Ibrahim Fayaz – RP, MPS, MA

Psychotherapist

Ibrahim Fayaz is a Registered Psychotherapist with the College of Registered Psychotherapists of Ontario (CRPO). He has graduate training in Counselling Psychology, Psychotherapy and Spiritual Care, Traditional Islamic Studies, and Couples and Family Therapy. Ibrahim currently works in postsecondary mental health and private practice, providing psychotherapy, clinical supervision, and spiritually integrated care to individuals, couples, and groups.

His clinical and research interests include Muslim mental health and wellbeing, trauma, minority stress, identity development, addictions, grief, men’s mental health, relational processes, and the psychology of religion/spirituality. Ibrahim’s work integrates evidence-based psychotherapy with culturally responsive and spiritually informed approaches to care.

He has contributed to research projects at the University of Calgary and the University of Toronto related to spiritual pedagogy and Muslim community wellbeing, and his recent research includes one of the first quantitative Canadian studies examining suicide prevention competencies among Muslim faith leaders.

ibrahim@muslimcounselling.ca

Languages

  • Pashtu
  • Urdu
  • Arabic (classical only)

Approach

  • Psychodynamic
  • Relational Self-Psychology
  • EMDR
  • Existential-Humanistic
  • Postmodern
  • IFS
  • CBT
  • DBT
  • Imago
  • Bowen Systems Theory

Hobbies & Interests

  • Travelling
  • Reading
  • Soccer
  • Water paddleboarding
  • Camping, campfires, and chai
  • Kickboxing and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu (BJJ)

Ibrahim Fayaz – RP, MPS, MA

Psychotherapist

Ibrahim Fayaz is a Registered Psychotherapist with the College of Registered Psychotherapists of Ontario (CRPO). He has graduate training in Counselling Psychology, Psychotherapy and Spiritual Care, Traditional Islamic Studies, and Couples and Family Therapy. Ibrahim currently works in postsecondary mental health and private practice, providing psychotherapy, clinical supervision, and spiritually integrated care to individuals, couples, and groups.

His clinical and research interests include Muslim mental health and wellbeing, trauma, minority stress, identity development, addictions, grief, men’s mental health, relational processes, and the psychology of religion/spirituality. Ibrahim’s work integrates evidence-based psychotherapy with culturally responsive and spiritually informed approaches to care.

He has contributed to research projects at the University of Calgary and the University of Toronto related to spiritual pedagogy and Muslim community wellbeing, and his recent research includes one of the first quantitative Canadian studies examining suicide prevention competencies among Muslim faith leaders.

ibrahim@muslimcounselling.ca

Languages

•  English
•  Urdo
•  Pashto

Approach

•  Integrative Psychotherapy
•  Relational Self psychology
•  Existential-Humanistic
•  EMDR
•  CBT
•  DBT
•  EFT
•  Family Systems
•  IFS
•  Postmodern Schools

Hobbies & Interests

•  Being with family and friends
•  Travelling
•  Reading
•  Campfires + Chai
•  Soccer
•  MMA