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Meet the co-founders of Mind Garden

December 22, 2025
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Meet Ann-Marie James & Angela Atack; the co-founders of Mind Garden Therapy. 🌱

Established in 2010, Mind Garden began as a simple but ambitious idea:
to create a therapy centre designed specifically for the needs of counselling, psychotherapy and psychology professionals: a place where high-quality, ethical, evidence-based therapy could truly thrive.

Today, Mind Garden is home to over 30 qualified clinicians, offering around 500 sessions every month across a broad range of therapeutic approaches.

What makes Mind Garden unique?

✨ Led by experience – Ann-Marie and Angela bring over 40 years of combined clinical practice, ensuring that every decision centres the therapeutic needs of clients.
✨ Carefully vetted therapists – every clinician is fully qualified, registered with a professional body, and trained in the modalities they offer.
✨ A comprehensive therapy hub – from trauma-focused work, EMDR and neurodiversity-affirming therapy, to workshops in stress, breathwork, meditation and more.
✨ A calm, considered space – created by therapists, for therapists and the people they support.

This is the heart of Mind Garden; a connected community of practitioners committed to offering safe, grounded, client-centred care.

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All therapists at Mind Garden abide by their professional organisation’s code of ethics. Any complaints should be directed to the individual therapist and/or their relevant professional body. This might include the BACP (British Association for Counselling & Psychotherapy), UKCP (United Kingdom Council on Psychotherapy), BPS (British Psychological Society) or a similar organisation. Mind Garden Therapy assumes no responsibility for the individual practices of therapists using its facilities.

Please note that Mind Garden does not offer a crisis response service. If you are in crisis you should contact the West Berkshire Crisis Response Team on 0300 365 2000. Alternatively go to your nearest Accident & Emergency or call 999.

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