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Talks, podcasts and interviews
70 lectures, short videos and interviews, grouped as her channel’s playlists, newest first within each: from her channel Islamic Psychology with Dr. Francesca (started March 2026), The Thinking Muslim, Cambridge Muslim College and others. Videos open on YouTube.
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Beyond Self-Help | Five Practices in Islamic Psychology
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How Do I Read Myself?
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Navigating People & Society
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Family & Relationships
You Don’t Owe Anyone Forgiveness. But Should You Forgive?
Healing
The Single Muslim’s Mental Health Crisis: Why So Many Muslims Feel Lonely
Relationships
Emotional Neglect in Muslim Marriages: The Silent Crisis
Marriage
Divorce in Islam: Why It Hurts So Much and Why It’s Not a Failure
Marriage
Why Marriages Are Failing Today: The Muslim Divorce Crisis
MarriageVideo · newest first
What Shapes the Nafs
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Healing & Spiritual Practices
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Diseases of the Heart
Gossip and Backbiting in Islam: The Sin We Can’t Seem to Quit
Diseases of the heart
Why You Keep Feeling Guilty After Sinning: Nafs al-Lawwāma
The nafs
Why You Feel “Not Muslim Enough”: Riyāʾ and Sincerity
The nafs
What Is Narcissism? An Islamic Psychology Perspective
Family
You Can’t Hate Yourself: Tawbah vs Self-Hatred
Repentance
What Is Imposter Syndrome? How to Overcome Self-Doubt
Self-worthVideo · newest first
Mental & Emotional Wellbeing
Are You Lazy or Burnt Out? The Islamic Answer to Losing Motivation
Diseases of the heart
Are You Suppressing Your Emotions? Why You Feel Spiritually Empty
Emotions
The Trauma Industry Lied to You
Islamic psychology
When Prayer Feels Empty (part 2): Depression and Salah
Depression
When Prayer Feels Empty: The Islamic Psychology of Depression
Depression
How to Deal With Sadness: Is It Wrong to Feel Sad?
Emotions
When Worship Becomes OCD: Repeating Wudu and Prayer?
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Foundations of Islamic Psychology
What Is Nafs? The Most Misunderstood Concept in Islam
The nafs
The Only Person You Can Diagnose Is Yourself
Islamic psychology
I Studied Neuroscience and CBT. Why I Chose Islamic Psychology
Her story
Why Therapy Feels Incomplete: An Islamic Perspective on Therapy
Muslims Invented Psychology? The Hidden Truth
What Is Islamic Psychology?
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Reel
What Can One Person’s Presence Change?
Why Knowing Better Doesn’t Mean Doing Better
Your Worth Is Not Your Track Record: A Qur’anic Reminder
When Confidence Becomes Arrogance: A Qur’anic Warning
Are You Making Duʿāʾ for a Spouse or a Fantasy?
What Are You Feeding Your Mind?
Umm Salama’s Duʿāʾ: Trusting Allah Through Loss
Can Daydreaming About Success Hold You Back?
Are You Making Duʿāʾ for a Person or a Fantasy?
Arabic Words That Help You Understand Yourself
When Anxiety Takes Over: Working With the Nafs
Does Venting Anger Really Help?
Difficult People? Change Where You Look
Do You Have to Tolerate Everyone in Islam?
Stop Diagnosing Difficult People: Try This Instead
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Al-Ghazali’s Crisis: When Words Wouldn’t Come
The Truth About Depression: “Just Pray More”
Depression
The Map Was Always There
Islamic psychology
Exposing the Therapeutic Self: How Islam Reframes Mental Health
Islamic psychology
Avoiding Burnout the Islamic Way
Diseases of the heart
What Is Islamic Psychology? Blogging Theology Academy taster session
Course taster
Islamic Psychology Live Q&A
Live Q&A
Islam, the Enlightenment and Quantum Physics
History of ideas
1001 Nights and Orientalism
History of ideas
Behind the Word “Islam” (Italian, English subtitles)
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Lectures and talks
900 Years Ago, Damascus Treated Mental Illness Better Than We Do
The Thinking Muslim, ep. 307
Tea Over Books: Nietzsche in Paradise (Cambridge Muslim College)
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Book talk
Mental Health Q&A Live
Live Q&A
How Europe Erased Islam
The Thinking Muslim, ep. 236
How Islamic Psychology Heals Your Mind and Soul
The Thinking Muslim, ep. 232Audio
Podcasts and interviews
How Islamic Psychology Heals Your Mind and Soul
Jun 10, 2025
Why a psychology built on the ego, repressed childhood trauma and over-medicalisation can harm, and how Islamic psychology treats the person as a whole, living soul.
Francesca Bocca-Aldaqre
Her lecture series on Islamic psychology and Muslim identity, distributed by Muslim Central.
“Manifesto dell’Islam Italiano”
Audio presentation of her 2024 book.
A Good Muslim Psychologist
A profile of Dr. Bocca-Aldaqre and her work (May 2026).