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.