Coping with stress and anxiety: a spiritual and cultural perspective

Ever wondered how CBT fits with ideas about health and wellbeing from more spiritual perspectives? 

A BABCP outreach event held in a local Glasgow mosque in Summer 2018 explored just this. 

Saiqa Naz, Chair of the BABCP’s Equality and Culture SIG, Shayhk Abdul Aziz Ahmed and Dr Aman Durrani all speak to Dr Lucy Maddox.

 

Resources:

If you want to know more, check out these resources...

Articles

Andrew Beck has written an article in the Sept 2016 edition of CBT Today, on page 14, available here: http://www.babcp.com/files/CBT-Today/cbt-today-september-2016.pdf on Helping To Deal With Racism As A Therapist.

Saiqa Naz has written an article on p15 of this issue of CBT Today, available here: http://www.babcp.com/files/CBT-Today/cbt-today-february-2017.pdf on Working as a BME CBT Therapist.

Books

Badri, M. (2013). Abu Zayd al-Balkhi’s sustenance of the soul: The cognitive behavior therapy of a ninth century physician. International Institute of Islamic Thought (IIIT).

Beck, A. (2016). Transcultural cognitive behaviour therapy for anxiety and depression: A practical guide. Routledge.

Videos

To watch the outreach event in full, you can access three videos here:

1) Coping with Stress and Anxiety 1/3: A spiritual and cultural perspective, Shaykh Abdul Aziz Ahmed

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7i4I8AgIO30&list=PLDRvEQKwDiOGDndWynElDmzqUFo8Pa_vI&index=7&t=0s

2) Coping with Stress and Anxiety 2/3: A psychological perspective, Saiqa Naz

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5FSWDWSJzXk&list=PLDRvEQKwDiOGDndWynElDmzqUFo8Pa_vI&index=9&t=0s

3) Coping with Stress and Anxiety 3/3: Q&A

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NQpAiktShBc&list=PLDRvEQKwDiOGDndWynElDmzqUFo8Pa_vI&index=5

Website

British Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies 

https://www.babcp.com/