Leonie Holmes

About me

Are you carrying a silent pain that you wish the people around you could understand?

Do you try so hard to stay positive, juggle everything and make sure the world around you thinks you’re coping ok. Is the reality actually, that you are trying so hard to fight back the tears and anxiety each day. But in fact, you feel alone and don’t want to burden anyone.

Do you see the same unhealthy relationship patterns unravel year upon year? Maybe you are trapped in addiction, self harm or self destructive behaviour. Do you look for any way to escape those painful feelings? Are you reactive and angry with your partner but baffled as to how the conflict starts?

Do you feel anxious, panicked, sad, exhausted, lonely and unable to concentrate at work? Would you like a safe space to explore these feelings? To look at how you’re past may be affecting your present? Are you just sick and tired of feeling so unhappy and long for a different journey? I would like to help you with this.

I listen, empathize and gently try to understand what it feels like to be you. I will help you to explore your issues but never push you to talk about things that you are not ready for. I can’t promise to fix you or instantly take away your pain, but I will help you to put the pieces of your jigsaw together and begin the path to healing and happiness.

My approach is integrative, 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 so I won’t just sit in silence. I will gently challenge and help you to explore your thoughts and feelings in a non judgmental safe way.

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.

Training, qualifications & experience

My training took place on a BACP Accredited Course through Life-Force Colchester.

I achieved a Level III Diploma In Integrative Counselling

I currently work on the team at Life-Force centre for counselling in which I counsel adults only. I also provide telephone and video counselling (please see my website)

I have experience working with childhood trauma, physical, emotional and sexual abuse, addictions, domestic abuse, suicidal thoughts, toxic relationships, birth and pregnancy issues, Depression and anxiety, sexual issues, PTSD and emotionally unstable personality disorder.