Your Mental Wellbeing Starts Here

It’s good to talk but coping with life starts in the nervous system.

A Bottom-Up Approach to Mental Health & Wellbeing

A Community-First Revolution in Mental Wellbeing

The Mental Wellbeing Club is a local, community-based space hosted by a Mental Wellbeing Practitioner and Certified Trauma Informed Coach where people can meet in a safe space to come to land, learn practical tools and reconnect, without diagnosis, pressure or judgment.

The Club has been created in response to overstretched systems and growing levels of stress, anxiety and disconnection. This safe space offers grounded, trauma informed support that works with the nervous system, not against it.

The Mental Wellbeing Club is not just a place to talk although talking is welcome here.

It is a trauma informed, nervous-system-led space, facilitated by certified professionals, where people are supported to understand themselves and build capacity to cope with life as it is.

Many spaces focus on:

“It’s okay to talk.”

The Mental Wellbeing Club also focuses on:

“It’s okay to feel and here’s how to work with what you feel.”

This is not group therapy or crisis care. It is preventative, human-centred mental wellbeing support rooted in safety, education and connection.

Why The Mental Wellbeing Club
Matters to Our Communities

The Mental Wellbeing Club matters because many people are not broken or unwell, they are overwhelmed, unsupported and navigating life in survival mode.

In communities where mental health services are overstretched and connection is fading, these clubs offer something essential which is a safe, non-clinical space to land, regulate and reconnect. By working with the nervous system first, The Mental Wellbeing Club provides practical, preventative support that helps people cope with everyday life before a crisis hits.

This is not about fixing people, it’s about restoring safety, building capacity and strengthening communities through human connection, consistency and care.

“The Mental Wellbeing Club is a worldwide network of safe, consistent, community-based spaces that offer bottom-up, trauma informed mental wellbeing support”

- Caroline Strawson

Founder & CEO of The Mental Wellbeing Company

Our Vision for The Mental Wellbeing Club

Our vision for The Mental Wellbeing Club is to create a network of safe, consistent, community-based
spaces offering bottom-up, trauma informed mental wellbeing support.

The Mental Wellbeing Club is run by a Mental Wellbeing Practitioner and a Certified Trauma Informed Coach
under The Mental Wellbeing Company brand, providing regular sessions where people can:

Feel safe enough to pause, land and breathe.

Understand their nervous system and emotional responses.

Learn practical tools to cope with everyday life.

Reconnect with themselves and others.

The heart of this vision is simple but powerful.

People leave knowing: “I understand myself better and I have ways to cope.”

Our aim is also a response to the reality that many people face in everyday life.

As a result of our systems being overstretched, we are seeing that too many individuals are not ‘ill enough’ for services, yet are struggling daily with stress, anxiety, overwhelm or emotional shutdown. The Mental Wellbeing Club exists to bridge that gap.

The Mental Wellbeing Club does not replace existing services, it relieves pressure by providing:

Early, accessible support

Practical tools people can use daily

A place to regulate rather than escalate

Our aim is to move people from poor mental health to positive mental wellbeing through accessible, grounded nervous system support.

What Happens During the Sessions

Each 2-hour session is hosted by a Mental Wellbeing Practitioner and Certified Trauma Informed Coach and follows a trauma informed A‑B‑C flow, designed to build safety, capacity, and connection.

A -

Arrive & Settle

Time to land and arrive in a safe space.

Gentle settling and optional guided grounding
No pressure to talk or share
Support for the nervous system to move out of survival mode

B -

Build Capacity

Practical, accessible nervous system education.

Led by a Mental Wellbeing Practitioner and Certified Trauma Informed Coach, this section includes:

Simple explanations of how the nervous system responds to stress
Worksheets and practical tools
Techniques to regulate rather than suppress
Capacity‑building for real‑life challenges

C -

Connect, Chat & Integrate

Safe, relaxed human connection

Space to chat, reflect or sit quietly with others
No expectation to share personal stories
Conversations held within clear, trauma informed boundaries

Each session is themed and intentionally designed to:

Create a space to regulate rather than escalate.
Build nervous system capacity for everyday challenges.
Reduce shame around stress, anxiety and emotional responses.
Offer support before crisis, burnout or breakdown.
This is not group therapy, it is a supported, human connection that helps people feel less alone.
Offering a welcoming, non‑clinical environment
Setting clear boundaries and professional facilitation by a Mental Wellbeing Practitioner and Certified Trauma Informed Coach.
No pressure to talk or share
Offering practical tools you can use immediately.
Creating a consistent safe space you can return to

“This is bottom‑up support, focused on understanding and working with the body,

not willpower or positive thinking”.

- Caroline Strawson

Founder & CEO of The Mental Wellbeing Company

Meet Your

Certified Mental Wellbeing Practitioner & Trauma Informed Coach

Hello, I’m Caroline Hargreaves.... Your Mental Wellbeing Practitioner and Somatic Trauma Informed Coach, bringing The Mental Wellbeing Clubs to The Fylde Coast.

I’m Blackpool born and bred - This is home, I’ve grown up here, raised my children here and I’ve used many of the services in Blackpool myself at different points in my life. So this work really matters to me and my lived experience is a big part of why I do what I do.

I work with people and organisations across the globe, offering coaching, workshops and trauma informed education. I’m passionate about bringing this knowledge into communities in ways that are practical, accessible and grounded in real life.

I’m proud to Partner with The Mental Wellbeing Company and I’m genuinely excited to bring the Mental Wellbeing Clubs to the Fylde Coast to support our local community.

Join a club near you now...you'll find details of the clubs that are currently running below, if there isn't one you can attend please join the waitlist to be notified when I launch other clubs.

I look forward to welcoming you into our community.

Join the Waitlist for a Club Near You

Ready to join us at
The Mental Wellbeing Club?

You can join Caroline at your local Mental Wellbeing Club on the Fylde Coast

Booking is required

There is the option to pay as you go per session - £12 per session

You can also pay in full for the 12 sessions and save £££

Caroline is currently running two clubs on The Fylde Coast....

Counselling in the Community - Waterloo Hub

Fortnightly on a Wednesday

6.00pm - 8.00pm

Starting October 7th 2026

This is a General Wellbeing Club for all to attend.

Attendees must be over 18.

Session 1 - 7th October 2026

Session 2 - 21st October 2026

Session.3 - 4th November 2026

Session 4 - 18th November 2026

Session 5 - 2nd December 2026

Session 6 - 16th December 2026

Break for Christmas

Session 7 - 13th January 2027

Session 8 - 27th January 2027

Session 9 - 10th February 2027

Session 10 - 25th February 2027

Session 11 - 10th March 2027

Session 12 - 17th March 2027

Thrive After Trauma & Abuse - FY2

Weekly on a Thursday

10.00am - 12.00noon

Starting November 5th 2026

This is a Domestic Abuse & Coercive Control Club for women who have experienced domestic abuse & coercive control - the venue will be shared after booking, it is in the FY2 area.

Attendees must be over 18.

Session 1 - 5th November 2026

Session 2 - 12th November 2026

Session.3 - 19th November 2026

Session 4 - 26th November 2026

Session 5 - 3rd December 2026

Session 6 - 10th December 2026

Session 7 - 17th December 2026

Break for Christmas

Session 8 - 7th January 2027

Session 9 - 14th January 2027

Session 10 - 21st January 2027