Dr Fahad Khan: Islamic religious OCD (Waswasa & OCD) (#505)

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🗓️ 28 September 2025

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

In episode 505 I chat with Dr Fahad Khan. Fahad is a licensed clinical psychologist. He currently serves as the Deputy Director at Khalil Center, providing psychological services while supervising clinical and research work. He co-wrote The Islamic Workbook for Religious OCD: A Guide for Overcoming Intrusive Thoughts and Compulsions.

We discuss his therapy story, waswasa, compulsive prayer, helping Imans and other community members in understanding OCD, exposure and response prevention therapy (ERP), culturally attuned ERP, Traditional Islamically Integrated Psychotherapy (TIIP), words of hope and much more. Hope it helps.

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0:00.0	You're listening to The OCD Stories podcast, hosted by me, Stuart Ralph.
0:05.5	The OCD Stories is a podcast dedicated to raising awareness and understanding around obsessive,
0:11.1	compulsive symptoms.
0:12.8	I do this for interviewing inspired therapists, psychologists, and people who have experienced
0:17.8	OCD.
0:18.9	Welcome to the OCD Stories.
0:25.2	And welcome to episode 505 of the podcast.
0:31.3	And in this one, I chat with Dr. Faharad Khan. Fahad is a licensed clinical psychologist. He currently serves as the deputy director at the Halil Center providing psychological services while
0:37.2	supervising clinical and research work.
0:39.6	He co-wrote the Islamic workbook for Religious OCD, a guide for overcoming intrusive thoughts and
0:45.0	compulsions.
0:46.2	And in this episode, we discuss his therapy story, Waswasa, compulsive prayer, helping imams and
0:53.2	other community members in understanding OCD,
0:56.4	exposure response prevention therapy, culturally attuned ERP,
1:01.4	traditional Islamic integrated psychotherapy or tip for short,
1:05.6	words of hope and much more.
1:08.0	And thanks to our podcast partners, NoCD.
1:13.2	If OCD is interfering with your life,
1:19.2	no CD can help. Their licensed therapists specialize in exposure and response prevention therapy,
1:25.2	the most proven therapy for OCD. With no CD, effective treatment that is 100% virtual, is available for children and adults with OCD.
1:28.3	And most members can get started within seven days on average.
1:31.7	No hassle, just real, science-backed help and support between sessions.
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