About Muhammad
Psychology informed by culture, faith and lived international experience.
Muhammad Kasprowicz is a Psychological Counselor, Wellbeing & Psychology Coach, Consultant and Trainer. He works in German, English and Arabic, with individuals, professionals, institutions and companies.
- M.Jur.in Islamic Jurisprudence, Imam Muhammad Ibn Saud Islamic University
- Since 2018Practising psychological counseling and coaching
- ThreeWorking languages: German, English, Arabic
- ThreeCountries lived and worked in: Germany, Saudi Arabia, the UAE
Biography
How his work draws on Islamic jurisprudence and psychology.
Muhammad Kasprowicz was born and raised in Germany. He has lived, studied and worked in a range of cultural settings, and has been based in the Arab Gulf States since 2005.
He studied Islamic theology and law through to a Master of Jurisprudence (M.Jur.) in Islamic Jurisprudence, and combined that with training in psychology, coaching and leadership. Since 2018 he has practised psychological counseling and coaching, and works as a consultant and trainer alongside it.
Part of that practice is specialist work with Muslim clients and communities, and with the professionals and institutions supporting them. The rest of his work is with clients of every background, and questions of culture, values and belonging come up there as well.
The combination helps him tell apart what is psychological, what is cultural and what is religious in someone’s situation. These are easily confused, and it matters when they are.
To be confirmedThe 2005 date for residency in the Arab Gulf States is carried over from the legacy website and has not been re-confirmed. Confirm the year, or the sentence is published without it.
To be confirmedTwo claims that appeared on the legacy site (volunteer pastoral counseling, and involvement in Islamic Psychology research and training projects) are deliberately not published here until it is confirmed that they are current and that Muhammad wants them public (§44.7).
Where the perspective comes from
Germany, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates.
Three places, in sequence. Each one is a reason the work reads a situation the way it does.
Germany
Born and raised
The foundational cultural context, and the origin of the German-language side of this practice. European professional norms, institutions and expectations are not something Muhammad reads about at a distance.
Saudi Arabia
Islamic theology and law
Study of Islamic theology and jurisprudence through to the M.Jur., alongside living and working in the Gulf. This is where the religious literacy in the work comes from: as a field with its own sources and methods, not as personal opinion.
United Arab Emirates
Current practice
Counseling and coaching with adults, specialist consultation for professionals, and training and consultancy for organisations and companies, in a working environment where clients and colleagues come from everywhere.
To be confirmedYears are deliberately left out of this sequence until each period is confirmed (§21.3). Add them here once they are.
Qualifications
Listed in three tiers, and deliberately not merged.
A university degree, a professional training programme and a short course are different things. They are set out separately here, in that order, and nothing in the lower tiers is presented as equivalent to the one above it.
Formal academic education
University degrees. Multi-year programmes, formally awarded.
M.Jur. (Master of Jurisprudence in Islamic Jurisprudence)
Imam Muhammad Ibn Saud Islamic University
The study of Islamic theology and law as a discipline with its own sources and methods. It is the reason religious context can be discussed precisely in this practice rather than approximated.
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Selected professional training
Structured professional programmes in psychology, counseling methods, coaching and leadership. Training, not degrees, and listed separately for that reason.
Awaiting verified entriesNo entries published yet. The tier exists; its contents are still being verified.
To be confirmedThe legacy professional-training list (§21.5) is a verification inventory, not copy. Before any entry appears here, confirm for each one: the awarding body’s exact legal name and spelling (the legacy list contains at least one apparent misspelling of a well-known institution); the exact credential wording; whether it was a course, certificate, diploma or programme, and its length; the year; whether it is still current; and whether it may be named publicly. Unevidenced entries stay off the site (§44.5, §44.6).
Continuing professional development
Short courses, seminars and updates. Ongoing, expected of any serious practitioner, and never a substitute for the two tiers above.
Awaiting verified entriesNo entries published yet. The tier exists; its contents are still being verified.
To be confirmedSame verification standard as the tier above, plus one editorial decision: whether individual short courses are named here at all, or whether this tier is summarised in a single line. An itemised list of short courses reads as a credential wall, which the brief rules out (§43).
Professional standing
Muhammad is a Psychological Counselor, Wellbeing & Psychology Coach, Consultant and Trainer. He is not a psychiatrist, a licensed psychotherapist, a physician or a regulated clinical psychologist, and does not present his work as any of those.
Psychological counseling and coaching are psychologically informed and draw on evidence-informed approaches. They are not psychotherapy and do not replace medical or psychiatric treatment.
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Current work
Where Muhammad practises now.
Wellbeing & Psychology Coach
Adults by Insights Psychology, Dubai
Wellbeing and psychology coaching with adult clients.
Psychological Counselor, Coach, Consultant and Trainer
MindWise Coaching & Consultancy
His own practice: individual counseling and coaching, specialist consultation for professionals, and training and consultancy for organisations and companies.
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To be confirmedNo organisation logo appears on this page. Logos and relationship wording are only used once permission and the exact nature of each relationship are verified (§21.5, §44.20).
Work with Muhammad
Four ways this background is put to work. Start wherever your situation sits.
- IndividualsPsychological Counseling & CoachingSupport for stress, emotional difficulties, relationships, transitions, identity and personal development.For individuals
- ProfessionalsSpecialist ConsultationContextual consultation where psychological, cultural and religious considerations overlap.For professionals
- OrganisationsTraining & WorkshopsProfessional education for healthcare, education, counseling and community settings.For organisations
- CompaniesCorporate Wellbeing & LeadershipPractical psychological skills for healthier, more resilient and effective workplaces.For companies