At the Muslim Psychology Center we seek to promote more collaborative, compassionate, and caring community.
We seek the fulfill this in the spirit of the hadith (sayings) of the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him):
The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “A believer to another believer is like a building whose different parts enforce each other.” The Prophet (ﷺ) then clasped his hands with the fingers interlaced (while saying that).
Source: Sahih al-Bukhari 2446, Book 46, Hadith 7
The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “The parable of the believers in their affection, mercy, and compassion for each other is that of a body. When any limb aches, the whole body reacts with sleeplessness and fever.”
Source: Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 6011, Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 2586
To make mental health resources easily accessible to first responders to better serve their communities and make mental health resources more readily available to all Muslims.
The Muslim Psychology Center arose out of a need for a one-stop shop resource platform for Muslim therapists, clinicians, teachers, chaplains, imams, religious scholars, and students to have accessible mental health resources.
Founder
Muslim Psychology Chief Librarian
University Resource Director
School Resource Director
Religious Services & Community Resources Director
Blog Editor-and-Chief
Hospital Resource Director
Prison Resource Director
Dr Aneesah Nadir, CEO and President of Dr Aneesah Nadir and Associates, LLC is an educator, family life coach and retired social work professor. As a social worker with over 43 years’ experience and a prevention specialist, she is passionate about teaching her students how to prevent marriage problems and live a loving, compassionate, peaceful life.
Dr. Aneesah has a Doctor of Philosophy of Social Work Degree from Arizona State University where she taught for 17 years. Hundreds of junior college and university level students of diverse backgrounds have studied the profession of social work and been mentored by her.
Dr. Nadir combines her love of teaching, social work, and her concern for the state of our families and communities. Her Before the Nikah Marriage Preparation Course enables her to teach about a subject she loves while making a difference in the lives of families and communities.
Dr Aneesah is a cofounder and President of the trailblazing nonprofit, Islamic Social Services Association-USA. ISSA-USA is a mental health and social service education and advocacy
organization.
Sanaa holds a Masters in Social Work, and a Bachelors in Human Development. She has served in the mental health field since 2007 holding multiple roles from Residential counselor for emotionally disturbed girls, Activity Coordinator for Developmentally Disabled Adults, Recovery Counselor for a Substance Abuse recovery home, ABA Therapist, Medical Social Worker, to currently a Clinical Case Manager and a Crisis Specialist.
Her internships consists of working with the low income, homeless population in a single resident occupancy (SRO) home and as a Clinical Therapist for a school with behavioral and emotionally challenged population. Her volunteer work consists of being a minority affairs officer on her Community College Student body of government, and as a Northern California Events Coordinator for MSA WEST.
Sanaa continues to work with the community on an ongoing basis helping all those in need. She has initiated support groups and is consistently networking with like minded individuals to create resources and programs that cater to the needs of the community.
Sanaa is the Founder of Wasilah Connections an organization dedicated to holistic support for individuals facing mental, emotional, financial and personal challenges by, building, facilitating, and connecting individuals to resources to strategically provide short and long term solutions to overcome their challenges.
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