Pre-requisites

Preferred: YH801, YH802, YH803, YH804, YH836, YH837, YH901, YH902

Co-requisites

None.

Learning Outcomes

On successful completion of this unit, the student will be able to:

• Compare and contrast and integrate Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Christian faith

• Evaluate how Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Christian faith can be integrated for young people

• Investigate and develop expert, specialised, technical skills for defusion, expansion and mindful living.

• Develop expert judgement as a practitioner as to how and when to use Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to transform the lives of young people and give them meaning.

Unit Description

This unit compares and contrasts Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Christian faith. It investigates the six aspects of psychological flexibility: acceptance, cognitive defusion, present-moment awareness, self-as-context, values, and committed action. It analyses and evaluates how a Christian perspective can be integrated into this therapeutic approach for young people and what this might look like in practice. For example, the concept of grace vs self-compassion, and present-moment awareness vs Christian contemplative practice.

Topics

1.Functional Contextualism, values and Christian faith 2. Relational Frame Theory, cognitive distancing and defusion 3. Psychological pain and Western Society 4. Acceptance and Willingness and the human will 5. Present-Moment Awareness, ACT tools vs Christian contemplative practices 6. Experiential avoidance, and the need for committed action 7. Self as context choosing to live according to values rather than stories about yourself 8. Defining values and identity, the kind of life worth living, and the Kingdom of God 9. Self compassion and the need for grace

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Unit offerings

Face to face: (Every 3rd Year, Semester 1)
Face to face: (Demand based)

Please note

The Unit Offerings listed above are a guide only and the timetable for any year is the final authority. The College may vary offerings based on demand, regulatory requirements, continual improvement processes or other conditions.

This unit may be available in different modes of delivery i.e. online and face-to-face as listed above. The unit content will not differ between these modes of delivery. There will possibly be a difference in the schedule and/or the prescribed assessment tasks, however both will cover and assess the same content.