This year-long, part-time, training is for people who wish to teach adapted mindfulness-based approaches safely and effectively in a broad variety of contexts and populations.

This training course is open to people who work in mental health services such as the NHS in the UK, and also to people who work with a whole range of clients improving mental health and wellbeing. It runs from February to December each year. As all sessions are online, you don’t need to be local.

We have been offering a year-long training in Mindfulness-Based Approaches (MBCT/MBSR) since 2011. More recently, it has become clear that an ever-growing number of people are drawing on mindfulness in their work and using adapted mindfulness-based approaches that are not the standard eight-week programmes, such as MBCT or MBSR.

This training, which was first delivered in 2016, is for people who wish to be equipped to use adapted mindfulness-based approaches safely and effectively.

Who is this for? Before you start your course, you need to meet the following criteria:
. you have a regular mindfulness meditation practice;
. you have taken the eight-week MBSR, MBCT or Mindfulness for Life course. (If you work for the Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust you can do the eight-week course for free).
. Know which population you want to teach.

Applications for 2026 teacher training are now open. The deadline is 1 December 2025.

Find out more about requirements, costs and detailed information at this page: https://sussexmindfulnesscentre.nhs.uk/train-to-teach-mindfulness-and-mindful-self-compassion/teach-mindfulness-based-interventions/