Wild Minds Therapy & Coaching

Wild Minds Therapy & Coaching Structured mentoring and targeted intervention for children and young people. Neurodiversity-affirming. Trauma-informed.

Commissioned support • Flexible delivery
Referrals welcome from parents and professionals.

A reminder for the weekend.Teenagers are doing a huge amount of growing, processing and adapting. Rest is not laziness. ...
25/04/2026

A reminder for the weekend.

Teenagers are doing a huge amount of growing, processing and adapting. Rest is not laziness. It is part of regulation.

Downtime helps the nervous system settle, reduces overwhelm, and makes it more possible to come back to learning with steadier attention and better tolerance.

If you are supporting a young person who is burnt out or refusing school, start with rest and safety. Progress comes after that.

Wild Minds Alternative Provision. What can we offer? We provide therapeutic education and vocational pathways for young ...
25/04/2026

Wild Minds Alternative Provision. What can we offer?

We provide therapeutic education and vocational pathways for young people who may find it hard to access or sustain mainstream education or college.

Our provision is delivered across our sites in Buckinghamshire and Berkshire, with a consistent regulation first, relationship led approach.

Learners access a blend of therapeutic input, animal assisted work, practical learning, personal development, and preparation for adulthood.

Placements are individual pathways and can be commissioned as Tier 1, Tier 2 or Tier 3 (1, 2 or 3 days per week), matched to readiness, need, and attendance tolerance.

Referral criteria

Students need an EHCP or a Section 19 arrangement to be referred.

If you are a parent or carer, please send this link to your school or EHCCO to start the referral process:
https://www.wildmindwellbeing.co.uk/referral-form

Wild Minds Post 16Preparation for Adulthood ProgrammeWild Minds Post 16 supports neurodivergent young people aged 16+ wh...
07/03/2026

Wild Minds Post 16
Preparation for Adulthood Programme

Wild Minds Post 16 supports neurodivergent young people aged 16+ who need a different pathway into adulthood.

Our Preparation for Adulthood Programme is designed for young people with EHCPs who may find traditional college environments overwhelming or unsuitable. We provide a calm, supportive setting where young people can rebuild confidence, develop practical skills and prepare for adult life.

Our programme combines:

Employability training
Skills for employment
Personal development
Mentoring support
Vocational learning including animal care and land-based skills

Our main hub is our farm site, where students take part in practical learning and outdoor projects. Alongside this we also run classroom-based sites where students complete theory work, personal development sessions and mentoring.

Students work across our campus in small supportive groups, helping them build routine, independence and confidence.

Placements are typically two or three days per week and we operate a rolling start, meaning young people do not need to wait until September to begin.

Our Post 16 programmes can be delivered as a standalone EOTAS placement, as the main provision within an EHCP package, or alongside school or college placements.

If you are a parent, SENCO or professional looking for a supportive Post 16 pathway, you can find referral information here:

https://www.wildmindwellbeing.co.uk/referral-form

Wild Minds Post 16
Preparation for Adulthood Programme

Anxiety isn’t a choice and it isn’t defiance.When a young person is anxious, their nervous system is working overtime to...
29/01/2026

Anxiety isn’t a choice and it isn’t defiance.

When a young person is anxious, their nervous system is working overtime to protect them. What we see on the outside – avoidance, refusal, irritability or shutdown – is often the result of an over-protective brain stuck in survival mode.

Punishments and pressure tend to increase stress rather than reduce it. Support works best when we offer reassurance, flexibility and calm spaces that help the nervous system settle.

Understanding anxiety through a regulation-first lens allows adults to respond in ways that actually help young people feel safer and more able to cope.

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Why “just calm down” doesn’t work.When a young person is distressed, the brain isn’t choosing to stay upset. It’s busy s...
28/01/2026

Why “just calm down” doesn’t work.

When a young person is distressed, the brain isn’t choosing to stay upset. It’s busy scanning for danger, avoiding discomfort and trying to reach safety. In that state, reasoning, reflection and emotional control are not accessible.

This is why telling a young person to calm down often escalates things rather than helping. Regulation happens through safety, connection and co-regulation, not instruction.

Understanding what the brain is doing helps adults respond in ways that actually support regulation and recovery.

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Why calm adults matter more than consequences.Young people don’t regulate in isolation. Nervous systems respond to nervo...
26/01/2026

Why calm adults matter more than consequences.

Young people don’t regulate in isolation. Nervous systems respond to nervous systems. When a young person is dysregulated, a calm, grounded adult can help bring their system back into balance through co-regulation.

Consequences, lectures and raised voices often increase stress and threat, making it harder for a young person to think, reflect or learn. Calm adults offer safety first, which allows regulation to return and learning to follow.

This is a core principle of trauma-informed and neurodiversity-affirming practice, and it underpins how we work at Wild Minds Pro across mentoring and therapeutic support.

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Our day at MegaCon Convention at ExCeL LondonRomany and Indigo absolutely loved it. The costumes, characters, creativity...
24/01/2026

Our day at MegaCon Convention at ExCeL London

Romany and Indigo absolutely loved it. The costumes, characters, creativity and sheer joy of people being fully themselves really landed for them. It was energising and exciting to be in a space where enthusiasm, imagination and deep interests are shared and celebrated without hesitation.

