Holistic Transformative Therapy

Holistic Transformative Therapy Psychotherapy and hypnotherapy services. Online and in central Leeds. Heal, transform and elevate!

Working with me.
14/04/2026

Working with me.

You didn't become the strong one because you wanted to.You became her because, at some point,it felt safer to hold every...
12/04/2026

You didn't become the strong one because you wanted to.

You became her because, at some point,
it felt safer to hold everything together
than to fall apart and not be met.

And now…
you handle things.
You keep going.
People rely on you.

From the outside, it looks like strength.

But inside?

Rest feels unfamiliar.
Receiving feels uncomfortable.
And slowing down can feel… unsafe.

Because somewhere along the way, your system learned:

• needing is risky
• relying on others leads to disappointment
• being "low maintenance" keeps you connected

So you adapted.

Intelligently.
Powerfully.

But at a cost.

And maybe now…

you don't want to lose your strength.

You just don't want it to cost you your peace anymore.

✨🫀👩‍🦲🌷☁️🪷

This is the work I do with women every day.

Not taking your strength away…
but helping you feel safe enough to soften.

To receive.
To rest.
To be held, without losing yourself.

If this resonates, you're not alone.
And you don't have to do this by yourself anymore.

🤍 Download my Inner Child Healing Journal - link in bio.

📌 Save this for the days when you feel like you have to hold everything together.

Follow for more content to help you heal, regulate and come home to yourself.

The way you were treated when you were ill as a child might be why you struggle to receive help now.If your needs weren’...
27/03/2026

The way you were treated when you were ill as a child might be why you struggle to receive help now.

If your needs weren’t met…
you learned to meet them alone.

To minimise.
To cope.
To keep going.

But you don’t have to keep living like that.

You can learn to soften.
To receive.
To be supported.

You can become the safe place your younger self needed.












The way you were treated when you were ill as a child might be why you struggle to receive help now.If your needs weren’...
27/03/2026

The way you were treated when you were ill as a child might be why you struggle to receive help now.

If your needs weren’t met…
you learned to meet them alone.

To minimise.
To cope.
To keep going.

But you don’t have to keep living like that.

You can learn to soften.

To receive.
To be supported.

You can become the safe place your younger self needed. 🤍





eparenting

24/03/2026

Finding the right therapist can feel overwhelming.

So many options.
So many approaches.

But the most important question is often missed:
How do you actually feel with them?

Because therapy isn’t just about qualifications.
It’s about feeling safe, understood and able to be yourself.

You might not be able to explain it, but you will feel it.

And that matters.

💻 Not sure what to look for?
I’ve written a guide - link in bio.

Finding the right therapist isn't easy and you deserve to know what to look for.I've written a guide to finding therapy ...
23/03/2026

Finding the right therapist isn't easy and you deserve to know what to look for.

I've written a guide to finding therapy that covers everything most directories leave out:

— why the therapeutic relationship matters more than the modality
— what different approaches actually do (and which might suit you)
— the questions worth asking before you commit
— why it's okay to leave a therapist who isn't the right fit
— and how to know when you've found someone who genuinely gets it

Just honest, practical guidance for anyone who's ready to take this seriously.

🔗 https://www.holistictransformativetherapy.com/post/therapy-services-leeds


Signs you've got control-freak energy and it has nothing to do with being bossy. ✦ You redo things others do "wrong" ✦ D...
08/03/2026

Signs you've got control-freak energy and it has nothing to do with being bossy.

✦ You redo things others do "wrong"
✦ Delegating feels more exhausting than just doing it yourself
✦ You can't rest unless everything is handled
✦ You over-prepare for everything — 10 backup plans minimum
✦ Asking for help feels like weakness
✦ Uncertainty makes your body physically tense ✦ You're always scanning the room, managing everyone's moods
✦ You apologise for having needs

Sound familiar?

Here's what nobody tells you: This isn't a personality flaw. It's a survival strategy.

You learned that if you didn't hold it together, nobody would.

So your nervous system built a fortress. And now you're exhausted living inside it. The child who took control to feel safe… is still running the show.

