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Self-esteem
increased
Emotional management
increased
Negative emotions
decreased

The Think Different: Abuse Prevention and Support Course aims to prevent violence by addressing the root causes of abusive behaviour. The course has been proven to profoundly enhances self-esteem, effective emotional management, and foster a sense of safety.
The ultimate mission is to significantly reduce abuse through engaging educational sessions that equip students with the necessary tools to reduce abusive behaviour, alleviate stress, enhance emotional regulation, improve mental well-being, and nurture vital developmental skills.
Think Different is comprised of 8 modules, each with x3 lessons. The course can be delivered on a weekly basis or consolidated into immersive day courses.
Course modules:
1. Empowered Self-Worth: increasing innate power and self-worth
2. Psychology of Self-Development: how beliefs and experiences drive behaviour
3. Conflict management: conflict resolutions and understanding
4. Gender equality: Breaks down misogyny, stereotypes, and power imbalance
5. Healthy relationships: values, respect, consent, and emotional safety
6. Trauma and abuse: Recognises harm, what to do, and how to get support
7. Emotional management: how emotions are processed and control techniques
8. Future potentials: builds direction, self-belief, and forward momentum


To ensure comprehensive well-being, wellness techniques such as meditation and yoga are incorporated into each lesson, promoting optimal mental and physical health. In addition, participants are taught valuable tools like breath control and immediate calming techniques to enhance their skill set for maintaining a healthy lifestyle.
Through the Think Different course, individuals gain an understanding of their emotions and behaviours while acquiring transformative techniques for managing and enhancing them. We educate preventatively on abuse and trauma, and delve into inherent power, self-worth, and self-esteem, allowing students to build a solid foundation for personal growth and future aspirations.
Think Different in South Africa
The Think Different: Abuse Prevention and Support course was first delivered at The Khaya Centre, Soweto, in 2022.
The programme is now delivered weekly across two community centres, reaching over 1,600 children and young adults on an ongoing basis. This scale of delivery demonstrates both the adaptability of the programme and the clear demand for preventative, trauma-informed education in community settings.
Impact is measured using comprehensive psychological evaluations. Results show increased self-esteem, improved emotional regulation, and a clear reduction in abusive and aggressive behaviours. Participants consistently report feeling safer, more positive, and better equipped to manage difficult emotions, alongside stronger peer connection across genders and a reduction in harmful thoughts and behaviours.
The impact extends well beyond the classroom. Children regularly share what they have learned with peers outside the sessions, generating strong interest and engagement from others who want to take part. A particularly powerful example was children adapting the “I can do it!” song taught during sessions to encourage their friends, changing the words to “You can do it!” — a clear sign of internalised learning and peer-to-peer impact.
Caregivers also report meaningful change. Many have shared improvements in connection with colleagues, increased emotional awareness, and the use of breathing, mindfulness, and regulation techniques within their own families.
Our mission is to prevent harmful behaviours, strengthen emotional resilience, and empower young people before harm becomes normalised. We are actively seeking partners and sponsors who share this vision. If you would like to support or collaborate, please reach out.
Partnership
We are seeking support to run the Think Different Course to train caregivers and educators of young children across South Africa and the UK to deliver the course directly themselves to the children they serve and support.
We will be delivering the following projects:
Break the cycle
and prevent abuse
Think Different is based in Liverpool and London, working internationally.
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Founded by The Mindful Foundation registered charity number 1209439