The Mind Psychologist Trust

A Future Aim

The Mind Psychologist Trust is a developing charitable vision with a clear long-term aim:

to improve access to psychological education and self-understanding for vulnerable young people, adult care leavers, and individuals who were young carers.

The Trust is founded on the belief that psychological literacy , understanding the mind, nervous system, emotions, and development , is essential for health, resilience, and life outcomes, yet is often least accessible to those who need it most.

Purpose

Many young people and adults who have experienced care, early responsibility, or sustained emotional load have not had consistent access to the conditions that support learning, regulation, and self-understanding. This is not always due to absence from education, but often because emotional stress, lack of support, or nervous system dysregulation limited their capacity to engage fully at the time.

The Mind Psychologist Trust aims to address this gap through educational, preventative, and psychologically informed support, rather than through diagnosis or therapy alone.

Our Mission - Phased Development.

Phase One: Free Psychological Education and Targeted Support

The initial phase focuses on widening access to robust, ethical psychological education.

This includes:

• freely available educational content shared through social and digital platforms, designed to increase awareness and understanding of mind health, emotional regulation, and nervous system functioning

• targeted 1:1 and group support, delivered using the Mind Psychologist Model, for individuals who apply to the Trust and meet eligibility criteria

Support in this phase would be prioritised for:

• young people navigating emotional and developmental challenges

• adult care leavers transitioning into independence

• individuals who were young carers, recognising the long-term impact of early responsibility

The emphasis is educational and developmental, supporting agency, resilience, and self-understanding.

Phase Two: Training and Workforce Education

A second phase of development aims to extend impact by training frontline professionals.

This includes psychologists, support workers, and practitioners working with vulnerable populations. Through workshops, mentoring, and structured resources , including the Mind Psychologist journal, professionals would be supported to deliver psychologically informed education about the self, development, and regulation to individuals and groups.

The focus is on building capacity within existing services, not replacing them.

How Philanthropic Support Would Be Used

Future philanthropic donations would support:

• delivery of free psychological education to vulnerable groups

• provision of targeted individual and group support

• training and education of frontline workers

• development of ethical, evidence-informed resources and materials

• creation of accessible educational content for wider dissemination

All activity would be guided by psychological ethics, safeguarding standards, and educational best practice.

Looking Ahead

The long-term aim of the Mind Psychologist Trust is to collaborate with education and care systems, including schools, virtual schools, social services, and related organisations, to embed psychological self-understanding more consistently into the lives of vulnerable young people and adults.

The vision is a future in which those who have experienced care, early responsibility, or adversity are better supported to understand their own minds, regulate stress, make informed choices, and adapt with confidence.

An Invitation

The Mind Psychologist Trust is a future-focused vision currently in development. Those with an interest in supporting, shaping, or contributing to this work are welcome to make contact.

thank you,

Tara Dakin

The Mind Psychologist

MBPsS · MSc · QTS

taradakinpsychologist@gmail.com