You don't have to keep living like this. 👇

Reparenting The Strong One Within - my group programme for high-functioning women ready to feel safe enough to finally let go.

DM me STRENGTH for details. 🔗

You don't have to call yourself a control freak to recognise this feeling.The low hum of tension when someone does somet...
07/03/2026

You don't have to call yourself a control freak to recognise this feeling.

The low hum of tension when someone does something differently to how you'd do it.

The exhaustion of being the one who "keeps everything together."
The way your body tightens when plans change without warning.
The quiet resentment of always being the capable one, even when you're falling apart inside.

This isn't a personality flaw. It's not you being "difficult."

It's what happens when a younger version of you learned that staying in control was the only way to stay safe. When chaos, unpredictability or emotional unavailability taught your nervous system: *if I don't manage this, nobody will.*

And now - years later - that same nervous system is still working overtime. Still scanning. Still gripping. Still exhausted...

The good news? This can heal. Not by becoming someone who "just lets go" (that advice has never helped anyone). But by gently, slowly, reparenting the part of you that never got to feel held.

That's exactly what we do inside Reparenting The Strong One Within - my programme for high-functioning women who are ready to stop carrying everything alone.

There are two spaces left in our little, intimate group and applications close soon.

If something in this post landed for you - that's not a coincidence.

Drop a 🤍 below if this resonated or send me a DM and we can have a conversation about whether this is right for you.

You've been strong for so long. You're allowed to be held now.

07/03/2026

Control is rarely about power. More often it's about safety.

Healing is an interesting process.Sometimes it begins with hope - the quiet sense that maybe things could feel different...
06/03/2026

Healing is an interesting process.

Sometimes it begins with hope - the quiet sense that maybe things could feel different.

Then comes awareness.

You start noticing patterns you didn’t see before.

Then insight.

The moment when something suddenly makes sense and the pieces begin to connect.

And slowly, gently, that insight begins to turn into growth.

But healing is not just something that happens in the mind.

It also happens through embodiment - learning how to come back to yourself, to your feelings, to your needs.

It happens when you begin allowing love, care and nourishment into the places that once learned to survive without them.

Some days healing looks like big realisations.

Other days it looks like rest, softness and being a little kinder to yourself.

Both matter.

What does healing look like for you at the moment?

Save for later and follow for more life-changing content that will help you heal your inner child, regulate your nervous system and elevate your relationship with yourself!





Sometimes the hardest part isn’t that life is busy.It’s that your mind never truly switches off.You try to rest…but your...
01/03/2026

Sometimes the hardest part isn’t that life is busy.

It’s that your mind never truly switches off.

You try to rest…
but your brain is already planning, remembering, fixing, organising.

Tomorrow’s meeting.
Things waiting at home.
Something you said last Sunday.

From the outside you look calm, capable, reliable.

But inside your nervous system is still on duty.

Many of the women I work with are like this.

Thoughtful. Self-aware. Responsible.
The ones everyone relies on.

But being “the strong one” for years can be exhausting.

And at some point your body starts asking for something different: space, regulation, honesty, support.

That’s exactly why I created this 8-week beta programme.

A small, supportive space for women who want to:
✨ understand their patterns
✨ regulate their nervous system
✨ stop abandoning themselves
✨ experience deeper calm and real rest

We’re planning to begin at the end of March.

There are currently two spaces left in this beta round.

If this resonated with you, send me a DM with the word BETA 🦋

Save this for later and follow for more content on inner child healing, nervous system regulation and emotional healing.

You can understand your trauma and still feel braced.Insight isn’t the same as embodied safety.I’m opening a small 8-wee...
17/02/2026

You can understand your trauma and still feel braced.

Insight isn’t the same as embodied safety.

I’m opening a small 8-week live group for high-functioning women who are tired of carrying everything alone.

4–5 women only.
DM “STRENGTH” for details.

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31 Park Square West
Leeds City Centre
LS12PF

Opening Hours

Monday 9am - 8pm
Tuesday 9am - 8pm
Wednesday 9am - 8pm
Thursday 9am - 8pm
Friday 9am - 7pm
Saturday 10am - 5pm

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+447849580021

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