lauragreenwood_therapy

20/11/2025

I am delighted to introduce our newest member of our squad and another Dad to balance out the energies in our team of parents supporting parents and families…Krishan!

I personally meet and vet all our psychotherapists and professionals and genuinely, Krishan’s smile, energy and authenticity lit up that virtual meeting room…I knew very quickly he was one of us 🤩 💫

Krishan is a BABCP-accredited Cognitive Behavioural Therapist and dad of two, with over ten years’ experience working in primary care mental health.

Since becoming a dad in 2021, Krishan has developed a particular interest in supporting expectant and new fathers. From navigating pregnancy and birth, bringing your newborn home, to managing sleepless nights, feeding challenges, or toddler tantrums — fatherhood can be confusing, emotional and overwhelming. Krishan is passionate about providing a safe, non-judgmental space where dads can talk openly and feel supported through these transitions.

Alongside this, Krishan has extensive experience supporting individuals with a range of common mental health difficulties, including depression, anxiety disorders, stress, burnout and low self-esteem. His therapeutic style is professional, compassionate and down-to-earth, helping clients feel understood and empowered to make meaningful changes.

Outside of work, Krishan enjoys playing and watching football, relaxing at the pub with friends, catching a good comedy show, and spending quality time with his family.

Please join me in welcoming Krishan to team LGT 🤗 ❤️ 👋

Laura G x

20/11/2025

This is a great initiative and support for Dads who have lost ♥️ Sands - baby loss charity

⚽️ WEST YORKSHIRE: We need your help to find bereaved Dads. 👋

We are Sands United FC West Yorkshire. We use football to bring together men who are grieving the loss of a baby.

Statistically, there are men in this group right now who are struggling in silence because they think they have to be "strong." We want them to know we are here.

We provide a safe space to play football, get fit, and find a brotherhood of men who understand.

❌ You do NOT need to be good at football. Most of us hadn't played in years before joining. It’s about the support, not your ability or the score.

👇 HOW YOU CAN HELP If you know a Dad, Brother, Uncle, or Grandad who might benefit from this, please share this post or send it to them privately.

📍 Where: We play at venues in Leeds, Huddersfield and other locations in West Yorkshire

⏰ When: Wednesdays around 8pm

Message the page for details. We are a friendly bunch.

Thank you all for your support! ❤️

19/11/2025

💬 What challenges do fathers face when becoming parents?

Many fathers experience the same emotional and psychological challenges mothers do, including:

✨ Wanting to be both present and a provider, and feeling like they’re falling short…failing even!

😔 Guilt, self-doubt, anxiety and overwhelm
🔥 Moments of rage
💭 Feeling undervalued or unseen
❤️ Big shifts in their relationship
🔄 Changing priorities
👶 Old childhood wounds resurfacing

Today’s fathers want to be hands-on, emotionally connected and multifaceted humans, but many didn’t grow up with role models who showed them how.

We’re a generation of cycle-breakers, redefining what parenthood looks and feels like.

But doing this while navigating outdated systems can feel confusing, lonely and exhausting.

Fathers notice the gaps from their own childhoods.

They want to do things differently, yet changing deep patterns is hard. And when they struggle, they can be incredibly hard on themselves.

👥 It’s time to recognise and support fathers in this transition as much as mothers.

They’re redefining parenthood, too, and we at Laura Greenwood Therapy are here to support them. ❤️

So if you are a dad who needs support to navigate the multitude of challenges that parenthood and life brings for you. Know you do not need to struggle through it alone.

Get in touch here for support - https://lauragreenwoodtherapy.com/work-with-me/

Laura x

18/11/2025

✨ REMINDER — We’re LIVE Tomorrow!

“Parental mental health during children’s formative years is a significant predictor of life course distress.” - Kamis, 2020

Every time I read this, it stops me in my tracks.

It’s a powerful reminder that supporting the adults who care for children isn’t a luxury; it’s a legacy.

