About Me

Professional Overview

I am a Registered Counsellor with more than eight years of counselling practice across public health, educational and community settings. I currently serve as a Counselling Psychology Officer with the Ministry of Health Malaysia, with professional experience in counselling, mental-health psychoeducation, crisis support, community mental-health programmes and counsellor training.

I hold a PhD in Counselling, with research interests in Islamic-integrative counselling, adolescent and community mental health, self-compassion and culturally responsive counselling. My doctoral research developed and examined the TR-TAN counselling approach, integrating Reality Therapy with Tazkiyah al-Nafs to enhance self-compassion (ihsan kendiri) among adolescents experiencing mental health difficulties.

My academic and professional work connects counselling practice, research, counsellor education and knowledge translation. Alongside professional practice, I contribute through scholarly publications, professional training, postgraduate research mentoring, psychoeducational initiatives and community mental-health engagement.

I am also the Founder and Director of Dar e-Hikmah, a digital psychoeducation platform that integrates Islamic spirituality with evidence-informed mental-health education and translates counselling knowledge into accessible community learning resources.

With Professor Emeritus Dato ' Dr. Amir Awang K.B, P.A.

State Counsellor / Scientist Darulaman

🔹 Counselling Philosophy

I view counselling as an amanah, a professional and ethical responsibility to provide a respectful, compassionate and psychologically safe space in which individuals can understand their experiences, examine their choices and develop responses that are meaningful within their personal, cultural and spiritual contexts.

My counselling orientation is informed particularly by Reality Therapy and Choice Theory, alongside Islamic psychospiritual principles drawn from Tazkiyah al-Nafs. Where relevant to the client’s values and worldview, I attend to dimensions such as self-awareness, personal responsibility, meaning, values and inner refinement while maintaining respect for individual autonomy and professional ethics.

This perspective shapes my broader commitment to culturally responsive counselling: psychological knowledge should not be applied in isolation from the person’s social, cultural and spiritual context. For me, effective counselling requires both professional competence and a genuine effort to understand the person before interpreting the problem.

🔹 Academic Background

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Counselling
Universiti Islam Antarabangsa Sultan Abdul Halim Mu’adzam Shah (UniSHAMS), Malaysia | 2020–2025

Master in Counselling
Universiti Islam Antarabangsa Sultan Abdul Halim Mu’adzam Shah (UniSHAMS), Malaysia | 2015–2018

Bachelor of Shariah with Honours
Kolej Universiti INSANIAH (KUIN), Malaysia | 2012–2015

My academic pathway brings together formal education in Shariah and advanced training in counselling. This interdisciplinary foundation has shaped my interest in examining how established counselling approaches may engage meaningfully with Islamic psychospiritual concepts while remaining grounded in professional ethics, research and culturally responsive practice.

Page updated

Google Sites

Report abuse