Integrating Mindfulness into Professional Service Training
Jan – April, 2026 – Integrating Mindfulness into Professional Service Training (Fridays 9am PST)
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Cohort that is capped at 45 people (10 week – certificate)
In January 2026 a 10-week in-depth training will begin for those that want to deepen their integration of mindfulness practices into their clinical/coaching/education/service work. There will be one meeting every 3 or 4 weeks with the cohort facilitator (Dr. Zvi Bellin) that will orient a specific focus with a clinical case presentation and highlighting specific integration skills. Participants will be encouraged to engage in a daily-life mindfulness practice of their choosing. Participants will be paired up as accountability buddies for check-ins every 2 weeks. The cohort facilitator will suggest a framework for each accountability buddy check in. The cohort will share resources that connect with the theme of the training and will offer weekly wellness practices through the Whole Person Center for the entire NU community. A highlight of this program will be the integration of cultural competency and a trauma-informed lens when engaging in Mindfulness Integrated Professional Service. Upon successful completion of the cohort requirements, cohort members will receive a certificate of completion.
Fridays 9-11a PST:
January 9: Establishing a Professional Resilient Community
Accountability Group Meeting
January 23: Trauma-Informed and Culturally Humble Lens in Mindful Client Service
Accountability Group Meeting
February 6: Being and Practicing Compassion with Clients
Accountability Group Meeting
February 20: Distractions as Gateways for Growth
Accountability Group Meeting
March 6: Restoring Wholeness: Honoring the Wound and Cultivating the Antidote
Assignments Due: March 13
The Mindfulness Training Collective (MTC) organizes mindfulness training across the professional disciplines offered through National University. The MTC features a supervised quasi-decentralized model that includes faculty, staff, students, and alumni through which participants can teach, learn, and practice with one another. This means that anyone in our community can tailor mindfulness training offerings to the specific needs of their career path, identities, or program. The MTC’s approach to mindfulness has intersectional resilience at its core which integrates a trauma-informed lens and cultural humility. The MTC directly addresses the professional needs of its participants.
Mindfulness Training Collective
Dr. Zvi Bellin
Dr. Zvi Bellin is a Professor of Counseling Psychology at National University. Zvi is a faculty fellow at the Whole Person Center @ National University. He is a Licensed Professional Counselor with a private psychotherapy practice based in Oakland, CA. Zvi has published research about the intersection of meaning-in-life and mindfulness in peer-reviewed journals and has broadened his research interests to include the decolonization of research methodology. He is a graduate of the first cohort of the East Bay Meditation Center’s leadership program. Zvi leads therapeutically oriented mindfulness trainings and retreats where he integrates spiritual and psychological practices.
