Train to teach mindfulness and mindful self-compassion with one of the leading mindfulness centres in the UK. You’ll be learning at the only mindfulness teacher training and research centre embedded in the NHS.

MBCT and MBSR
teacher training
Train to teach Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction and Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy courses.

MBCT in NHS
Talking Therapies
We run a one-year programme to enable clinicians to teach Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy in the NHS.

Brief & adapted interventions
This prepares you to teach adapted mindfulness approaches safely & effectively in a variety of contexts.
With many teacher training courses to chose from we help you navigate the choices to find the course most relevant to you, and highlight what is special about our training. This includes the option of doing top-up training.

Interpersonal Mindfulness training
This training programme enables mindfulness teachers to teach Interpersonal Mindfulness.

Mindful Self-Compassion teacher training
The UK-based training programme to enable participants to run the Mindful Self-Compassion course.

Which training is right for me?
To help you find which teacher training programme is right for you, this page helps you navigate the choices.

Why train with us?
Find out what is unique about our teacher training programmes for mindfulness and Mindful Self-Compassion.
Masterclasses
Our masterclasses and workshops cover specialist topics relevant to all mindfulness teachers and trainees. Find out more here.
Top up training
This enables past students of brief & adapted training to top-up their skills so they can teach a mindfulness course. Find out more here.
Teacher training information sessions
We offer free online information sessions to help you find out more about our teacher training programmes, so you can decide if the course is for you. These are advertised below. If there isn’t an information session for a course you are interested in please drop us a line at spft.smc@nhs.net and we’ll let you know when the next one is.




