Myira Khan is a multi-award-winning Accredited Counsellor, Supervisor, Coach, Counselling Tutor and the Founder of the Muslim Counsellor and Psychotherapist Network (MCAPN). She runs workshops internationally, on working within diversity and broader cross-cultural issues, and is a regular speaker and facilitator at conferences and events, including a Ted Talk on her therapeutic coaching approach to self-care. She is the author of Working within Diversity and lives in Leicester.
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This is the mental health guide Muslims around the world have been waiting for! Myira Khan provides wisdom and structured guidance by unpacking key struggles Muslims face in their relationship with themselves, with others, and Allah, and provides psycho-education and reflection exercises that are accessible to any reader. We need Khans voice in the Muslim Umma to normalize discussion on mental health and include Islamic spirituality in scientific and academic literature. -Dr. Ammara Khalid, Founder of RIA Psychological Services
The Muslim Guide to Wellbeing is a much-needed resource. Myira Khan offers a compassionate, faith-sensitive, and practical guide that speaks directly to the lived experiences of Muslims pursuing balance and fulfilment in todays world. By integrating Islamic values with contemporary psychological insights, she provides not just theory but practical tools readers can use every day. Accessible, supportive, and spiritually grounding, this book is a true companion for anyone seeking to nurture their mental, emotional, and spiritual health. -Dr Faisal Mahmood, BACP (Accredited); UKCP (Registered); SFHEA
The Muslim Guide to Wellbeing is a long overdue and much-needed resource. Its a timely and important contribution to the growing conversation around Islamic mental health and wellbeing. What makes it so valuable is how it brings together Islamic tradition and psychological insight in a way that is both accessible and deeply meaningful. Myira Khan has a real gift for breaking down complex psychological concepts and presenting them in a way that is grounded in faith and relevant to everyday life - something thats often missing in other wellbeing resources.
The inclusion of Imam al-Ghazalis model of the self, with its focus on our relationship with Allah, ourselves, and others, adds a powerful spiritual depth to the book. This is a thoughtful, warm, and practical resource. Ive truly enjoyed reading it, and I know Ill be drawing on many of its insights in my own work around self-care from an Islamic perspective. Highly recommended - a book that deserves a place on the bookshelf of every Muslim household, educator, and practitioner.
-Safura Houghton, Co-Founder of The Lantern Initiative and Muslim Chaplain