Muslim Mental Health Resources:
Tools and Support for Muslims
At Canadian Muslim Counselling, we believe that healing extends beyond the therapy room. Our curated collection of resources recommended by our Muslim therapists cover individual wellbeing, couples and marriage, family health, and crisis support.
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Individual Mental Health Resources
Authentic Happiness by Martin E.P. Seligman
Using practical exercises, brief tests, and a dynamic website program, Seligman shows readers how to identify their highest virtues and use them in ways they haven’t yet considered. Accessible and proven, Authentic Happiness is the most powerful work of popular psychology in years.
Mindsight by Daniel J. Siegel
Through his synthesis of a broad range of scientific research with applications to everyday life, Dr. Siegel has developed novel approaches that have helped hundreds of patients heal themselves from painful events in the past and liberate themselves from obstacles blocking their happiness in the present.
Seizure the Day by Brian Orend
Everyone can live a happier life, especially those with chronic illnesses. Brian Orend’s smart and accessible guide for people with illness, injury, or other challenges provides both a satisfying look into happiness as well as practical steps for living a measurably happier life.
The Depression Cure by Stephen S. Ilardi
Dr. Stephen Ilardi sheds light on our current predicament and reminds us: our bodies were never designed for the sleep-deprived, poorly nourished, frenzied pace of twenty-first century life. In fact, our genes have changed very little since the days of our hunter-gatherer ancestors and are still building, in effect, Stone Age bodies. Herein lies the key to breaking the cycle of depression.
Feel the Fear and Do It Anyway By Susan Jeffers
Dynamic and inspirational, FEEL THE FEAR AND DO IT ANYWAY is filled with concrete techniques to turn passivity into asssertiveness. Dr. Susan Jeffers, teaches you how to stop negative thinking patterns and reeducate your mind to think more positively. You will learn: the vital 10-Step Positive Thinking Process; how to risk a little every day; how to turn every decision into a “No-Lose” situation, and much more.
What’s Right With You by Barry Duncan
Dr. Barry Duncan debunks the myth that only a therapist can help you change your life and shows how positive change really happens when you utilize your inherent strengths and resources and are supported by relationships that take your innate goodness as a given. What’s Right with You gives you a research validated, six-step plan for a dynamic and refreshing approach to effecting change in your life–for good!
Couples and Marriage Resources
Hold Me Tight by Sue Johnson
Johnson teaches that the way to save and enrich a relationship is to reestablish safe emotional connection and preserve the attachment bond. With this in mind, she focuses on key moments in a relationship-from “Recognizing the Demon Dialogue” to “Revisiting a Rocky Moment” — and uses them as touch points for seven healing conversations.
Getting the Love You Want by Harville Hendrix
For this edition of his classic book, Dr Hendrix and his wife, Helen LaKelly Hunt, have added a new introduction describing the powerful influence this book has had on so many people over the years. With its step-by-step program, Getting the Love You Want will help you create a loving, supportive and revitalized partnership.
The New Rules of Marriage by Terrance Real
In this revolutionary book, Real shows women how to master the new rules of twenty-first-century marriage by offering them a set of effective tools with which they can create the truly intimate relationship that they desire and deserve. He identifies five non-starters to avoid and shares practical strategies for bringing honesty, passion, and joy back to even the most difficult relationship.
The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work by John Gottman
John Gottman has revolutionized the study of marriage by using rigorous scientific procedures to observe the habits of married couples in unprecedented detail over many years. Here is the culmination of his life’s work: the seven principles that guide couples on the path toward a harmonious and long-lasting relationship.
Family and Youth Resources
The Whole Brain Child by Daniel J. Siegel
Complete with clear explanations, age-appropriate strategies for dealing with day-to-day struggles, and illustrations that will help you explain these concepts to your child, The Whole-Brain Child shows you how to cultivate healthy emotional and intellectual development so that your children can lead balanced, meaningful, and connected lives.
How to Talk so Little Kids Will Listen by Joanna Faber
This user-friendly guide will empower parents and caregivers of young children to forge rewarding, joyful relationships with terrible two-year-olds, truculent three-year-olds, ferocious four-year-olds, foolhardy five-year-olds, self-centered six-year-olds, and the occasional semi-civilized seven-year-old.
Unconditional Parenting by Alfie Kohn
More than just another book about discipline, though, Unconditional Parenting addresses the ways parents think about, feel about, and act with their children. It invites them to question their most basic assumptions about raising kids while offering a wealth of practical strategies for shifting from “doing to” to “working with” parenting.
The Teenage Brain by Frances E. Jensen
Rigorous yet accessible, warm yet direct, The Teenage Brain sheds new light on young adults, and provides practical suggestions for how parents, schools, and even the legal system can better help them during this crucial period.
Helping Your Anxious Child by Ronald M. Rapee et al.
Now in its second edition, Helping Your Anxious Child has been expanded and updated to include the latest research and techniques for managing child anxiety. The book offers proven effective skills based in cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) to aid you in helping your child overcome intense fears and worries.
Crisis Helplines
Toronto Distress Centre
416-402-HELP (4357)
Good2Talk
1-866-925-5454
Mobile Crisis Scarborough
416-495-2891
Suicide Crisis Helpline
Call or text: 988
Certified Listeners Society
https://certifiedlisteners.org/support/
Distress Centre Durham
1-800-452-0688
Naseeha Mental Helpline
Call: 1-866-627-3342
Nisa Helpline
1-888-315-6472
Kids Help Phone
Call: 1-800-668-6868
Text: 686868