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Tuesday 10am - 6pm Wednesday 10am - 5pm Thursday 10am - 6pm Friday 10am - 5pm

Leonie Holmes Counselling, The Colchester Business Centre, 1 George Williams Way, Colchester (2025)

I work sensitively with adults struggling with childhood trauma, ADHD, and anxiety I work sensitively with adults struggling with childhood trauma, ADHD, and anxiety. You won't find me suited and booted with a notebook, but more likely a friendly smile, wearing trainers, and a cup of tea in hand. I came to therapy work through my own journey with trauma, ADHD, parenthood, and all the colourful events that life throws at you. I show up as me, hopefully someone you can relate to and feel comfortable with. I will never leave you lost, sitting in silence and feeling analysed. I have extensive experience working with adults coping with the challenges of ADHD in later life, and the anxiety and trauma that often go alongside. My ADHD clients described being nervous about fidgeting, rambling, and interpreting in sessions, sound familiar? I pride myself on being able to keep up with the fastest of talkers. You can swear and fidget to your heart's content, we can laugh and cry together, and hopefully work towards some real change. Shame dies when stories get told in safe places! My approach is integrative, and trauma-informed, which essentially means that I work from a toolbox of therapy techniques. This allows us to go at your pace and use the appropriate approaches for you and your unique personality. I am a warm, relatable person and my style of therapy is collaborative and gently challenging so I won’t just sit there in silence! There might even be a sprinkling of humour thrown in when appropriate. I remember what it was once like to be a client myself, so am aware of how nervous you might be. Above all I have a deep respect for you and your journey. If you think you would like therapy with me, then please send a text, email or give me a call. I understand committing to therapy takes courage, so I offer a free 15 min phone consultation in which you can give me a brief outline of why you would like counselling and ask any questions that you might have. Note: Accreditation "means that I have achieved a substantial level of training and experience approved by the BACP."

06/07/2025

The ‘Good Enough’ Parent: A Counsellor’s Perspective for Parents with ADHD and Trauma

The ‘Good Enough’ Parent: A Counsellor’s Perspective for Parents with ADHD and Trauma Parenting is hard. Parenting with ADHD and a history of trauma? That’s a whole different level of Intense. Many parents in this position carry a deep sense of guilt or inadequacy, constantly questioning whe...

20/06/2025

Have you previously had a bad experience with therapy?
Maybe it felt stuffy, you felt judged? Misunderstood? I wonder if you felt you couldn't swear, or talk about s*x, addiction issues or things you are ashamed about.
My practice is different because I'm different!
Perhaps not the typical counsellor.
I am down to earth, neurodiverse, and a Trauma survivor...and I also have a neurodiverse child.
I truly get it!
The feeling of being misunderstood,
the masking,
The not feeling good enough,
the emotional and physical burnout.
I hope that sitting in my relaxing room every week you can bring your true authentic self.
We can swear and fidget together! You can interrupt as much as you like.
You don't have to prepare for each session, I'll help when you feel awkward. I hope you'll feel connected, and grounded and have a sense of relief.

It's taken years for me to accept all the messy parts of myself, and I want that for you too.

www.leonieholmescounselling.co.uk
leonieholmescounselling@gmail.com

11/06/2025

10 ways to heal a relationship in crisis — When you both have a trauma history

https://leonieholmescounselling.co.uk/blog1/10-ways-to-heal-a-relationship-in-crisis-when-you-both-have-a-trauma-history

10 ways to heal a relationship in crisis — When you both have a trauma history When you are in a relationship with another person and you both have trauma and complex childhoods, things can get complicated. Unhealed trauma, addiction, and poor coping mechanisms can cause a lot of pain and conflict

03/06/2025

Often, people ask me why I became a therapist?

There is no simple answer, but I guess it wasn't just the traditional way.
I came to it the way a lot of people do — through my own pain.
I had just come out of a deeply traumatic narsisstic relationship, I was lost, broken, and life had little meaning. I was a little girl trapped in a woman's body. Years of trauma, addiction, and undiagnosed ADHD had taken its toll, and there I was on my knees, desperate for help.
I spent years of feeling shame, low self-esteem, and just kind of jumping from one disaster to the next.
it was time for therapy, and I was petrified.

I so deeply needed to be understood by the counsellor I chose, I needed her to see me and to validate me.
And thank goodness! she did all those things and more.
She was kind, gentle, funny, and she didn't sit in silence with a notepad.
I cried, I resisted, I raged, I grieved, I healed, and
Life began to transform slowly.

So much has happened since then, but now I sit on the other side. Remembering what it was like to be a client.

I feel I am someone who really sees their clients...
You can swear, you can cry, you can come and see me in your PJ's if you like.
I am not going to be shocked if you talk about things you're ashamed about...trust I've seen it all! life is messy and brutal, and there is definitely no judgment from me.
Whatever you bring, we will work through it together.
I am not going to be sitting in front of you in a suit. I will be fidgeting with a million drinks next to me, but I'll be 100% focused on you.
I will never leave you lost, sitting in silence and feeling analysed.
I love my job, and it's always an honour to walk side by side with my clients as they do the bravest thing...start to look inward and gain back some control.

If you have ADHD and are worried about interrupting, rambling, or fidgeting, you are in the right place! I can keep up with the fastest talker and thread those chains of conversation gems easily!
Are you desperate to process your childhood trauma and sick and tired of just surviving?

Are you continually anxious and erratic, falling into one toxic relationship after another? Why don't we have a chat?

https://leonieholmescounselling.co.uk/

leonieholmescounselling@gmail.com

Address

The Colchester Business Centre, 1 George Williams Way
Colchester
CO12JS

Opening Hours

Tuesday	10am - 6pm
Wednesday	10am - 5pm
Thursday	10am - 6pm
Friday	10am - 5pm

Website

http://leonieholmescounselling.co.uk/

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