When we nurture parents, carers and educators, we shape not only one child’s life… but the wellbeing of our future society. 🌱
Today’s children will become tomorrow’s teachers, healthcare providers, leaders, neighbours and friends.

So tomorrow, we gather to explore how we can better support the supporters, strengthening the foundations our children grow from, and the communities they eventually help shape.

🕊️ Let’s nurture the nurturers, parents and educators, because when adults heal, children flourish.

📅 LIVE Tomorrow
🕒 Time: 430pm GMT
💬 A conversation with Learning Pioneers, Becky Carlzon
🔗 Sign up here https://www.learningpioneers.co/on-the-same-team

We cannot wait to share this space with you and begin this powerful conversation about how we can grow with our children.

Laura x

15/11/2025

I used to wonder if the sort of friendships, relationships, and connections I craved actually existed.

Then I found them and I genuinely started to believe in magic 🪄 💫

A wise woman I admire often says, “If your brain can think it, it is possible”, and “you are never given a dream that you are not capable of achieving.”

For me, faith is a combination of believing in something that you have absolutely zero evidence of its existence, and enough evidence around you to believe in that faith.

Paradoxical right?

But I believe faith is not blind.

Yes, the definition of faith means believing in something even though you have no certainty it is true…but there is something in you that truly believes it.

I believe this faith does not come from blind belief…because I know where my faith comes from.

It comes from daring to believe in something despite a lack of evidence, but believing it anyway because it felt good to believe in it…to then see physical evidence in my reality that maybe there was some truth in what you believe, you can achieve.

This is not ‘think it and it happens’ BS…this is think it, dream in, believe in the idea that is possibly for you, embody it, act as if it is and can be true for you, and start to take steps in the direction of that reality, and see that reality come to fruition.

Genuinely, I believe in magic. But I believe I create my own magic. We all can. It is available to all of us. If we dare to dream, and oh, doesn’t it feel good to dream.

Picture of me, with my ethereal spiritual friend, Becky Carlzon, who genuinely strengthens my belief in magic. Wow, am I grateful for the incredible people that I get to do life with every single day. 💫

Laura x

14/11/2025

I remember those early days of motherhood…

When the world told me to “soak it all up”, but all I wanted was sleep.

When the conversations were all about my baby, and what I craved was something deeper.

When it felt like I became invisible, the woman behind this new role of a mother no longer seen.

When I felt so lost, like I had no idea who I was anymore.

When I didn’t fall in love with motherhood, and I thought this was evidence, I was never meant to be a mother.

When I felt so much grief over the loss of my life before motherhood, and the freedom it gave me.

When I felt palpable rage and resentment towards my husband, at how his life appeared not to have changed, yet mine felt unrecognisable.

When I smiled on the outside but felt so incredibly lonely on the inside.

This...I now know, is the experience of so many.

There are so many things I planned and prepared for in motherhood...yet nothing could have prepared me for the reality.

Too many mums wait until they’re at breaking point before reaching out for help, but you don’t have to.

💛 Early support can change everything.

💛 Feeling safe to honestly share your reality, can transform your experience.

💛 Knowing, you are not alone, can externalise an experience that feels like a failure on your part.

Genuine support can help you make sense of all of it.

The rage, resentment, sense of self, anxiety, loneliness, grief, anxiety, guilt...and gently guide you back to you.

You do not need to do any of this alone.

Follow for honest conversations, evidence-based guidance, and support through every stage of motherhood.

I assure you, you are doing better than you think, mama 🤍

Laura x

13/11/2025

Motherhood is beautiful AND overwhelming!

Learning to hold both truths is part of embracing the mum you are, not the one you think you should be.

The reality? Motherhood is hard. Period.

But too often, mums wait until they’re at breaking point before reaching out for help.

Getting support early matters. It can ease the challenges you’re feeling now and prevent them from growing into something bigger later on.

🤍 If you’re struggling with sleep, worry, guilt, rage, low mood, anxiety, feeling like you’ve “lost yourself,” or any other emotional turmoil in motherhood, please know you don’t have to go through this alone.

