Aleksandra Horwood
About the Wellbeing Academy
The Wellbeing Academy is a specialist consultancy and training provider focused on trauma-informed mental health, resilience, and healthy ageing. We support organisations, schools, and health providers to design and implement pragmatic, evidence-informed wellbeing strategies that improve outcomes for both people and performance.
Drawing on more than 30 years of clinical and field experience, the Academy delivers structured programmes that integrate applied neuroscience, somatic practice, and positive psychology.
Our work encompasses strategic advisory services, workshops, and retreat-style interventions, with a proven track record of impact across corporate environments, educational institutions, and specialised populations, including cancer and stroke survivors, as well as older adults.
Corporate and Consultancy Services
What We Do
The Wellbeing Academy partners with organisations to embed trauma-informed, sustainable wellbeing into everyday operations and culture. We design programmes that reduce stress-related risk, improve psychological safety, and strengthen resilience and performance in complex, high-pressure environments.
Core Service Areas
• Trauma-Informed Workplace Strategy — Advisory support to align wellbeing, HR, safeguarding, and leadership practices with trauma-aware principles and current best practice.
• Leadership and Manager Training — Practical training for leaders and managers on stress, trauma, and nervous-system aware communication, focusing on performance, retention, and psychological safety.
• Resilience and Mental Health Programmes — Modular programmes that combine education, somatic tools, and self-management strategies to address stress, burnout risk, and long-term mental health.
• Specialist Populations — Tailored interventions for older adults, stroke and cancer survivors, and other high-risk groups, linking functional health, independence, and quality of life. •
Executive and Team Retreats — Intensive off-site programmes for senior teams and key talent, combining strategic reflection with structured wellbeing, nervous-system regulation, and performance work.
How We Work
All programmes begin with a comprehensive needs assessment and are co-designed with internal stakeholders to ensure alignment with organisational objectives, risk profile, and culture. Interventions can
be delivered on-site, online, or through hybrid models, with clear metrics and feedback loops to track engagement and impact over time.
Our approach is collaborative, evidence-based, and designed for sustainability. We work alongside your teams to build internal capacity, ensuring that wellbeing practices are embedded into leadership behaviours, team dynamics, and organisational systems for lasting change.
Aleksandra Horwood
Mental Health & Wellbeing Strategist | Traumatic Stress Specialist | Strategic Advisor
Aleksandra Horwood is a distinguished strategist and consultant with over 30 years of experience elevating collective excellence across Europe and North America. As the founder of the Wellbeing Academy, she designs evidence-informed, trauma-aware frameworks that fortify resilience and sustainable success within demanding corporate sectors, academic institutions, and specialized healthcare environments.
Strategic Vision & Clinical Depth
Aleksandra’s practice occupies the vital intersection of applied neuroscience, behavioral psychology, and high-stakes culture. Her methodology merges senior-level clinical mastery with a pragmatic, results-driven consultancy style. She translates complex neuroscientific research into scalable solutions that drive measurable improvements in institutional health.
Her academic foundation in Journalism is complemented by advanced executive education from the world’s leading institutions, including:
Stanford University School of Medicine
Yale School of Public Health
King’s College London
Cultivating Resilience in High-Pressure Environments
Throughout her career, Aleksandra has partnered with C-suite executives and elite teams to mitigate burnout and embed psychological safety into the fabric of leadership. By integrating nervous-system regulation with trauma-informed behavioral change, she helps sectors—ranging from finance and technology to healthcare—achieve long-term stability and talent retention.
Specialized Impact & Innovation
Her expertise extends to high-sensitivity populations, including stroke and cancer survivors, where she applies a rigorous, outcomes-focused approach to functional independence. This work led to the creation of Happy Stance Yoga Therapy, a specialized therapeutic model now utilized across diverse professional and clinical contexts.
Thought Leadership & Systems Change
Beyond her direct advisory work, Aleksandra is a prominent voice on safeguarding and the neuroscience of elite achievement. She guides boards and HR leaders in weaving trauma-aware principles into the core of their operational DNA. Whether navigating the complexities of a global corporation or a community youth program, Aleksandra is defined by her ability to resolve intricate systemic challenges and deliver lasting transformation in high-stakes environments.
“It has been my pleasure to work with Aleksandra on numerous occasions in a variety of settings and to be able to recommend her wholeheartedly. Aleksandra has excellent people skills - warm, compassionate, attentive and responsive, she demonstrates the benefits of being an accomplished practitioner of yoga, mindfulness and meditation.”
DR. IAN GAWLER