Biographical note

G.Hussein Rassool is a Professor at the Centre for Islāmic Studies and Civilisation (CISAC), Charles Sturt University, Australia; Professor of Islāmic PsychologyIslāmic, and the Director of Studies for the Department of Islāmic Psychology, Psychotherapy and Counselling, Al Balagh Academy. In addition, he is the Chair of Al-Balkhi Research Institute (UK). Prof. Rassool was previously Consultant at the Centre for Islāmic Psychology, Riphah International University, Pakistan, and Director of the Riphah Institute of Clinical and Professional Psychology/Centre for Islāmic Psychology, Riphah International University. His previous experience was as a Senior Lecturer at the Department of Addictive Behaviour & Psychological Medicine, St George’s Hospital Medical School (University of London), England where he developed many unique academic programmes. He was the first Head of Department of Islāmic Psychology at the International Open University (Islāmic Online University) and later became the Dean of the Faculty of Liberal Arts and Sciences, at the same university. He also held the position of Professor of Mental Health and Addiction, University of São Paulo, Brazil. He is one of the leading academics in the areas of Islāmic Psychology and psychotherapy, and involved in the development of the first Bachelor of Science, Islāmic Psychology course at Islāmic Online University. He also developed a university accredited certificate course in Islāmic Psychology which was launched in Pakistan in October 2019 as well as the Advanced Diploma in Islāmic Psychology and Psychotherapy which was launched in June 2022. His research interests include psychosocial and spiritual problems in relation to mental health, psychosocial and spiritual interventions, indigenous psychology, Islāmic counselling and psychotherapy, Islāmic ethics in psychology. He is an author /editor of ten books and has published over 130 papers and reviews in peer-reviewed journals. He also works as a part-time Islāmic psychotherapist He has been the recipient of Florence Nightingale Research Foundation (UK). He is a Fellow of the International Association of Islāmic Psychology (FIAIP) and the Royal Society of Public Health (FRSPH). He works as a part-time Islāmic psychotherapist.