PSYn5450 Mindfulness in Psychotherapy

Faculty of Social Studies
Autumn 2022
Extent and Intensity
0/0/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
PhDr. Roman Hytych, Ph.D. (lecturer), Mgr. Michaela Ladmanová (deputy)
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 P24b
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: 1/20, 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.
Learning outcomes
tudents should be able to use mindfulness skill for improving their well-being as well as apply it in the psychotherapeutic context.
Syllabus
  • Themes of the lectures: 1. Introduction 2. What is mindfulness? An introspection is a tool for psychic process discrimination 3. What you can expect from mindfulness training: Benefits of mindfulness (Formulation of the personal goals – submitted in writing to the Information System) 4. Is the mindfulness only skill we train? (Five mind faculties and their balancing) 5. The cultural and historical context of the mindfulness cultivation(Four foundations of mindfulness) 6. Applying mindfulness in psychotherapy – MBSR, MBCT 7. Application of mindfulness in psychotherapy and psychology research: measurement instruments, an overview of research findings; Self-support group – opportunity to meditate and share without lecturer 8. Understanding of No-self – Dynamic identity 9. Applying mindfulness in psychotherapy – DBT, ACT, Compassion Focused Therapy 10. Applying mindfulness in psychotherapy – satitherapy and other psychotherapeutic approaches 11. Conditionality in the Abhidhamma system and application in the psychotherapy 12. Reviewing of the course; why should health care professionals practice mindfulness?
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 (75%), as well as keeping a research diary (100%), 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 (see the file named “ResearchDiary”). Every Monday you will upload your research diary into the Information system. You will get feedback every week on those records you will permit to share within the group. 3. Written Assignment based on a research diary (8 pages). In the essay, students will reflect their experience with training and application of mindfulness in relation to their goals, which are formulated at the beginning of the course (3rd lesson). The integral part should be methodological reflection on how you used your research diary as a source of introspective facts. An important aspect of the text is naming personal gains as well as the limits of the method. Personal reflection is the basis for discussion with information from relevant literature (at least two books and two articles should be cited).
Language of instruction
English
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2019, Autumn 2020, Autumn 2021, Autumn 2023, Autumn 2024.
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