Reflection 2 Instructions

Recommended Due Date: After Fundamentals Module 8.

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 therapy and psychedelic-assisted therapy and cultivate the awareness and practices necessary to meet these vulnerabilities safely and ethically.

  2. Explain relevant health professional competencies, skills, and orientations (including the Numinus care model) at an introductory level for the purposes of working with psychedelic medicines.

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

  4. Demonstrate an understanding of the facilitation skills required by health professionals when working with clients under the effects of psychedelic medicines before, after, and during the sessions.

  5. Identify and respond to burnout, vicarious trauma, transference, and countertransference experienced by health professionals working with psychedelic medicines.

  6. Explain the important role of nurses and medical assistants in psychedelic therapy and psychedelic-assisted therapy.

Instructions

  1. Consider everything you learned across the course:

    • The seven guiding principles

    • Integrative and transformative mental wellness

    • The therapeutic relationship

    • Trauma psychobiology

    • Health professional 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 yet working as a nurse or medical assistant, 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?)