— About Me —

My story

Tarek Kareem Awais Harris. MB ChB MRCPsych DpBus

(Friends call me Awais.)

I am a mental health doctor- a psychiatrist. I am also a Muslim. I have spent my life in the service of others, helping them to be mentally well, to be the best that they can be.

I did my medical training in Oxford and worked in the UK and internationally. I retired, and decided to write a book on how to be mentally healthy from an Islamic perspective. I published it in early 2020.

The pages on this site are here to help give away as much insight into good mental health as possible. I will be adding to this periodically.

My Islamic beliefs

I am at best a faulty and weak muslim. I nonetheless feel OK in my self because I believe Allah has made me as I am to do my best. I do my best at my home, work, and deen, knowing that there is a huge amount to improve. Inshallah, this will come and is a never-ending effort.

I worked in the academic and professional domain for many years, in mental health. I have retired to take on a more public role, because I believe that the issues of mental health are too big to ignore, and there is so much misinformation about mental health that it is time to help put this right.

I am not a final-word authority on matters in Islam, and as such I defer to much more learned people, such as Mufti Menk and Nouman Ali Khan, as great modern voices for us all. I was in the academic and professional fields of mental health: this is where my expertise lies.

My main strength and pursuit is that I have learned, and continue to learn, about how Islam describes and connects with mental health, and it is my mission to bring this knowledge to people in a simple, straightforward way.

Mental health is such a big and pertinent issue. May we all become happy, content, and able to pursue our drams and goals both in Deen and worldly matters. Ameen.

You can sign up on my Free Stuff page to get emails and periodic updates. Contact me by email or via instagram to show support, to correct me or offer your opinion. I am a servant of Islam and will remain humble and diligent in helping spread a message of peaceful and contented life for everyday Muslims in the modern world.