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The purpose of this study was to investigate whether the levels of flow and mindfulness would together predict the levels of Multicultural Counseling Competencies (MCC) among trainees in Marriage and Family Therapy (MFT) programs. One hundred thirty MFT trainees across the United States completed online surveys. The results of statistical analysis indicated that there was no correlation between the levels of flow and MCC. However, the levels of mindfulness and several demographic variables correlated with the levels of MCC. Hierarchical multiple regression was further conducted in order to investigate if the levels of mindfulness would predict the levels of MCC, after controlling for the demographic variables. The results revealed that the levels of mindfulness predicted the levels of MCC even after controlling for the demographic variables. Implications were made to suggest MFT programs, MFT educators and supervisors, and MFT trainees to incorporate mindfulness practice in education and training. Limitations of this study and recommendations for future research were discussed in the end.