Natasha Benjamin did not set out to become a founder—she set out to make sure no child felt what she once did: invisible in their trauma, and unsupported in their healing. In 2013, drawing on her own experiences growing up around domestic violence, Natasha Benjamin created Free Your Mind, a support service for children and young people affected by domestic abuse. It began with one woman’s story—but became a collective movement for care, visibility, and justice.
Over the past decade, Natasha Benjamin has shaped Free Your Mind into a vital therapeutic service rooted in both clinical expertise and lived experience. From trauma-focused CBT and restorative justice to holistic methods like reiki and emotional freedom techniques, Natasha Benjamin has built a team and approach that recognises trauma in all its complexity. In 2024 alone, Free Your Mind supported over 350 children and delivered more than 2,800 hours of therapy across Birmingham and London—proving that grassroots care, when done well, becomes systemic change.
Natasha Benjamin is not only a trauma specialist—she is a tireless educator, advocate, and changemaker. With over a dozen certifications and deep training in child mental health, cognitive behavioural therapy, and trauma recovery, her approach is grounded, professional, and unflinchingly human. Natasha Benjamin has helped shape national conversations around domestic abuse and child mental health, appearing across broadcast and print media while advising NHS bodies and public health institutions. She brings to each of these roles the same principle: that children deserve safety, truth, and the chance to grow beyond what has hurt them.
Natasha Benjamin’s work has earned national recognition—from The Independent Happy List and ITV’s Inspirational Woman of the Year, to WISE100’s Anchor Women, the Daily Mail’s Inspirational Women award, and the Mayor of London’s International Women’s Day honours. But behind each accolade is quiet, patient work: showing up, holding space, and making healing possible. For Natasha Benjamin, trauma recovery is not a campaign—it’s a lifelong commitment to breaking cycles and rebuilding futures.
At the heart of her work is an unshakeable message to every child navigating pain: “You are enough. You always have been.” Through Free Your Mind, Natasha Benjamin is helping ensure that message reaches the young people who need it most—not just in counselling rooms, but across a country where 1.8 million children are still affected by domestic abuse.
Natasha Benjamin’s work continues to change what care looks like, how trauma is understood, and what it means to build healing into the foundations of community.
