Mindfulness and Stress: Understanding the Breaking Points

Catalog description

This elective course is a part of the trauma cluster and teaches students principles and techniques of mindfulness in a practice setting. Psychological, physiological and sociocultural aspects of stress will be taught in this advanced clinical methods course. In addition, traumatic stress, attachment behaviors and changes in brain structure will be addressed in the first part of this course. During the second part, selected stress management techniques will be explored cognitively and experientially.