bina Bakhtiar, MSW, LSWAA is a sexuality educator and a mental health therapist in private practice. Her clinical work is structured around supporting communities of color, immigrants and bicultural/multicultural identities. Her interests in philosophy, spirituality, psychology, sexuality and social justice orient her to infuse and integrate relational ethics and methods of revolutionary love.
Questions? Email president@wsscsw.org
