Accredited practitioner training and anxiety support
When anxiety shows up,
most people are
still guessing
what to do.
The STILL Method trains coaches, therapists, school staff and career changers to work with the nervous system, not against it. For anyone living with anxiety, our certified coaches work with children, teenagers and adults across the UK and online.
Anxiety is not a character flaw. It is a nervous system doing what it has been trained to do. What has been trained can be retrained.
Stuart Thompson, FounderPractitioner training
Sixteen accredited certifications. One framework running through all of them.
Every course is accredited by ACCPH and IPHM, taught live on Zoom by Stuart or available self-paced, and leads to a practitioner licence. No prior coaching qualification is needed to begin.
Most popular. Next cohort 14 November
Anxiety Coach Certification
The flagship programme. A complete trauma-informed framework for working with anxious children, teenagers and adults across four live days.
From £1,250
Seven cohorts open
ADHD Coaching Certification
A neurodivergent-affirming approach built around how the ADHD nervous system works, with two licensed client programmes to deliver.
£895
Next cohort 2 February
Pain Coach Certification
Support people living with chronic pain using mind-body tools, emotional regulation and a structured coaching framework.
£895
RSHE statutory since September 2026
Child Grief Coach Training
Three days on supporting children and young people through grief. Child psychology, attachment, ACEs and bereavement support in schools.
£595
Next cohort 31 October
Grief Coach Training
Support adults through bereavement and loss with a trauma-informed framework. Includes a six-week group programme ready to deliver.
£395
Next cohort 19 November
Therapeutic Art Practitioner
Creative practice as a regulation tool for anxious minds. Includes social stories through art. No art skills required.
£395
View all sixteen certifications, including Sleep, EBSA, Low Mood, Trauma and Emotional Regulation →
From practitioners
What coaches say after training with us
★★★★★
The STILL Method changed my own life first, then gave me the confidence to help others.
Juliet
STILL Coach
★★★★★
I have done lots of courses with Stuart and STILL now and I loved every one. Stuart has a talent for explaining things in a way that really makes them click in my mind. My clients love the STILL Method.
N. Kapoor
Multi-Course Graduate
★★★★★
When I became a STILL Method coach, not only was I helping the children and adults I was working with, I noticed that my training had had a profound effect on myself too. I have become a more confident and happier person.
Karen Burgess
STILL Method Coach
★★★★★
That day changed my life. I overcame my own anxiety, supported pupils, then left teaching and launched my own coaching business.
Amanda
Vici Coaching, teacher to coach
Read all reviews from coaches, parents, children and teachers →
Who built this
25 years working with anxiety. One method, taught the same way to everyone.
Stuart Thompson spent more than two decades as a social worker and therapist watching the same pattern repeat. Parents exhausted. Schools trying their best. Children and adults who had done every programme going but still did not know what to do when the fear hit.
The STILL Method came out of that. A clear, teachable framework that treats anxiety as a nervous system response rather than a character flaw, and gives people something to do in the moment fear shows up. Stuart still teaches every live cohort himself.
100+
coaches trained
worldwide
16
accredited
certifications
2,000+
children and adults
supported in 2025
The framework
A method. Not a wish.
When anxiety takes over, most people are told to stay calm, breathe, think positive, wait it out. That is not a method. It is a wish. The STILL Method is a repeatable five-step framework that gives children, adults and the people who support them a way to respond to anxiety in the moment it appears.
Stop
Interrupt the pattern of panic, rage or shutdown with short, simple tools.
Talk
Create safe conversation about fear, without dismissing or minimising it.
Imagine
Help people picture life beyond anxiety, and believe it is possible.
Listen
Understand what the body is saying and why, turning symptoms into signals.
Learn
Build new habits that hold. Small experiments that become lasting change.
"A nervous system that has learned fear can learn safety. The five steps are how."
The STILL Method, core principle
The same five steps run through every certification, from anxiety and grief to ADHD, pain and sleep. Learn the framework once, then apply it wherever your work takes you. Used by coaches, teachers, therapists and parents across the UK and internationally.
How the method works →Who trains with us
No psychology degree required. Live teaching, supervised practice and assessment are.
About half the people who train with us arrive from outside coaching and therapy. Every certification includes live demonstration, practice with feedback and an assessment before you work with clients under the STILL name.
Schools and care settings
The STILL Model for whole-organisation change
The STILL Model is a distinct framework for schools, residential homes and children's care settings. It gives staff a consistent, trauma-informed language and approach to anxiety that works in real life, not just in training rooms.
- A shared language for emotional regulation across the whole setting
- Trauma-informed, neurodivergent-aware practice throughout
- Practical tools for staff, SENCOs and keyworkers
- Supports Ofsted evidence for wellbeing provision
- Meets the RSHE grief education requirements, statutory since September 2026
- Invoice and purchase order terms available for schools and trusts
"There is a tangible difference in the children who have taken part in the STILL Method sessions. There seems to be an inner calmness. They are less worried and do not get as phased by changes to their routine. It has given them the strength to deal with their perceived adversities."
Teacher, on educational impactAnxiety support
Living with anxiety? We can help with that too.
Certified STILL coaches offer direct coaching for anxious children, teenagers and adults across the UK and online. Sessions are practical, creative and built around real life, not theory.
Whether you are a parent trying to help, a teenager stuck in overthinking, or an adult who has tried everything else, there is a coach in the directory who works with exactly that.
★★★★★
It has provided my son with the tools he needs to self-regulate in times of angst. His ability to manage complex situations and tricky feelings has made a world of difference to his little life.
Parent
Family impact
★★★★★
Happy. Insanely mad in a joyful way.
A child
Asked how the STILL programme made them feel
Not sure where to start?
Join the free online workshop. A practical introduction to The STILL Method, how it works, which certification fits your situation, and whether training is right for you. No pressure. No sales pitch.
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