Professor Abdur Rasjid Skinner took Double Honours in Anthropology and Psychology from the University of Durham, and an M.Sc. in Abnormal Psychology from Q.U.B.. He is a Chartered Clinical Psychologist and trained Jungian Analyst. He held a Consultant position at Lynfield Mount Hospital Bradford, and was visiting lecturer in Clinical Psychology at Leeds and Sheffield Universities. Professor Skinner now works with Ihsaan, a Bradford based clinic that offers Islamically-based psychological therapies. He is a lecturer at the Cambridge Muslim College in the United Kingdom where he oversees and teaches the IAIP certified course titled Islamic Psychology and Islamic Psychotherapy. Abdur Rasjid is a visiting professor in clinical psychology to the University of Karachi in Pakistan and is a Fellow of the Royal Anthropological Institute. He is the author of several influential papers and has been an important contributor and pioneer in the field. Professor Skinner is a Senior Director of the IAIP.