Methodology of Islamic psychotherapy in Islamic boarding school Suryalaya Tasik Malaya

Islamic Psychotherapy is a methodology that is based on the Quran and
Sunnah. The Quran and Sunnah are sources of knowledge. Islamic psychotherapy provides solutions to mental disorder. Sur yalaya Boarding school has
provided guidance to patients who are addicted to drugs in order to be recovered. The Islamic psychotherapy model applied at the boarding school is the
Sufism-based approach. Sufism is a way to get closer to God. Through the
approach, drug-addicted patients can be cured. If the patients realize that God
answers their prayers through worship, the sense of sinfulness and guiltiness
will gradually disappear. The boarding school has been implementing Islamic
psychotherapy of Qadiriyyah-Naqsyabandiyyah approach. Through the approach,
the patients succeeded to be completely recovered. This article attempts to
explain the important roles of the school in treating patients suffering from
mental disorder due to misuse of drugs.