Introducing Mindfulness Skills

Mindfulness is recognised as an effective way of managing a range of mental health problems and improving wellbeing. Mindfulness skills form a fundamental part of many psychological approaches but can still be difficult to access for many service users. 

To make mindfulness skills more available to people in secondary care, the Trust Mindfulness Centre is now offering a new course for all clinicians wishing to teach basic mindfulness skills to their service users.

The training consists of five days of workshops followed by a period of supervised practice provided by experienced trainers working within Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust.

 

The Training

You'll learn to deliver a four-session mindfulness course to your patients. Each session lasts around 45-minutes and is delivered one to one or in a group setting. The course has been designed to be delivered flexibly and can be taught as an entire 4 session programme, or individual sessions / practices can be delivered as standalone interventions depending on what best meets the needs of your patients.

The course aims to teach basic mindfulness skills so that your patients can:

• Ground themselves more easily when feeling distressed
• Be more self-aware Learn how to step back from troubling thoughts/rumination
• Bring a more self-compassionate approach to themselves

During the training you will explore the key intentions, structure and outline of the course, and how to deliver each aspect of this.

Supervision is provided as part of the training to support clinicians in delivering this training in the most effective way.

 

Training dates and venue

The training takes place at Duncan MacMillan House, running on five consecutive Fridays.

• From 13 November 2026  to 11 December 2026, 9.30am to 4.30pm.

 

Entry requirements

You will need to have:

• Completed an eight-week mindfulness course (MBCT-D or MBCT-L). These are provided free to all Trust staff. Further info/application form available at Mindfulness courses.
• A regular mindfulness practice - ideally daily
• Have experience of working with the people and the context where you'd like to teach
• The agreement of your line manager to:
  • Attend all 5 days of training
  • Deliver the course to patients within your service

If you are interested in applying for this training, please complete and return an application form available from hubmindfulness@nottshc.nhs.uk