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University of Melbourne

  • 37% international / 63% domestic

Mindfulness in Clinical Practice micro-credential

  • Non-Award

Learn to use mindfulness interventions to support clients struggling with stress or mental health issues. Develop in-demand skills aligned with industry best practices, taught by leading experts, and earn a shareable digital certificate.

Key details

Degree Type
Non-Award
Duration
6 - 6 weeks full-time
Study Mode
Online

About this course

Mindfulness in Clinical Practice

Learn to use mindfulness interventions to support clients struggling with stress or mental health issues.

Level up with micro-credentialsIndustry-ready skills

Develop in-demand skills aligned with industry best practice you can apply immediately.

Taught by leading experts

Learn from internationally recognised academics and professionals with years of on the ground experience.

Shareable digital certificate

Showcase your capabilities with an industry recognised digital certificate you can share with your professional network.

Entry requirements

To undertake this course, you should hold a bachelor's degree in any discipline, but there are no other specific eligibility requirements. You do not need to be a clinician or have access to clients.

Study locations

Online

What you will learn

What you will learn

Gain contemporary skills and knowledge for your job now.

In a world filled with uncertainty, mindfulness is an increasingly sought-after treatment. It's crucial that practitioners are drawing on an evidence base.

This course is ideal for health practitioners across a range of settings - including allied, clinical and educational - seeking the skills and confidence to offer clinical mindfulness practices to clients or patients and ensure their knowledge is backed by the latest research.

Learning is aligned with industry standards and registration frameworks of groups including the Australian Psychology Society and the Australian Clinical Psychology Association.

Explore clinical mindfulness techniques, applications and research

Gain a strong grounding in mindfulness and clinical mindfulness techniques and applications, and explore their efficacy. Integrate and understand theoretical and practical aspects of mindfulness, its benefits, and its relationship to research.

Understand how mindfulness influences behaviour change

Develop your understanding of how clinical mindfulness relates to client self-knowledge, wellbeing and behaviour change. Draw on research and evidence to decide when it's appropriate to use mindfulness as an intervention to support mental health.

Apply clinical mindfulness techniques

Reference underlying theory to identify how to appropriately select and apply mindfulness activities with your clients. Put your knowledge into practice by preparing for a clinical mindfulness session with a patient or client, and explain your approach.

Course structure

Mindfulness in Clinical Practice is a largely self-paced course, delivered over three modules. It can be completed in approximately 40 hours, though we recommend you complete it over three to six weeks.

You'll undertake approximately:

  • 12 hours guided online learning
  • 25 hours independent study, including a short reflective journal
  • 3 hours assessment tasks

Assessment:

  • Multiple choice quizzes (35%)
  • A structured one-pager preparing the clinical mindfulness session (25%)
  • Short clinical practice video (40%).

Throughout the course, you'll work through a series of linked online modules to build your knowledge of clinical mindfulness. You'll utilise an interactive online workbook that links to supporting videos, readings and your eJournal.

The course also features an optional interactive Q&A session, giving you the opportunity to engage with course lecturers and ask questions. You'll also partake in a discussion board with your fellow practitioners, creating a valuable community that will be continued after the course is completed.