muslim teen mental health help class for Muslim teenagers with Mariya Khan Muslim therapist, muslim counsellor, muslim life coach
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Combining powerful psychological principles with authentic Islamic beliefs
Who is Teen Mental Health Success for?
The girls are divided into 2 groups in order to provide them with relevant help according to their needs and experiences:
Group 1 | Tuesdays 5pm – 6pm
This class is aimed at serving girls who reflect any of the points below:
- Girls aged 10 – 14
- Home-educated girls
- Girls from more practising families
- Girls with more innocence
- Girls with no significant traumas
This is a lighter more gentle class that covers big issues in a delicate and simple way.
Group 2 | Tuesdays 7.30pm – 8.30pm
This class is aimed at serving girls who reflect any of the points below:
- Girls aged 14 – 17
- Girls with less religious knowledge (or more)
- Girls with more exposure to mainstream culture
- Girls struggling with practising their faith
This is a heavier more in-depth class that dissects big issues in a direct and open manner.
The Details...
- Girls aged 10-17
- New term starting 1st March 2023
- Tuesdays term time
- 5pm - 6pm & 7.30pm - 8.30pm
- Weekly online classes
- Delivered via Zoom
- Just £5/session
- Sessions paid termly
- Recordings available
Topics will include:
- Parents & family relationships
- School/education/exams
- Identity (who are you?)
- Stress, fear, depression
- Social relationships including romantic
- Emotions & behaviour
- Body image/body dysmorphia
- Self-worth, self-esteem, self-efficacy (ability)
- Panic attacks and anxiety
- Gossiping
- Bullying, racism, discrimination
- Social media and popular culture
- Emaan and getting closer to Allah
- Purpose and focus
- Moods and isolation
- Current events
- Divorce, separation & blended families
Why Two groups?
The main difference between the 2 groups will be the detail and content of the topics.
Group 2 needs to be a safe place for teens to open up and discuss their experiences and issues without any worry about younger or more innocent girls being present.
Similarly, Group 1 needs to be a safe place for younger more innocent girls to learn about and understand important real life issues that are affecting them or could affect them in future, without being exposed to deeper, heavier and more serious issues the older girls in Group 2 need to discuss.
I need to be able to connect better with the girls in order to help them, which is difficult to do when you have an excited 10 year old girl eager to take part and learn, and a 16 year old young woman in hijab needing to talk about a haram relationship she might be in.
May Allah have mercy on all our daughters and keep them safe.
To book your daughter’s space now, message me, Mariya: 07930 858 071
For your peace of mind…
References
May Allah reward you abundantly for your time and efforts sister, and may everything our children learn be a sadqa jaariyah for you, ameen
You are definitely a treasure Allahumma barik. Ameen
Young Muslimahs everywhere, whether homeschooled or school-going, are struggling with their:
Faith
Identity
Emotional & Mental health
So many young Muslimahs, even from the most religiously practicing families, are:
Removing their hijabs
Questioning their beliefs
Disconnecting from their families
So many young Muslimahs are:
Emotionally overwhelmed
Mentally confused
Quietly suffering
Wondering what’s wrong with them
Comparing their bodies, lives, beliefs, families and freedoms to others
The all too familiar stories:
Compiled from my work with mothers and teens.
(Real names have been replaced.)
Sana's Story
Sana seems to have always been shy. She’s quiet and lacks confidence, says her mum. She cries easily and is secretly being bullied by her peers. Sana is 13, she’s recently started being homeschooled and attends madrasa multiple times a week. Sana spends a lot of time thinking to herself. She compares herself to her peers and really worries something is wrong with her. Why can’t she be as happy as Lailah? Why is she not good at maths like her brother Adam? Why isn’t she beautiful, brave and popular like Zeenia?
Hanifah's Story
Hanifah tried to run away. She had been long fantasizing of a life of ‘freedom’, like she’d been reading in novels, seeing on TV, YouTube, Netflix, in movies and all over Instagram and Tiktok.
If only I was allowed, she’d think to herself… “If only I was allowed to wear whatever I wanted, to listen to music, to watch the popular shows plastered on billboards and gossiped about by my cousins… If only I was allowed to feel the wind in my hair walking down the street, to go out without my parents, to have less rules, no rules infact – to have ‘freedom’.
Ayesha's Story
Ayesha removed her hijab soon after she left home at the age of 19. She had grown up in a religious and practising household, but through her teen years she had increasingly become disaffected by her family’s beliefs and choices. She had become convinced with liberal arguments and ideologies and having no one to confidently and securely soothe her qualms and answer her questions, she started to feel sick and uncomfortable in her family home.
