Mindfulness-Based Modalities for Spiritual Care and Spiritually-Integrated Psychotherapy

This course examines mindfulness modalities for spiritual care and spiritually-integrated psychotherapy. Mindfulness-based modalities have become one of the most widely disseminated clinical practice for a wide range of mental and physical concerns. Practitioners of all religious-spiritual traditions have begun to incorporate mindfulness modalities and interventions to support healing and wellness for care-seekers in a way that engages spiritual dimensions of being. This course will examine the theoretical and empirical basis of mindfulness modalities and their applications in spiritually-integrated psychotherapy, spiritual care and chaplaincy. The first half of the course critically examines the history of mindfulness, its primary sources, current issues involving equity, diversity and inclusion, mindfulness in religious traditions, and spiritually integrated mindfulness. The second half of course will focus exclusively on mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR), with emphasis on its core components, mechanisms of change, risks and benefits and empirical findings.