Mindfulness
in psychotherapy (PSYn5450)
Volitelný kurz
vyučovaný v rámci magisterského studia psychologie v anglickém jazyce
Garant: PhDr. Roman Hytych, Ph.D. (e-mail: romhyt@gmail.com)
Typ
studijního předmětu: povinně volitelný
Rozsah
předmětu: kredity 5 ETCS
Forma
výuky předmětu: 1 přednáška a 1 seminář
Způsob
ukončení: zkouška
Počet
studentů: max 20
Basic characteristic
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.
Form of the course: 1 lecture, 1
seminary (every week).
Conditions
for passing the course:
1. The attendance at 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 “Research_Diary”). Every Monday you will upload your research diary into 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 on 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 a 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). Deadline: 19/12/2021
Lectures at the time of covid-19
The lectures are planned in a full-time form. In the event that it will be necessary to switch to the online form during the semester, we will inform you in time.
Content
of the course:
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 personal goals –
submitted in writing to the Information System)
4.
Progress in mindfulness of breathing meditation. 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 a 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:
Baer, R. A. (Ed.). (2014).
Mindfulness-Based Treatment Approaches: Clinician’s Guide to Evidence Base and
Applications. London: Elsevier.
Brown, K. W., & Ryan, R. M. (2003). The
benefits of being present: mindfulness and its role in psychological
well-being. Journal of personality and social psychology, 84(4),
822.
Brown, K. W., Ryan, R. M., Creswell, J. D.
(2007). Mindfulness: Theoretical Foundations and Evidence for its Salutary
Effects. Psychological Inquiry, 18, 211–237.
Didonna, F. (Ed.). (2008). Clinical
Handbook of Mindfulness. New York: Springer.
Frýba, M. (1995). The Practice of
Happiness. Boston: Shambala.
Germer, C. K., Siegel, R. D., Fulton, P. R.
(Eds.). (2005). Mindfulness and Psychotherapy. New York, London: The Guilford
Press.
Second
ed. From 2013: https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/masaryk-ebooks/detail.action?docID=1249329&query=Mindfulness+and+Psychotherapy+germer
Gilbert, P. (2009). The Compassionate Mind.
London: Constable.
Kabat-Zinn, J. (1990). Full Catastrophe
Living. New York: Dell.
Naranjo, C. (2006). The way
of silence and the talking cure. Nevada City: Blue Dolphing Publ.
Vogt, B. (1999). Skill and
Trust. Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press.
Varela, F., Shear, J. (Eds.) (1999). The
View from Within: First-Person Methodologies. London: Imprint Academic.