MINDFULNESS AND ACCEPTANCE APPROACHES IN MENTAL HEALTH.

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Pre-requisites: current MSW student or by permission of instructor. Many mindfulness and acceptance-based approaches have been developed and are now being used in various settings. Applications of these approaches include the management of stress, anxiety, pain, cancer, chronic mental and physical illness, trauma, and the prevention of depressive relapse. This course explores mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT).