Ruqya Toronto

08/11/2022

Hijama appointments available this Saturday August 13th . For men only.
Call 647.712.4325

11/06/2021

Hijama appointments available for next Saturday November 13th

For males only

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12/31/2020

Assalamu alaikum Dear Brothers and Sisters

Ruqya Toronto is offering free phone consultation until January 8th

647.712.4325

11/12/2019

A lack of close friendships can further isolate men when they need help the most.

11/05/2019

Islamically Oriented Psychotherapy

Dear Brothers and Sisters I am now offering counseling and psychotherapy for Muslims in the GTA

I am currently under supervision by the University of Toronto Practicum placement program.

For any questions please feel free to contact me at 647.712.4325 (call, text, or whatsapp)
Or direct message through Facebook.

Jazakallah Wasalam

The Muslim community faces many barriers to treatment, including feelings of shame and stigma, religious and language barriers, not knowing where to turn and the cost of treatment

08/07/2019

It's real

This animation was launched at The Healing Foundation's Youth Webinar on 24 July 18. The animation has been created as a new education resource th...

07/26/2019

Assalamu alaikum
Male Hijama appointments available for tomorrow morning
Saturday July 27th

Please text, Whatsapp or call at 647.712.4325 for information or to book an appointment

Jazakallah
Wasalam

07/13/2019

Hard to believe for some, but Muslims were at the forefront of Mental Health and psychology in a time when everyone else was diagnosing patients who suffered mental illness with "demonic possessions and divine punishment". Sadly Muslims now have reversed the roles.

Muslim hospitals had a special ward for the mentally ill. There, the staff treated the patients with the utmost care and respect. To the extent that, professional story tellers were appointed to read stories to patients suffering from insomnia! Psychopharmacology was also an area of practice and research.
Some patients would receive massages and enjoyed aromatherapy.

The Ancient Greeks defined mental disorders as “being possessed and punished by the Gods for wrongdoing and can only be cured by prayer”. Greek physicians and philosophers wrote their theories about the treatment of some

07/12/2019

This might be a shift in cognitive framing for some of you, but your dis-ease with the world and its current state is actually a sign of health and vitality!

I always try to express this reality to my patients. Read on.

Your anxiety and depression, your hopelessness and your anger, are not inappropriate responses to the world we're living in or to the particular situations you may find yourself dealing with.

Think of your symptoms (which can in time become physical and physiological, too) as an adaptation to a really messed up situation, and your adaptive way of coping.

Mass murders, immoral wars, social oppression, widespread sin, workplace injustices, toxic family set-ups: these are not healthy and normal things! We are not meant to be okay with these things existing around us.

So we respond, our Fitra responds, and we all respond in different ways to help us cope with the pain and grief of these occurrences. But that response is, ultimately, a good thing. You know why?

Because it shows that your Heart is fighting. It shows that you are not accepting ugliness and immorality into your internal world. It shows that you're investing in trying to bring balance to an imbalanced situation by not numbing yourself from it. It shows that you're alive and responding; and even though it may not be the most efficient response, that adaptation is a sign of your Spirit jostling for equilibrium.

And that is a beautiful thing. And in that is our hope that one day we may find helpers and healers, lovers and teachers, to be there for us, encouraging us towards our deepest longing for wholesomeness, connection, and Balance.

This understanding is a part of what makes Hikma medicine Hikma Medicine. This is a part of our own Wisdom tradition. And a reflection of how medicine and spirituality intersect at a very deep yet practical level.

{And perhaps you despise a thing and it is better (and more beautiful for you), and perhaps you love something and it is bad for you (and destroys you); God knows, while you do not know}

07/08/2019

A brief introduction to the Islamic perspective of psychotherapy

I have personally learnt so much from Dr. Hooman's work and efforts.

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During our visit at the Canadian Muslim Mental Health Conference, we had the pleasure to sit down and talk to Hooman Keshavarzi about an Islamic integrative ...