6-Week Online Mindfulness for Professionals Course
Learn Mindfulness for Yourself, Then Apply It in Your Professional Practice
Whether you're a coach, therapist, teacher, or healthcare worker, this programme offers a structured and research-based foundation in Mindfulness, drawing from Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR), Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) and Positive Psychology. You’ll gain tools to reduce stress and professional burnout, improve emotional regulation, and offer mindfulness-based support in your personal and professional settings.
What You’ll Learn
- How to develop and sustain your own mindfulness practice
- The science of how mindfulness changes the brain (neuroplasticity)
- How to integrate tools from MBSR, MBCT and Positive Psychology into client sessions
- Breathwork as a pathway to present-moment awareness
- How to guide a suite of core mindfulness meditations
- How to manage stress, worry, and rumination more effectively
- How to apply mindfulness in both personal life and therapeutic or coaching settings
Course Structure
- Duration: 6 weeks (fully online, self-paced with moderated discussion)
- Start Date: [Insert date]
- Time Commitment: Up to 6 hours per week
- Daily Practice: Guided formal meditations and informal mindfulness tools
- Weekly Discussion Board: Required for certification
- Reflective Submissions: Required in Weeks 2, 4, and 6
- Certificate of Completion provided
Who Is This Course For?
This course is ideal for:
- Counsellors, psychotherapists, and psychologists
- Holistic Therapists
- Life coaches, health coaches, and mentors
- Teachers, social workers, and allied health professionals
- Anyone in a people-focused role wanting to improve their own wellbeing and support others more mindfully
No prior mindfulness experience is required – just a willingness to practise.
What’s Included
Week 1: Introduction to Mindfulness
Discover the neuroscience and evidence behind mindfulness. Learn how to practise mindfulness and meditation daily and explore the automatic pilot and negativity bias of the mind and how gratitude is the antidote to this. Experience the Mindfulness of Breath meditation.
Week 2: Mindfulness, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and Neuroplasticity
Explore concepts from CBT examining how thoughts, feelings, and sensations create a feedback loop. Research from neuroscience and neuroplasticity to understand how Mindfulness improves mental health and learn the Body Scan meditation.
Week 3: Flow & Clinical Practice
Learn how to apply mindfulness in client work. How mindfulness is not a standardised approach. How to tailor mindfulness to individual client needs. Explore Flow theory and unhelpful thinking patterns. Practice Walking Meditation and mini-meditation techniques.
Week 4: Thought, Compassion & Self-Compassion
Learn the timeline of modern psychology and the integration of Mindfulness with CBT and Positive Psychology. Understand the psychological development of thought and its impact on wellbeing. Begin cultivating self-compassion and explore Sounds & Thoughts meditation.
Week 5: Overcoming Worry & Rumination
Learn how to navigate common mindfulness challenges caused by thinking habits such as worry and rumination. Evidence-based research detailing the lineage of Mindfulness. Study Epigenetics and the benefits of Positive Psychology. Practise the Mountain Meditation.
Week 6: Integrating Mindfulness in Your Life & Work
Make Mindfulness sustainable in daily life. Explore physiological effects of meditation, clinical contraindications, and inspiring case studies of the success of mindfulness in clinical settings. Conclude with Loving Kindness meditation.
Why Choose the Mindfulness Academy?
- Course created and led by mindfulness experts with decades of personal mindfulness practice and in teaching mindfulness
- Based on cutting-edge research in Mindfulness, Neuroscience, CBT, and Positive Psychology
- Practical tools for use in personal and professional contexts
- Fully online, accessible anywhere
- Certificate upon completion
- Small group learning and tutor interaction
What Our Students Say
Sarah Toll, Wellbeing Coach and Reiki Master Teacher - Northamptonshire, UK
Katherine Cooper – Mental Health Nurse, Liverpool, UK
Linda Jones, GP - Oxford, UK
Some Organisations We've Worked With
Frequently Asked Questions
Is the course live or self-paced?
It’s self-paced with weekly content releases and moderated discussion forums. There’s no requirement to be online at a specific time.
How much time should I set aside?
Approximately 6 hours per week, including practice, reading and participation.
Can I use this course to teach mindfulness to clients?
You’ll gain foundational tools to teach mindfulness in a professional setting. For full teacher certification we recommend the 12-month teacher training course.
Is this course accredited?
There is currently no global accreditation for mindfulness. However, this course is professionally recognised and is used as CPD for many professions. A certificate of completion is issued by the Mindfulness Academy.
Do I need prior experience in mindfulness or meditation?
No. You’ll learn mindfulness through your own practice first, then explore how to share it effectively with your clients.
What do I need to complete the course?
You'll need an internet connection, time each week for practice and reflection, and a willingness to engage with discussion forums and brief reflective tasks.
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