Recommended Texts
Blackledge, J. T., Ciarrochi, J., & Deane, F. P. (Eds.) (2009). Acceptance and commitment therapy: contemporary theory research and practice. Bowen Hills, Qld.: Australian Academic Press.

Flaxman, P. E., Blackledge, J. T., & Bond, F. W. (2011). Acceptance and commitment therapy : distinctive features. New York: Routledge.

Luoma, J. B., Hayes, S. C., & Walser, R. D. (2007). Learning ACT: an acceptance and commitment therapy skills-training manual for therapists. Oakland, CA: New Harbinger.

Siegel, D. J. (2007). The mindful brain: Reflection and attunement in the cultivation of well-being. New York: WW Norton & Co.

Recommended readings
Journal articles and book chapters - these will be available through MyUni.

You are expected to read the relevant readings before sessions:

Baer, R. A., Smith, G. T., & and Allen, K. B. (2004). Assessment of mindfulness by self-report: The Kentucky Inventory of Mindfulness Skills. Assessment, 11,191- 206. doi: 10.1177/1073191104268029

Braboszcz, C., Hahusseau, S., & Delorme, A. (2010). Meditation and neuroscience: From basic research to clinical practice. In R. Carlstedt (Ed.). Integrative clinical psychology, psychiatry and behavioral medicine: Perspectives, practices and research. (pp. 1910 – 1929). New York: Springer Publishing.

Britton, W. B., Shahar, B., Szepsenwol, O., & Jacobs, W. J. (2012). Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy improves emotional reactivity to social stress: Results from a randomized controlled trial. Behavior Therapy, 43, 365 – 380.

Carson, S. H., & Langer, E. J. (2006). Mindfulness and self-acceptance. Journal of Rational-Emotive & Cognitive-Behavior Therapy, 24(1), 29 – 43. doi: 10.1007/s10942-006-0022-5

Fjorback, L. O., Arendt, M., Ørnbøl, E., Fink, P., & Walach, H. (2011). Mindfulness-based stress reduction and mindfulness-based cognitive therapy - a systematic review of randomized controlled trials. Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica, 124, 102–119. doi: 10.1111/j.1600-0447.2011.01704.x

Grossman, P., Niemannb, L., Schmidtc, S., & Walach, H. (2004). Mindfulness-based stress reduction and health benefits. A meta-analysis. Journal of Psychosomatic Research, 57,35-43. doi:10.1016/S0022-3999(03)00573-7

Hayes, S. C., Levin, M. E., Plumb-Vilardaga, J., Villatte, J. L., & Pistorello, J. (2013). Acceptance and commitment therapy and contextual behavioural science: Examining the progress of a distinctive model of behavioral and cognitive therapy. Behavior Therapy,44(2), 180–198. doi.org/10.1016/j.beth.2009.08.002.

Ludwig, D. S., & Kabat-Zinn, J. (2008). Mindfulness in medicine. Journal of the American Medical Association, 300(11), 1350 – 1352.

Manicavasagar, V., Perich, T., & Parker, G. (2012). Cognitive predictors of change in Cognitive Behaviour Therapy and Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy for depression. Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy, 40, 227 - 232. doi:10.1017/S1352465811000634

Neth, C. (2008). Personal reflections. Mindfulness practice. The Journal of Pastoral Care & Counseling, 62(1 – 2), 143 – 144.

Newsome, S., Christopher, J. C., Dahlen, P., & Christopher, S. (2006). Teaching counselors self-care through mindfulness practices. Teachers College Record, 108(9), pp. 1881–1900.

Powers, M. B., Zum, M. B., Vörding, V. S., & Emmelkamp P. M. G. (2009). Acceptance and commitment therapy: A meta-analytic review. Psychotherapy & Psychosomatics, 78, 73-80. doi: 10.1159/000190790

Seligman, M. E. P., Rashid, T., & Parks, A. C. (2006). Positive psychotherapy. American Psychologist, 61(8), 774 – 788.

Treadway, M. T., & Lazar, S. W. (2009). The neurobiology of mindfulness. In Clinical handbook of mindfulness (pp. 45 – 57). New York: Springer New York.

Weekly lecture notes, activity handouts and links to background readings will be provided via MyUni.

• Mindfulness: background (including origins, evidence base, definitions, and relationship to neuroscience), similarities and differences with other modalities, psychoeducation, using mindfulness in therapy (techniques and processes), and adaptations for various treatment settings and issues.
• ACT: background (including origins, evidence base, definition), similarities and differences with other modalities, psychoeducation, using ACT in therapy (techniques and processes), and adaptations for various treatment settings and issues.
• MBCT: background (including origins, evidence base, definitions), similarities and differences with other modalities, psychoeducation, using MBCT in therapy (techniques and processes), and adaptations for various treatment settings and issues.
• The theory, evidence-base, indications and contraindications, strengths and limitations of each approach will be addressed, along with clinical applications and skills development.

• This course comprises weekly two-hour sessions for 12 weeks (not including semester break) in Semester 2
• All sessions will be on Wednesdays from 4.30 – 6.30 pm in the Schulz building, rooms 307a or 307b.