Moral Issues in Islamic Counseling

The present study is seeking to state those moral issues that should be observed by an Islamic consultant in his counseling and therapy. These issues have been discussed in three sections: the consultant himself, the client, and other experts and colleagues. Moral issues pertaining to the consultant himself/ herself, which are 11 in number, refer to those issues to be considered prior to the consultant's entering the sphere of counseling and therapy; this is somehow the prerequisite for his designation and survival in this sphere. In the section on moral issues pertaining to the client, which is the most important part of the counseling relations, 30 moral issues have been discussed. Finally, 11 moral issues of the consultant and psychotherapist, pertaining to the experts and colleagues, have been mentioned.