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Dr. Amnah binti Dato' Maktar, K.B, P.A
Dr. Amnah binti Dato' Maktar, K.B, P.A
Counselling Psychologist | Islamic-Integrative Mental Health Specialist | Educator | Innovator
I am a Registered Counsellor (Board of Counsellors Malaysia) and a Counselling Psychology Officer serving under the Ministry of Health Malaysia. My professional work centres on advancing Islamic-integrative mental-health practice, with a specific focus on developing, evaluating, and translating evidence-based counselling interventions into real-world clinical and community settings.
I am the originator of the TR-TAN Counselling Framework an integrative model that combines Reality Therapy and Tazkiyah al-Nafs developed and empirically examined through doctoral research. This framework addresses self-compassion (ihsan kendiri), emotional resilience and psychospiritual well-being, particularly among adolescents and community populations experiencing mental-health challenges.
My work bridges psychological science, Islamic spirituality, and public mental-health delivery. It spans clinical counselling practice, academic research, psychoeducational innovation, and national-level community engagement. I actively contribute to scholarly publications, innovation initiatives, postgraduate mentorship and public mental-health advocacy.
I also serve as the Founder and Director of Dar e-Hikmah, a digital psychoeducational platform that expands access to reflective, faith-aligned mental-health learning. The platform supports Ministry of Health health-promotion initiatives and aligns with national mental-health strategies and SDG 3 (Good Health and Well-Being).
Areas of Expertise:
Islamic-integrative counselling interventions (TR-TAN: Reality Therapy–Tazkiyah al-Nafs)
Self-compassion and psychospiritual well-being from an Islamic perspective
Adolescent, youth and community mental health
Single-Subject Research (SSR) design in counselling research
Digital psychoeducation and mental-health innovation
Academic mentoring and postgraduate research development
Professional Philosophy:
I believe that sustainable mental well-being emerges when clinical competence, ethical practice and spiritual consciousness operate in harmony. My work emphasises reflective practice, contextual sensitivity and evidence-based innovation to cultivate psychologically resilient, ethically grounded and socially responsive individuals and communities.
“Nurturing the soul, cultivating compassion.”
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