Stress, Self-Care and Mindfulness
UndergraduateTAS-PSY2142025
- Study method
- 100% online
- Assessments
- 100% online
- Enrol by
- 13 July 2025
- Entry requirements
- Part of a degree
- Duration
- 14 weeks
- Start dates
- 21 July 2025
- Price from
- $2,440
- Upfront cost
- $0
- Loan available
- HECS-HELP and FEE-HELP available
Stress, Self-Care and Mindfulness
About this subject
Upon successful completion of this subject, the student should be able to:
- Explain key concepts relating to stress and psychological well-being.
- Evaluate approaches to managing stress and enhancing well-being, referring to theory, evidence base and practice.
- Apply techniques to manage stress and enhance well-being in a self-care context, and critically reflect on your experience.
- Use a variety of media to communicate about self-care concepts that can be applied to manage stress and enhance wellbeing within a self-care context.
- Orientation to PSY214 and Assessments
- Theme 1 - Foundation
- Stress and Coping
- Happiness and Wellbeing
- Motivation and Behaviour Change
- Theme 2 - Lifestyle
- The Fs - Forks and Feet
- The Rs - Rest, Relaxation and Recreation
- Your Environments: Social, Natural, Digital
- Theme 3 - Mindfulness
- Everyday Mindfulness
- Formal Mindfulness
- Compassion
- Self-compassion
- Theme 4 - Positive Psychology
- Gratitude
- Acts of Kindness
- Character Strengths
- Meaning
- Flow
- Creative Arts
In this online subject, you will learn about a range of approaches to managing stress and enhancing well-being which can be applied by individuals in a self-care context. As a foundation, you will learn about stress and coping, well-being and happiness. This content includes different theories and models used in psychology to explain these concepts.
Then you will explore the theory, scholarly evidence base, and practice of a range of self-care approaches, grouped into three themes:
- Lifestyle (healthy eating, physical activity, sleep, relaxation, social connections, and nature engagement)
- Mindfulness (everyday/informal mindfulness, formal mindfulness and meditation, compassion and self-compassion) and
- Positive Psychology (gratitude, acts of kindness, character strengths, meaning in life, flow and creativity).
You will learn how to think critically regarding the strengths and weaknesses of the self-care approaches covered.
Throughout the subject, there is a focus on understanding the mechanisms of action of these approaches (how they “work”). These mechanisms could be psychological (e.g., relating to mental activities like attention and emotion regulation) and/or biological (e.g., relating to physiological activity in the nervous system and/or endocrine system). In each weekly online module, content is presented in text and video formats, along with interactive online learning activities and additional scholarly readings. In practical activities and assessments, you will discuss, apply, and reflect on the techniques discussed in the subject content.
- Weekly Online Quizzes (20%)
- Workbook (45%)
- Information Sheet (35%)
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Entry requirements
Part of a degree
To enrol in this subject you must be accepted into one of the following degrees:
Core
- TAS-CAH-DIP-2025 - Diploma of Creative Arts and Health
Elective
- TAS-CAH-CTF-2025 - Undergraduate Certificate in Creative Arts and Health
Equivalent subjects
You won't be able to enrol into this subject if you've already successfully completed or currently enrolled in the following subject(s) as they are considered anti-requisites due to the similarity of the content.
Additional requirements
- Other requirements - Teaching Arrangement: 3 hour weekly Asynchronous online learning modules. 1 hour weekly Asynchronous online Learning Activities, 6 hours weekly Independent learning consisting of weekly readings, assignment preparation, revision.
Study load
- 0.125 EFTSL
- This is in the range of 10 to 12 hours of study each week.
Equivalent full time study load (EFTSL) is one way to calculate your study load. One (1.0) EFTSL is equivalent to a full-time study load for one year.
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Student feedback
6 student respondents between 21 Oct - 11 Nov 2024.
66%of students felt the study load was manageable
100%of students felt this subject helped them gain relevant skills
Related degrees
Once you’ve completed this subject it can be credited towards one of the following courses
Diploma of Creative Arts and Health
UndergraduateTAS-CAH-DIP
Undergraduate Certificate in Creative Arts and Health
UndergraduateTAS-CAH-CTF