Finding a moment of peace - Mindfulness for asylum seekers
Taivalmäki, Julia (2020)
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Taivalmäki, Julia
2020
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https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-2020060918071
https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-2020060918071
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Long term stress can be one of the biggest influences on mental health and the life situation of asylum seekers can be extremely stressful – due to traumatic past and unpredictable future. The purpose of this Bachelor’s thesis is to find out if mindfulness practices can help asylum seekers to cope with the stress that they are experiencing in their current lives, while waiting for their decision of their asylum application and whilst situated in the reception centre. This is a functional thesis that was implemented as an eight weeks long mindfulness intervention in Nihtisilta reception centre in Espoo. Within the eight weeks of mindfulness, the clients had chance to attend mindfulness classes every Wednesday evening, which were instructed by the writer of this thesis.
The theoretical framework of this thesis includes mindfulness, stress-management, asylum seekers, stress and its effect to mental health wellbeing. The key concepts are asylum seekers, stress of an asylum seeker and mindfulness.
The mindfulness intervention practices were a collection of most used and known mindfulness practices, stress management tools and relaxation techniques that can be implemented easily to participants everyday lives. The purpose of the thesis is also to aim to raise awareness of stress - especially long-term stress among asylum seekers and how it can affect mental health.
The theoretical framework of this thesis includes mindfulness, stress-management, asylum seekers, stress and its effect to mental health wellbeing. The key concepts are asylum seekers, stress of an asylum seeker and mindfulness.
The mindfulness intervention practices were a collection of most used and known mindfulness practices, stress management tools and relaxation techniques that can be implemented easily to participants everyday lives. The purpose of the thesis is also to aim to raise awareness of stress - especially long-term stress among asylum seekers and how it can affect mental health.