Reaching out early is a rebellious act of self-love when everything around you is saying 'crack on'....and the first step towards feeling more like YOU again.

💛 Follow me for honest conversations, evidence-based guidance, and support through every stage of motherhood.

Laura x

11/11/2025

As a parent, do you feel you’ve got a good relationship with your child’s teacher?

As a parent to a school-aged child, a therapist to parents with school-aged children AND a therapist also to educators…I know from so many different directions, and on so many different levels, the importance of both FEELING and BEING on the same ‘team’ when it comes to the children we love and have influence over.

I don’t believe we are getting it right.

I don’t believe it is any one person’s fault.

I believe we can do better.

I believe it matters.

For us. For our children. For our systems in society, including the educational one.

In the words of the great Maya Angelou, “Do the best you can until you know better. Then when you know better, do better.”

So please, my darlings, your quantitative and, if you would be so kind, qualitative feedback matters to me. Complete the poll. Publicly below or privately via DM, explain your vote.

We cannot change broken systems and improve our ‘team’ if we do not know what is going wrong.

Thank you, my loves. You help me, help you, help ALL, more than you could ever know.

Laura x

10/11/2025

🎓 It has been on my agenda to bring my work into education for some time...and all good ideas need time to percolate and consider how this may come about. I literally could not think of a better way of getting started than by teaming up with one of my life favourites, Becky Carlzon 😍

💫 True story...Becky and I met a year ago exactly, at a retreat we attended for our own personal benefit. I heard her talk about her dream of bringing spirituality into education. I knew from that moment, she was someone I wanted in my life...and 1 year on, here we are 😁

❤️ I have learnt so much about collaborations and relationships over my time in business and in life. Not all are created equal. I realise one thing I value so much in all of mine, is consistency and congruence. I always say, 'show me who you are', don't tell me. We can only see this over a period of time. Here, we get to see if someone lives by their word and integrity. Here, we get to see consistent patterns of how they show up. For themselves, for their business, for their mission, for you. Becky, is someone that has all of this and I value her so much for it.

Believe me, if you have loved my random musings here, you are going to LOVE my conversation with Becky.

Sign up here - https://www.learningpioneers.co/on-the-same-team

Laura x

08/11/2025

I’m genuinely ecstatic to share some exciting news with you! 🎉

After sharing my wisdom with their community this year and seeing the value this brings, I’ve been invited to join the Editorial Board of Patient.info, one of the UK’s most trusted sources of health information, used by both healthcare professionals and the people.

This opportunity means so much to me, not just professionally but personally too. 💚

I’ve always been passionate about making evidence-based mental health support and knowledge accessible to all. It’s the reason I became a psychotherapist. And it’s the reason I continue to share many FREE resources, offer compassionate therapy, and advocate for what and who truly matters to me and many, especially in a world where we’re all navigating so much change, challenge and uncertainty.

Being part of the Editorial Board as a mental health expert means I’ll be contributing to the direction and content especially when it comes to topics related to therapy, emotional wellbeing, trauma, parental mental health, and more.

I’ll be able to:

Offer my voice on the issues that truly matter to my clients and the wider community.

Help shape clear, supportive resources that people can trust. ✅

I’ll also be a go-to contact when Patient.info is asked by national media for expert insight; something I’m excited (and a little nervous!) about. 😅

But most importantly, it’s another way I can champion your stories, your challenges, and your growth, with integrity and empathy.

We’re living in a time where there is so much noise out there when it comes to information. It is hard to know what and who to trust. So, it is vital, people know where to go to access, evidence-based, reputable mental health information.

Honestly, I often tell my family, friends, and team that I pinch myself routinely. That so many beautiful opportunities come my way. To share my wisdom. To do what I love. Everyday. I am genuinely so grateful for my life and all the beautiful people past, present and future that are part of it. Thank you, to all of you, for being a part of it too💛

Laura x