This course introduces helping professionals to empirically based mindfulness interventions that bring about positive outcomes for practitioners and their clients. These positive outcomes are demonstrated in behavioral, cognitive and relational domains. The course focuses on mindful orientation, its history and place in helping and counseling models. A variety of formal and informal practices developed through neuroscience research is covered. A major focus of this course is to enhance and increase the skill base of helping professionals working with clients challenged by relationship struggles, trauma, substance use disorders, depression, alienation, anxiety, chronic illness, and other life challenges. Additionally, the acquisition of mindfulness-based intervention strategies increases emotional regulation, impulse control, empathy and social supports for helping professionals advancing prevention and wellness initiatives.