Integrating Acceptance and Commitment Therapy with Islāmic Psychotherapy for Managing Chronic Pain

This book proposes a psychotherapeutic intervention integrating Islamic Psychology with Acceptance Commitment Therapy (ACT) for Muslims with chronic pain conditions.

Dr Razia Bhatti-Ali is a Consultant Clinical Psychologist in the United Kingdom. She has been employed in a pain management role for over six years providing clinical interventions, supervision, and support for a psychology team. In collaboration with her Urdu-speaking colleagues, she successfully developed an ACT-based Urdu Pain Management Programme for Muslim service users and created a digital Urdu version to increase access to the intervention. The outcome data from this initiative were presented at the British Pain Society conference in 2019 and the International Association of Islamic Psychology conference in conjunction with Riphah University, Lahore. The work has also been published as a book chapter and in two peer-reviewed journals.