Helen Marshall Therapy

Helen Marshall Therapy Saying how you feel out loud makes it real. I’m here to make it feel less scary. Specialising in matrescene
NCPS accredited

Leeds & online

I didn’t have the language for what was happening to me when I became a mother.I’d spent most of my life finely tuned to...
09/06/2026

I didn’t have the language for what was happening to me when I became a mother.

I’d spent most of my life finely tuned to everyone around me, reading the room, managing the mood, making sure everyone was okay.

I thought that’s just who I was.

Once I understood ‘attunement’, I realised my nervous system had been in survival mode for years.

Becoming a mother had amplified that.

This is the first thing we talk about in the Emerging Mother Circle ⭕️

When you understand what your brain is actually doing, you realise there’s nothing wrong with you!

I want you to start understanding what’s happening to you.

The ‘becoming’ of you 🩷

Link in bio

It’s not always easy to say how you feel without the fear of judgment.As a new mum I didn’t always express my true feeli...
09/06/2026

It’s not always easy to say how you feel without the fear of judgment.

As a new mum I didn’t always express my true feelings, how could I NOT be enjoying every moment!

Then a few years down the line I learnt about Matrescence, and I had a much better understanding of myself.

The transition into motherhood, the ‘becoming’ 🫶🏼

Join my Emerging Mother Group, next one is scheduled for 29th June, pop to my bio and click the link 🩷

I didn’t put the Circle on a Monday by accident.By the time the weekend’s done, most of the mothers I work with are runn...
02/06/2026

I didn’t put the Circle on a Monday by accident.

By the time the weekend’s done, most of the mothers I work with are running on fumes not because they’ve done anything wrong, but because mothering in this culture asks for everything and gives back in fragments.

Mondays can either be the start of another week of giving, or the day you decide to take a bit of yourself back first.

That’s what the Circle is for.
Eight women. Babies and toddlers welcome.

A room to put it down and remember who’s underneath it.

Next one: Monday 29th June. Waitlist link in bio.

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26/05/2026

It was never about the cover.

That voice, the one that clocked the maxi-cosi covers and I decided I was the one falling short…. It didn’t arrive because I forgot a bit of plastic.

It was already there, waiting for something to pin itself to.

Matrescence hands you a new identity and a brutal narrator at the same time! And that narrator will take anything, a forgotten cover, a missed nap, a shop-brought purer and file it as proof you’re not enough.

You turned up. In the rain. With your baby. To do something good for them.

The cover was never the point.

The responses still continue to amaze me.The emotions we feel, the unexpected, the vulnerability to name the truth.This ...
22/05/2026

The responses still continue to amaze me.
The emotions we feel, the unexpected, the vulnerability to name the truth.

This beauty came from a wonderful therapist 🩷

Tell me yours in the comments or drop me a DM - Helen xx

The conversation I had with Carrie .pod dropped yesterday! We talk about ‘a fire in my belly’, reigniting and that’s the...
19/05/2026

The conversation I had with Carrie .pod dropped yesterday!

We talk about ‘a fire in my belly’, reigniting and that’s the truth! I named it and felt it.

We talked about losing yourself in becoming a mother. The pressure to perform ‘good mum’ while falling apart inside.

The 3 words I use to describe motherhood
• Power
• Nurture
• Acceptance

If you’ve ever felt like you don’t recognise yourself anymore, this one is for you.

Link in bio to listen, and if any of this gets you in the feels, my DMs are open, that’s where these conversations usually start.

The first time I read the word matrescence I cried at my kitchen table.Not because something was wrong with me. Because ...
12/05/2026

The first time I read the word matrescence I cried at my kitchen table.

Not because something was wrong with me.

Because finally, something had a name.

I’m a psychotherapeutic counsellor. I’ve trained in this. I’ve also lived it, twice. And the thing I want every mother to know is that the disorientation you’re feeling isn’t a personality flaw, a hormonal blip, or evidence you’re “not maternal enough.”

It’s the biggest psychological transformation of your adult life.

You haven’t lost the plot. You’re in matrescence.

Save this for the day you need it. Send it to a mum who needs to hear it.
Or just sit with it.
There’s no rush.

Sunday evening.Boys in bed.I don’t do this every week, but when I do, it sets me up.And I’m not calling it ‘self care’ I...
10/05/2026

Sunday evening.
Boys in bed.

I don’t do this every week, but when I do, it sets me up.

And I’m not calling it ‘self care’

I think we’ve labelled everything to death. Self care, mum guilt, filling your cup, slow living etc etc!
Every quiet moment a mother takes has to be package up and explained and justified.

It doesn’t.
Sometimes you just need to sit on the bed with a brew, a snack and the telly. You don’t have to call it anything. You don’t have to earn it.

What’s the thing you do that makes you feel like yourself again ? - but let’s not label it ‘self care’

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