@article{Saleem_Martin_2018, title={“Seeking Help is Difficult:” Considerations for Providing Mental Health Services to Muslim Women Clients}, volume={52}, url={https://cjc-rcc.ucalgary.ca/article/view/61175}, abstractNote={<p><span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: medium;">Mental health professionals who counsel Muslim women are well positioned to offer guidance on working with this underserved population. A basic interpretive qualitative research design was utilized to explore mental health professionals’ (<em>N </em>= 5) experience of providing counselling services to Muslim women. Analysis yielded four areas of consideration in the provision of counselling services to Muslim women: (a) difficulty of seeking help; (b) lack of awareness as a barrier; (c) need for community outreach, psychoeducation, and cross-cultural training; and (d) centrality of trust and careful application of modalities and orientations. Findings are described alongside implications for counselling practice, and directions for future research are identified.</span></span></p>}, number={2}, journal={Canadian Journal of Counselling and Psychotherapy}, author={Saleem, Fatima and Martin, Stephanie L.}, year={2018}, month={Mar.} }