SW 688: Acceptance and Commitment Therapy
Social Work
This fully online course will serve as an introduction to mindfulness- based therapy and devote special attention to Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT). The six core tenets of ACT will be taught, along with mindfulness-based approaches to healing that will be presented as new insights to the field of psychotherapy. Students taking this course will be required to engage in mindfulness-based practices and journaling as a way to enrich and deepen their learning experience.
3 Credits
Prerequisites
- Prerequisite: Admission into the M.S.W. program
Instruction Type(s)
- Lecture: Web-based Lecture for SW 688
Subject Areas
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