Deep sound healing journeys and free musical play — to help you connect with yourself and express freely.
"Holly's voice is a portal to another realm."
Aida, workshop participant
Bespoke guided meditative journeys through your inner landscape. Online & in-person Lisbon.
Learn more →Playful, safe 1:1 sessions to help you explore your instrument or voice without fear.
Learn more →Monthly immersive evenings in Lisbon — sound healing, free jams, song-sharing circles.
See events →All sessions are held in a safe, therapeutic space informed by my training as a music therapist. Whether you're drawn to deep inner work, musical play, or a bit of both — there's something here for you.
I create a bespoke guided meditation entirely for you. The day before your session, I spend 30+ minutes tuning into you — writing a personalised script, selecting music that will support your unique journey, and holding space for what wants to emerge.
In session, I sing to you intuitively as you travel inward. Each journey is entirely unique. Deep, dreamlike, personal.
"I've had many healing sessions before, but I believe this was one of the most powerful ones I've experienced in a long time." — Martin
An extended immersion for those ready to go all the way in. We begin with a deep sound healing journey to open and settle you — going inward, exploring, arriving somewhere new. Then we move into free improvisation together, letting what emerged find its voice through music.
Going inward first, then outward through expression. A rare combination that tends to be profound.
Playful, safe, therapeutic 1:1 sessions to help you explore your instrument or voice without fear or judgement. Using music therapy techniques, I guide you gently toward a freer, more spontaneous relationship with music.
No musical experience necessary. You might be a trained musician who has lost the joy of playing, a complete beginner, or someone who has always wanted to try but never knew how. All welcome.
Monthly immersive evenings in Lisbon — alchemical sound healing journeys, free jam sessions, and song-sharing circles. A warm, open community of music-lovers, healers, and seekers of all musical levels.
No experience needed. Just come curious and open.
"She creates an environment that enables me to be my full musical self and enjoy others in their element too. This is exactly the type of community I was looking for."
Multi-day immersive experiences in Portugal — sound healing, group improvisation, song-sharing by the firepit, and communal meals in beautiful natural settings near Sintra or Alentejo. Join the list to be first to hear.
Join the mailing list →I compose original music for my sound healing sessions — atmospheric, deeply personal pieces designed to guide the nervous system into a state of open, expansive flow. Here's where you can explore it.
Each piece is composed with intention — to evoke inner landscapes, support deep relaxation, and help the listener travel inward. These are the compositions I use at the heart of my sound healing sessions.
Slow, meditative piano pieces crafted to dissolve tension and open the inner world.
Ambient compositions that accompany moments of transition and deep processing during sessions.
Vocal improvisations — sung in the moment, without words, pure tone and intention.
My full catalogue of compositions will be available to stream and download soon. Join the mailing list to be first to hear.
Join the list →Longer guided sound healing journeys — available free on Insight Timer from April 2026. These are deeper, more immersive experiences than my YouTube content: full meditative journeys accompanied by original music and intuitive singing.
A real taste of what a private session feels like, available to anyone in the world.
Selected original compositions will be available to purchase as sheet music — so you can learn, play, and bring a piece of the journey into your own practice.
Arrangements for solo piano, with some pieces adapted for other instruments. Notation designed to be approachable for intermediate players.
Want to be notified when sheet music is available?
Monthly events in Lisbon, open to everyone. Come curious, come open. No musical experience needed for any of them — just a willingness to show up.
Free improvisation evening — bring your instrument, bring a friend, bring yourself. All levels welcome. Entrecampos, Lisbon.
Immersive group sound healing evening followed by guided group improvisation. Lie down, go inward, then let it out. The Practice, Anjos, Lisbon.
A small, intimate gathering where each person shares a song that means something to them. Surprisingly connecting, surprisingly moving. Lisbon, venue TBC.
Open, informal evenings of free musical improvisation. We start with ice-breaking exercises and then launch into open jams. Bring your instrument — or just your voice. All styles, all levels welcome. We go to the pub after.
An immersive group evening in two parts: first a guided sound healing journey (lie down, music, my voice), then a group improvisation that flows naturally from the openness the healing creates. Powerful combination.
Each person shares a song that matters to them — played, sung, or streamed. A few words about why. Then we all listen together. Simple, warm, and surprisingly deep.
Join the mailing list and be the first to know when new events are announced in Lisbon.
Join the list →Music has been part of my life for as long as I can remember.
I studied classical piano as a child, majored in it as an undergraduate, and went on to complete a Master's in Music Therapy in 2020. For 15 years I've been using music therapeutically — with children, adults, elders, and groups — across the UK and Portugal.
But behind the credentials is something more personal. Much of my adult life has been spent learning to move past self-suppression — figuring out what I actually feel, what I need, and how to let myself express it. That journey is what brought me to this work. I know the terrain because I've walked it myself.
When I work with someone, I bring my clinical training, my musical instincts, and years of my own deep inner work. I believe music has the capacity to take us somewhere words alone can't always reach — into the body, into the subconscious, into pure, unguarded expression.
I'm based in Lisbon, Portugal, and work with people in-person and online around the world. I offer individual sound healing sessions, musical improvisation and play sessions, monthly community events, and — eventually — multi-day retreats in Portugal.
A Master's in Music Therapy means the work is grounded in evidence-based therapeutic principles — not just intuition. I know how to hold safe space for deep emotional material.
I've done — and continue to do — the inner work myself. My own journey through self-suppression and creative recovery is the foundation of everything I offer.
This work doesn't have to be heavy. Some of the most transformative moments I've facilitated have been ones filled with laughter, surprise, and delight in the music we make together.
"Holly is a music therapist, wonderfully skilled and very pastorally minded. The biggest endorsement came from my daughter, who cried when we told her Holly was moving."
"She connects sensitively, intuitively, and inspirationally to help people express their Soul-felt feelings."
"Holly's gentle voice and her playlist opened up a moment of soft introspection. She created a beautiful space for us to express this inner journey."
"She creates an environment that enables me to be my full musical self and enjoy others in their element too. This is exactly the type of community I was looking for."
Whether you have a question about a session, want to join an event, or just want to say hello — I'd love to hear from you.
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