Train to teach mindfulness with the NHS-based Sussex Mindfulness Centre 

Train to teach Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) and Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) with the Sussex Mindfulness Centre. You'll be learning at one of the leading mindfulness centres in the UK and one of the few mindfulness teacher training and research centres embedded in the NHS.

The teacher training is open to everybody whether or not you have a clinical background. And if you work in the NHS there are opportunities to apply for NHS Trust funded places. 

Alternatively we offer training in delivering Adapted Mindfulness-Based Interventions for people who wish to teach adapted mindfulness based approaches safely and effectively, but who don't need to complete the extensive training required to deliver Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy and Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction. 

These two NHS-based training courses are part-time and run from February to December. The applications for the 2024 courses open in April 2023. 

Find out more

You can also find out more about the MBCT/MBSR teacher training here and the adapted training here.   

Why train to teach with us? 

The Sussex Mindfulness Centre is one of the leading UK mindfulness centres and have been running mindfulness teacher training since 2011. We have 60 members of staff trained in mindfulness-based approaches and a thriving team of trainers and researchers working together. We are also part of the national training centres collaboration, which with our partners at Exeter, Nottingham and Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust, delivers MBCT training in IAPT services. Sussex Mindfulness Centre is a member of the British Association of Mindfulness-Based Approaches (BAMBA) which recognises training programmes that meet agreed national minimum standards.

For further information about  training, please contact smc@spft.nhs.uk or call our Sussex Mindfulness Centre Administrator on 0300 304 0689. You can also stay up to date with our training courses by signing up to our newsletter