Nabawi Psychotherapy as a Complementary Mental Treatment in Dealing with Mental Health Issues

The statistics of increasing mental health cases every year show the need for strengthening existing prevention efforts. The integration of spiritual treatment in maintaining mental well-being has been accepted by the World Health Organization (WHO). Thus, Islamic psychotherapy is among the method that can be applied to the client or patient is through soul reaction, spiritual, mental, emotional, and behavioral to achieve well-being. It can be described as a psychological intervention that aims to treat and cure emotional, spiritual, cognitive, and behavioral disorders of human beings based on the mold of syara'. Islamic psychotherapy has received due attention, yet it is still new and lacks exposure in broader research, especially from the point of view of enrich existing theoretical elements and empirical studies. Therefore, this study aims to put forward the Nabawi Psychotherapy as a method of psychotherapy treatment that is sourced from the medicine of Prophet SAW (tib Nabawi). The applied research methodology is through a qualitative approach by document analysis using library research to build the conceptual framework of Nabawi Psychotherapy and explain its position in Islamic Psychotherapy as an element of psychiatric treatment to address mental health issues. The selection and collection of hadith is through a thematic study of hadith (al-Hadith al-Mawdu'i) based on the theme of the methods of nubuwwah in controlling anger, despair refrain, gratitude, and patience. The findings have shown that the approach of Nabawi Psychotherapy has been discussed by Islamic scholars in the context of hadith fiqh covering elements of strengthening faith, practicality of worship, moral perfection, educational approach through targhib tarhib, taking ibrah from the story of the previous ummah, and so on. Highlights of previous studies also show that empirical research successfully proved the potential of Nabawi psychotherapy as a complementary treatment in dealing with mental health issues.