Teaching Responsibility
LJMU Schools involved in Delivery:
Psychology
Learning Methods
Practical
Seminar
Module Offerings
7004POSPSY-SEP-CTY
Aims
This is a practice focused, experiential module that aims to familiarise students with strength-based meditation and mindfulness practice. It encourages the regular engagement with mindfulness meditation practice, supports the self-reflection of the development process and provides an overview of different mindfulness-based approaches.
Learning Outcomes
1.
Appraise the design and implementation of mindfulness-based interventions
2.
Demonstrate practical skills in explaining and guiding mindfulness practices
3.
Engage in reflection on personal experience with meditation and mindfulness practice and associated development processes
Module Content
Outline Syllabus:Introduction to meditation and mindfulness practice
Macro- and micro-structures of mindfulness meditation programmes
Explanatory models of meditation and mindfulness
Mindfulness-based interventions
Mindfulness-based strengths practice
Methods and tools for self-reflection
Meditation and mindfulness in positive clinical practice
Module Overview:
This practice focused, experiental module covers strengths-based meditation and mindfulness practice and provides an overview of different mindfulness-based approaches. Regular engagement with mindfulness meditation practice is encouraged.
This practice focused, experiental module covers strengths-based meditation and mindfulness practice and provides an overview of different mindfulness-based approaches. Regular engagement with mindfulness meditation practice is encouraged.
Additional Information:This will be a practice-based, experiential module running over two semesters. Students will engage with regular mindfulness meditation practice (including a significant amount of self-directed home practice), will practise guiding group meditations and will engage in regular, structured reflection on their own experience of practising mindfulness and the resultant development process.
Assessments
Practice
Centralised Exam
Reflection