2019-2020 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
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2019-2020 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

PSY 326 - Mindfulness in Clinical Interventions


This course will introduce students to the clinical applications of mindfulness. Buddhist practitioners introduced mindfulness interventions to the field of behavioral health over the last three decades. Students will gain an understanding of recent scientific studies regarding its efficacy and usefulness in the clinical setting.  Students will be exposed to various applications of mindfulness-oriented treatments such as Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT), Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT), and in mindfulness techniques such as body scan and loving-kindness meditation.

1 semester 3 credits.
Fall