Islamic belief in healing of Trauma; A case study of an Afghan Refugee

Dr Nooria Mehraby

Islamic beliefs and traditions can provide an essential framework of meaning that help individuals to sustain life in times of great distress. Spiritual healing is an essential element of Islamic faith.

This lecture explores how religious and spiritual beliefs can be used in the healing of trauma.  It draws extensively on a case study of an Afghan refugee, a 58 year-old male client who had experienced the darkest side of humanity through the persecution of his family members and his own torture and trauma experiences.
 

Conflit of interest: none disclosed
Recorded at the NSW Service for the Treatment and Rehabilitation of Torture and Trauma Survivors (STARTTS)
November 2008, New South Wales, Australia.
Visit STARTTS at : www.STARTTS.org.au

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Dr Nooria Mehraby

Nooria Mehraby is a senior clinician at the NSW Service for the Treatment and Rehabilitation of Torture and Trauma Survivors (STARTTS). Herself a refugee, Nooria has more than 20 years work experience with refugees both overseas and in Australia.

Nooria graduated as a medical doctor from Kabul University Afghanistan in 1983. She worked as a lecturer at Kabul University, concurrently completing her Masters of Pathology (1986), and as a general practitioner until 1987 when she and her family were forced to flee to Pakistan. She arrived in Australia in 1993.

In 1995 Nooria was employed by STARTTS as a bi-cultural counsellor for the Middle Eastern communities. As a trained Trauma Counsellor she continued her education and obtained a Masters of Counselling degree with distinction from University of Western Sydney.
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Nooria is an experienced national and international conference speaker and is the author of multiple publications (including textbook contributions) on refugee trauma, cross cultural counselling and working with children. Nooria is also the editor of Interface Column; a Consideration of Difference, in the National Journal of Psychotherapy in Australia.  Her Particular interest is on developing cross-cultural therapeutic interventions with Refugees.

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