PSYn5450 Mindfulness in Psychotherapy

Faculty of Social Studies
Autumn 2019
Extent and Intensity
0/0/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
PhDr. Roman Hytych, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
PhDr. Roman Hytych, Ph.D.
Department of Psychology – Faculty of Social Studies
Supplier department: Department of Psychology – Faculty of Social Studies
Timetable
Tue 12:00–13:40 U33
Prerequisites (in Czech)
! PSY545 Mindfulness in Psychotherapy
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.

The capacity limit for the course is 20 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/20, only registered: 0/20
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
Students should be able to use mindfulness skill for improving their well-being as well as apply it in the psychotherapeutic context. They will explore possibilities and limits of contemporary measurement instruments. They will get basic overview of recent research findings and clinical application.
Syllabus
  • Themes of the lectures: Cultural and historical context of the mindfulness cultivation; History and presence of the mindfulness application in the Euro-American culture;What is mindfulness? Introspection as a tool for psychic process discrimination; Mindfulness and values; Applying mindfulness in psychotherapy – MBSR, ,MBCT, DBT, ACT,satitherapy and others psychotherapeutic approaches;Conditionality in the Abhidhamma system and application in the psychotherapy; Understanding of No-self – Dynamic identity; Systematic overview of research findings; Application of mindfulness in psychotherapy and psychology research, measurement instruments
Literature
    required literature
  • Brown, K. W., Ryan, R. M., Creswell, J. D. (2007). Mindfulness: Theoretical Foundations and Evidence for its Salutary Effects. Psychological Inquiry, 18, 211–237.
    recommended literature
  • FRÝBA, Mirko. The practice of happiness : exercises and techniques for developing mindfulness, wisdom, and joy. Boston, Mass.: Shambhala, 1995, viii, 214. ISBN 1570621233. info
  • Mindfulness and psychotherapy. Edited by Christopher K. Germer - Ronald D. Siegel - Paul R. Fulton. 1st ed. New York, 2005, xviii, 333. ISBN 1593851391. info
  • The view from within : first-person approaches to the study of consciousness. Edited by Francisco J. Varela - Jonathan Shear. Thorverton: Imprint Academic, 1999, 313 stran. ISBN 0907845258. info
  • GILBERT, Paul. The compassionate mind : a new approach to life's challenges. London: Constable, 2013, xxix, 592. ISBN 9781849010986. info
  • KABAT-ZINN, Jon. Full catastrophe living : how to cope with stress, pain and illness using mindfulness meditation. Revised and updated edition. London: Piatkus, 2013, lxv, 650. ISBN 9780749958411. info
Teaching methods
lectures, class discussion, training of the mindfulness skill in the seminar and as a regularly homework
Assessment methods
Conditions for passing the course: 1. The attendance on the seminar is compulsory (80%), as well as a keeping a research diary, where students will record their experiences from the cultivation of mindfulness. 2.Systematic training of mindfulness (at least 5times a week), students are keeping a research diary 3. Written Assignment based on a research diary (8 pages)
Language of instruction
English
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2020, Autumn 2021, Autumn 2022, Autumn 2023, Autumn 2024.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2019, recent)
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