Mission and Intention Setting Assignment Instructions (8%)

Recommended Due Date: End of Week 2. See Course Schedule for exact dates.

Final Submission Date: See Course Schedule for exact dates.

Submit to: Assignment Submission Folder

Weight: 4%

Learning Outcomes

This assignment will evaluate the following module-level learning outcomes:

  1. Describe the unique vulnerabilities of clients participating in psychedelic-assisted therapy and cultivate the awareness and practices necessary to meet these vulnerabilities safely and ethically.

  2. Apply and demonstrate relevant competencies, skills, and orientations (including the Numinus care model) at an introductory level for the purposes of delivering psychedelic-assisted therapy.

Instructions

  1. Review the Numinus care model, including the seven guiding approaches, integrative and transformative mental wellness, and ethics as well as the introduction on inquiry.

  2. Write a brief paragraph setting an intention for your learning. Consider answering the following questions:

    • Why were you personally or professionally motivated to register for this course or program?

    • What are you hoping to gain from the course?

    • In what direction are you hoping to grow personally and professionally?

    • Which of the seven guiding approaches do you need to work harder to embody?

  3. Write a personal mission statement (maximum three sentences) which describes your personal mission for facilitating psychedelic-assisted therapy in the future. Use aspects of the Numinus care model to help you structure your mission statement.

  4. Submit your intention setting paragraph and mission statement to the assignment dropbox on Numi-U.

Note

Keep a copy of your mission statement and intention. You can always tweak and edit what you have written any time as you continue to learn about psychedelic-assisted therapy.

Grading Criteria

You will be graded on the following criteria:

  • Completeness (did you follow all instructions?)

  • Application (did you draw on components of the Numinus care model in your mission and intention?)

  • Reflection (does your mission and intention