For me and Calliope, it was a different but still positive experience. My autism does not really get films, gaming, cosplay or popular culture. I am very clearly not the target demographic 😆Busy, noisy environments are also harder work for our nervous systems, so the focus was on staying regulated rather than pushing through. What helped was the setting itself. The high ceilings, open exhibition halls and space to step back made a real difference. Add big headphones, sitting down, and watching from the edges, and the day became manageable.

This is what genuine inclusion looks like. The same environment, experienced differently, with no expectation that everyone enjoys the same things or shows enjoyment in the same way. Regulation, choice and autonomy matter.

What stayed with me most was just how safe this space felt for self-expression. People of all ages openly creative, playful, intense, curious and passionate, without judgement or pressure to fit a mould. A place where difference is visible, welcomed and celebrated. And that is something really special.







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🔍 𝐀 𝐌𝐢𝐫𝐫𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐨 𝐎𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐯𝐞𝐬 🔍"Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves."This i...
24/01/2026

🔍 𝐀 𝐌𝐢𝐫𝐫𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐨 𝐎𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐯𝐞𝐬 🔍

"Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves."

This is an interesting thing to consider.

Carl Jung, along with Aniela Jaffe in Memories, Dreams, Reflections (New York: Vintage Books, 1989, p.247), offers a thought-provoking insight: "Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves."

This quote invites us to reflect on the idea that our reactions to others serve as mirrors, revealing parts of ourselves that we may not be fully aware of. It suggests that the qualities that bother us in others are often reflections of our own internal struggles or unacknowledged traits.

💡 Key Significance to Counselling: This perspective is invaluable in counselling, encouraging self-reflection and self-awareness as tools for personal growth. It challenges us to look inward when we find ourselves irritated or frustrated by others, using these emotions as opportunities for introspection and understanding.

🌟 Takeaway: Next time you find yourself annoyed by someone else's actions or words, take a moment to ask what it might be revealing about your own feelings, beliefs, or insecurities. This approach can transform moments of irritation into opportunities for personal insight and growth.

Share this post to inspire others to embrace self-discovery through reflection. Let's turn our irritations into insights and grow a little more each day. 🌱

Fight, flight, freeze and shutdown are not labels.They are nervous system states.In teenagers, they can look like:Fight:...
24/01/2026

Fight, flight, freeze and shutdown are not labels.
They are nervous system states.

In teenagers, they can look like:
Fight: snapping, arguing, pushing back
Flight: leaving lessons, avoiding, constant movement
Freeze: going quiet, blanking, saying I dont know
Shutdown: sleeping, numbness, refusing, I cant

When we understand the state, we can respond with safety first.

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Regulation always comes before learning.When a young person feels unsafe, overwhelmed or dysregulated, the brain shifts ...
23/01/2026

Regulation always comes before learning.

When a young person feels unsafe, overwhelmed or dysregulated, the brain shifts into survival mode. At that point, behaviour is not a choice and learning is not accessible. What looks like disengagement, defiance or shutdown is often a nervous system doing its job.

This is why support works best when we focus on safety and regulation first. Once a young person feels calm enough and secure enough, thinking, reflection and learning can follow.

This principle sits at the heart of how we work at Wild Minds Pro, whether support is delivered from the farm, online or in the community.

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Mentoring • Alternative Provision • SupportWe are not here to fix everything, and we are not here to promise quick solut...
19/01/2026

Mentoring • Alternative Provision • Support

We are not here to fix everything, and we are not here to promise quick solutions. We are very honest about this at Wild Minds Pro.

Most young people we work with are carrying a lot. Anxiety, school stress, neurodivergence, trauma, loss, low confidence, exhaustion. None of that is resolved by one conversation or one intervention.

What we do instead is focus on the small, meaningful pieces.

Feeling safe with one consistent adult
Having a space where they are not judged or rushed
Learning how their nervous system works and why things feel so hard
Building trust slowly, at their pace
Practising regulation before expectations
Noticing strengths that have been buried under overwhelm

From a psychological perspective, change rarely happens in big leaps. The brain learns through repetition, safety and consistency. When stress responses settle, the thinking brain can come back online. That is when learning, reflection and growth become possible.

Each small piece on its own might not look like much. But over time, those pieces start to connect. Confidence builds. Avoidance reduces. Self understanding grows. The young person begins to feel more capable and less alone.

We are not here to do everything.
We are here to do the right things, steadily, with care.

And when those small pieces come together, they create something whole.

Get in touch: camilla@wildminds.pro
07403 015891

Online, Professional MentoringMuch of young people’s communication now happens online. For many, this feels safer and mo...
18/01/2026

Online, Professional Mentoring

Much of young people’s communication now happens online. For many, this feels safer and more manageable than face-to-face conversation, especially when anxiety, overwhelm or shutdown are present.

Wild Minds Pro offers online mentoring that provides a consistent, calm space to build rapport with a trusted practitioner, at a pace that feels achievable for the young person.

If your young person is stuck in fight, flight, freeze or shutdown, learning will feel impossible.

That’s why we start with regulation first.

We build safety.
We build trust.
We build steady routines.

Then we help young people re engage with learning, relationships and their future.

If you’re navigating school refusal, anxiety, ADHD, autism or trauma, you don’t have to do it alone.

Message the page or visit https://www.wildminds.pro to talk things through.

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