The Wilderness Sanctuary
Specialist outdoor workshops dedicated to improving children's mental wellbeing and self esteem.
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The Wilderness Sanctuary
Experienced therapist working alongside the Minibeast team with bespoke workshops on anxiety and friendships/relationships
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Minibeasts are excited to be running Wilderness Therapy inspired workshops for children and young people, alongside highly experienced therapist, Chloe Caton.

Our Wilderness sanctuary sessions are carefully structured to ensure children and young people feel safe, comfortable and supported at all times. We are dedicated to provide professional support for children and young people that really need it.

What is The Wilderness Sanctuary?

The Wilderness Sanctuary is a safe space for children and young people to connect with nature, horses and access professional support. We provide a Wilderness therapy approach with mix of Forest Schooling, Holistic teaching, Equine Therapy and Counselling within a group setting. 

The Wilderness Sanctuary  can provide an encouraging and understanding exploration for self-discovery, by creating a peaceful, natural and grounding environment close to nature. 

The idea of our workshops is to learn how to manage emotions, build self esteem, confidence and ways of relating to self and others. 

What Wilderness therapy can help with?

The outcome of our workshops is to enable your child or young person to be able to look at themselves with awareness, it will encourage healthy decision making, start to grow confidence and self esteem and to establish their ways of relating to others, through friendships, siblings, parents and applying all they learn to their lives.

Chloe Caton

Chloe is a qualified therapist (MBACP) with many years in the NHS youth counselling service and private practice. Specialising in young people and their mental health, self esteem and ways of relating. She provides experiential group therapy to help learn, grow and establish who we are.

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Michelle Stokes

Owner of Minibeasts Woodland Explorers.

 I am a fully qualified childcare practitioner with over 15 years experience with children from nursery age to youth. I have worked along side children with a number of complex needs including Anxiety, Autism, ADHD and Bereavement.  I am passionate in providing  a space for children and young adults, to help them to gain confidence and  skills to become well rounded adults. 

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I recommend anyone with a son or daughter going through a hard spot to see Chloe. Thank you for bringing out the parts of my son we hadn't seen for a long time due to the bullying he was experiencing.
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This is such a great setting and my son really enjoys his weekly session. So many different activities to choose from, with different ones being added all the time. Well thought out and structured forest school, which all the children seem to love. Thank you Michelle!
Emily Boniface

Summer Kit List

  • Light waterproof jacket
  • Waterproof trousers
  • Long trousers (no skirts)
  • Sturdy waterproof shoes / wellies
  • Light long-sleeved top
  • Sun hat
  • Sun cream
  • Spare clothes
  • Water bottles and snacks
  • Medication

Winter Kit List

  • Warm waterproof jacket
  • Waterproof trousers
  • Long trousers (no skirts)
  • Sturdy waterproof shoes
  • Thick warm socks
  • Hat, gloves and scarf
  • Jumper
  • Spare clothes
  • Water bottles and snacks
  • Medication

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