Maryam’s Story
Maryam’s parents are desperately worried. Once a happy girl, who listened to her parents and enjoyed her life, Maryam now spent most of her time in her bedroom. She has become isolated, and disconnected from her family. She’s stopped talking, and has become increasingly mean to her younger siblings. She doesn’t help her mum with the housework anymore and until her parents had confiscated it, she had been glued to her tablet.
Homeschooling, madrasa, Islamic schools...
… working hard to give your children what they want, what their peers have and what you didn’t have, so they don’t feel less or left out…
… turning a blind eye because it’s easier, you’re scared, or you don’t know what to do…
… looking for halal entertainment and media alternatives, attempting to censor mainstream shows, books and movies…
… making dua, reading books and articles to keep you in the loop and as engaged with your child’s world as possible…
... are all well-intended choices God-fearing parents like you do, trying to prevent the all too familiar horror stories from happening to your children...
But, despite these efforts, in the fast-paced, tech-filled,
and increasingly liberal &
God-less society we live in...
... both Muslim children and parents are struggling,
and suffering to maintain:
Strong emaan & taqwa
Clarity & focus in life
Healthy mental & emotional wellbeing
Peace & confidence in relationships
This is why...
as a mental health therapist, I’m moving from private client work, to regular, online group sessions with young Muslimahs inshaAllah.
Working 1:1 has been incredibly effective for my clients but it is often unaffordable for many who need help...
... and it limits the impact I offer, to fewer people.
About Me
Salaam, I’m Mariya, mum of 4 (aged 5-15), home-educator of 12 years, and certified mental health professional
Did I mention, I have a teenager daughter too?
I am qualified in multiple psychological health models, have studied Arabic in Egypt, and learned under Shaikh Haitham Al Haddad (MRDF).
The reason working with me is so impactful is because I combine authentic guidance from the Quran & Sunnah with a fundamental understanding of human psychological principles.
Working 1:1 has been incredibly effective for my clients but it is often unaffordable for many who need help, and it limits the impact I offer, to fewer people.
This is why I’m starting weekly, online group sessions for young Muslimahs aged 10 – 17.
Combining powerful psychological principles with authentic Islamic beliefs
To book your daughter’s space now, message me, Mariya: 07930 858 071
The Details...
- Girls aged 10-17
- New term starting 1st March 2023
- Tuesdays term time
- 5pm - 6pm & 7.30pm - 8.30pm
- Weekly online classes
- Delivered via Zoom
- Just £5/session
- Sessions paid termly
- Recordings available
Young Muslimahs need:
Surety in their belief in Allah
Surety in their Islamic faith
Surety in their Muslim identity
Surety in their God-given capability, worth and value
Surety in their life focus and direction
They can get this by having someone who is...
... qualified,
... has the answers they are looking for,
... compassionately relates to them,
... is able to build a good, loving connection with them.
This is the precise work I do and it is hugely impactful.
Alhamdulillah
Classes will cover in a relaxed and comfortable way:
Understanding of core psychological principles for easier, healthier mental and emotional wellbeing
Understanding and strengthening faith in Allah, Quran and Islam etc.
Combining the 2 understandings above, to build life-long resilience, focus & peace
Making sense of emotions, moods, thoughts and behaviour
How to feel closer to Allah and family
How to feel confident, secure and purposeful
How to build a solid understanding of who they are
Do you want this for your...
daughter?
niece?
grand-daughter?
Do you want her to live life with a spring in her step, a smile on her face and a sparkle in her eyes?
Do you want her to be free from liberal, God-less society's standards that continuously measure how beautiful she is, how cool she is, how well dressed, what she's watching, reading, listening to... whether she is talented, intelligent... what she looks like... her very self-worth??
Do you want her to truly know Allah, feel His mercy and fully trust Him so that she has a life-long comfort in the knowledge He guides her just as He guides the mighty whales in the ocean and the small birds in the sky???
To book your daughter’s space now, message me, Mariya: 07930 858 071
The Details...
- Girls aged 10-17
- New term starting 1st March 2023
- Tuesdays term time
- 5pm - 6pm & 7.30pm - 8.30pm
- Weekly online classes
- Delivered via Zoom
- Just £5/session
- Sessions paid termly
- Recordings available
Did I mention, I have a teenager daughter too?
