Background and Objective: Educational and therapeutic packages based on Islamic mysticism can facilitate the empowerment of counselors and the promotion of clients' mental health as a native and complementary approach. The present study aimed to validate an educational and therapeutic package based on Islamic mysticism for psychologists and counselors.
Methods: This study is the second phase of larger research that was conducted after the package was designed in the qualitative phase. For validation, 20 experts including mystics, Islamic psychologists, counselors, and doctoral students in psychology were used. The content validity of the package was measured with CVI and CVR indices. Also, a single-group t-test was used to evaluate the significance of the indices, the inter-rater agreement coefficient using Kendall was 0.86, and the reliability of the instrument was examined with Cronbach's alpha of 0.97.
Results: The results showed that all sessions of the educational package had acceptable content validity (CVI ≥ 0.79) in terms of relevance to the goals of psychology and psychotherapy. The single-group t-test also showed that the average expert scores of the judges for each session were significantly higher than the standard (p < 0.01). The Kendall coefficient of agreement and Cronbach's alpha coefficient indicate high stability and reliability of the educational package.
Conclusion: The findings show that the designed educational therapy package is reliable in terms of content, application, and science for use by counselors and can be used as an effective tool in counseling and psychotherapy centers.