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Mental Health & Wellbeing Training For Imams and Community Leaders

  • Zoom Webinar
  • July 18, 2021
  • Sunday, 11:00AM to 2:00PM

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Mental Health & Wellbeing Training For Imams and Community Leaders

Zoom Webinar

Sunday, 11:00AM to 2:00PM
July 18, 2021

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Mental Health & Wellbeing Training For Imams and Community Leaders

Zoom Webinar

Sunday, 11:00AM to 2:00PM
July 18, 2021

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Mental Health & Wellbeing Training For Imams and Community Leaders

 

Improve your awareness and knowledge about mental health and learn ways to support your own mental wellbeing.

At the end of the course, attendees will be able to :

  • Have an understanding of what Mental Health and Wellbeing is from an Islamic perspective.
  • Have a basic understanding of Islamic psychology and the history of mental health in Islam.
  • Understand potential causes of poor mental health.
  • Recognise and identify symptoms of depression, anxiety, self-harm and suicidal feelings.
  • Understand the stigma and language around mental health difficulties.
  • Identify coping strategies from an Islamic perspective for yourself and others.
  • Recognise the spiritual and practical advice on mental health.
  • Be able to offer basic support to those struggling with mental health difficulties and know where to refer or signpost them.

Zoom pre-course information:

  • You must have a strong internet connection to enable interaction via the online format.
  • Access to a quiet area.
  • Ideally access to headphones with a microphone to exclude external noise interruption.

Target Audience:

  • Imams and Community Leaders

Course Instructor:

Warisa Hussain is an Islamic studies graduate, who holds an MA in Clinical Psychology and MSc in Child, Adolescent & Family Mental Health. She has over 10 years of experience in working in the charity sector and providing vulnerable people support to refugees, victims & survivors of domestic abuse, and war. She is also a social activist, talk show host and poet. Warisa hopes to inspire change and take action to provide psychosocial support to the most vulnerable members of the Muslim community.

Adisah graduated from Hull University with a BSc in Counselling and Psychology, and from Strathclyde University with an MSc in counselling. Since 2010, she has worked across settings: community, education and healthcare in various support, counselling and management roles. Adisah is currently is working as a children and adult counsellor and clinical supervisor. Additionally, she works with Place2be, a childrens’ mental health charity, as a school project manager.

For any other questions please contact webinars@inspiritedminds.org.uk

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