Reflection 2 Instructions

Recommended Due Date: End of Week 8. See Course Schedule for exact dates.

Final Submission Date: See Course Schedule for exact dates.

Submit to: Assignment Submission Folder

Evaluation: You must pass this evaluation in order to obtain your certificate at the end of the course.

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

  3. Describe the Numinus guiding principles within the context of integrative and transformative mental wellness as they relate to psychedelic-assisted therapy.

  4. Apply facilitation skills specific to psychedelic-assisted therapy during Preparation Sessions, Medicine Sessions, and Integration Sessions.

  5. Identify and respond to burnout, vicarious trauma, transference, and countertransference experienced by the therapist.

Instructions

  1. Consider everything you learned across the course:

    • The seven guiding principles

    • Integrative and transformative mental wellness

    • The therapeutic relationship

    • Therapist competencies

    • Trauma skills and psychobiology

    • Facilitating Preparation, Medicine, and Integration Sessions

    • Therapist self-care and personal development.

  2. In a reflection, respond to the following questions:

    • How will you apply what you learned to your own work environment? If you’re not currently working as a therapist or coach, how would you apply what you learned if you were a psychedelic-assisted therapist?

    • Which skills have you learned are the most valuable to you? Why?

    • Which are the biggest areas of improvement for you? How can you commit to improving in these areas?

Grading Criteria

You will be graded on the following criteria:

  • Application (how well you have applied relevant therapist competencies, skills, and orientations discussed throughout the course, including the seven guiding principles within the context of integrative and transformative mental wellness)

  • Completeness (did you follow all instructions?)

  • Reflection (does your reflection demonstrate a high level of reflection by identifying areas of improvement and genuine opportunities to improve?)