Carrie M. York, PhD

Carrie M. York, PhD is founder and president of the Alkaram Institute, a 501c3 non-profit research and educational institution dedicated to advancing Islamic psychology to benefit society and improve lives and whose vision is to become the first Muslim graduate school of psychology in the United States. She is also publisher of Alkaram Press. Dr. York’s areas of interest include Islamic psychology, spiritually integrated psychotherapy, Islamic spirituality, and virtue and character development. She has taught, researched, and published extensively on these and related topics at the intersection of psychology and religion. Her books include Mental Health and Psychological Practice in the United Arab Emirates (2015), Islamically Integrated Psychotherapy: Uniting Faith and Professional Practice (2018), a children’s character development book called Maya and the Seven Limbs (2020), The Way of Love: Towards an Islamic Psychology of Virtues and Character Development (2023), and Heartfulness: Islamic Spiritual Practices for Health and Well-being. Having lived outside her native United States in various countries for nearly 17 years, she now lives in Great Falls, Virginia. In her free time, she enjoys jogging, traveling, and spending time with loved ones.