Frequently Asked Questions.

Head Trash Clearance — HTC for short — is a self-led emotional healing method developed over 16+ years by Alexia Leachman. It works by clearing the emotional charge driving anxiety, patterns, and reactions at the root, rather than managing them at the surface.

It's not therapy. It's not mindfulness. It's not a coping strategy. It's a structured clearing method that removes what's running you, so you can stop having to manage it.

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Absolute Healing is the deeper layer of the Head Trash method — the work that addresses the wounds powering your patterns, rather than the patterns themselves. Used when surface clearing isn't enough and something structural needs resolving.

Absolute Healing happens through what we call Absolute Healing Activations (AHA) — sessions that surface and resolve root-level wounds, including childhood, ancestral, in-utero, and forgotten material.

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The Ladder of Growth is the measurement framework built into the Head Trash method. It tracks where your Emotional Operating System sits, how it's moving, and what work is appropriate at each stage.

It exists as both a built-in element of the Clearance Club and as a standalone tool at ladderofgrowth.io.

Read more about the Ladder of Growth →

No. Head Trash Clearance is not therapy and is not a substitute for clinical mental health treatment. It's a structured self-led emotional healing method.

Many people use HTC alongside therapy because the two address different layers — therapy works with insight, narrative, and exploration; HTC works with emotional charge, patterns, and root wounds.

If you're in active mental health crisis or on psychiatric medication, please consult a qualified healthcare professional before starting any self-led healing work.

HTC works on a different principle. EFT and Tapping work primarily through somatic regulation — calming the nervous system through specific tapping sequences while voicing concerns.

HTC works through what we call the law of opposites — clearing both poles of an emotional charge (love and hate, want and dread) systematically across six dimensions of experience. It includes a physical element (the TAT acupressure pose), but the cognitive structure is the engine.

The result: HTC can clear charge that other techniques can soften but not eliminate. People often arrive at HTC after EFT or Tapping have plateaued.

Faster than most people expect. Many clients notice shifts within the first one or two sessions — patterns that have been running for years can clear in a single sitting once we know what we're targeting.

For a sense of the actual dose rather than a reassurance: anxiety typically surfaces 30 to 50 items to clear. One clearance takes 10 to 30 minutes. Clients typically run four to six clearances a week for a month or two, then drop into maintenance. Roughly 30 to 50 clearances is one jump up the ladder. That's a description of what the work looks like, not a promise about your timeline.

The deeper work (Absolute Healing) takes longer because it's restructuring the operating system, not just recalibrating it. But measurement is built in throughout, so you can see what's moving as you go.

Head Trash Clearance is an energy psychology technique: a psychological framework paired with applied acupressure. That's the category, and it's a recognised one.

Here's the honest version. The methodology is grounded. What it does is woo. If you're the kind of person who just wants to follow a protocol, you can — here are the mantras with the blanks in, insert this, say them one after the other, half an hour later you're done. You don't need to dowse. You don't need to tune in and see fairies. You don't need to feel the energy of a tree. You can follow the steps and get the work done.

And if you do want to go there, it goes a long way down. Both are fine. Neither changes what happens.

We measure in Moxie — our own scale, built on David Hawkins' Map of Consciousness. Hawkins validated the scale. The renumbering and the reading protocol are ours.

The reads are energetic, and yes, they're subjective. So is everything else in this field. The Subjective Units of Distress scale therapists use is self-report. The GAD-7 is self-report. Everything in the personal development industry is self-report. I'm not apologising for that — nobody's had a ruler for this until now, and it's the best thing we've got.

What I can tell you is that it holds up under checking. Clients who do their own energetic reads corroborate mine, usually within ten points on a scale of one to a thousand.

Read about the Ladder of Growth →

It does. I'm not going to argue you out of that.

I had a woman on a call once — tokophobia, OCD she takes medication for, clinical anxiety, seeing a therapist and a couples therapist. I asked whether she wanted to get rid of the OCD. She said: I don't have OCD, I take meds for it. She's a psychologist, and it was like I was speaking a foreign language. As far as she was concerned it wasn't even possible.

That's why I'm obsessed with data. I can't just tell people in session, because they dismiss it. So we measure everything, we publish the cases, and you get to decide for yourself.

See the case studies →

The Club gives you a personalised clearing practice for the surface charge running through your life — patterns, reactions, low-grade anxiety, daily friction. £49/month, ongoing.

The wound healing programmes go deeper. They're structured therapeutic-grade containers for clearing specific wound categories — anxiety drivers, childhood wounds, glass child wounds. £495–£695, self-paced, lifetime access.

Most people start with the Club and add a programme when they're ready to go deeper. Some people enter directly via a programme if they know what they want to work on.

Explore the programmes →

Yes. All programmes are self-paced with lifetime access. You can work through them as fast or slow as suits you.

No. The Absolute Healing process — which the wound healing programmes use — works with the emotional imprint beneath the story, not by repeatedly retelling it. Memories may surface as part of releasing, and emotion may rise — that's normal, and the programmes are paced to support you through it.

Possible, but not recommended for most people. Each programme is deep work — better to focus on one until you've worked through it, then add another.

If you're considering combining programmes, ask in the fit conversation and we'll work out the best sequence.

Yes. Payment plans are available on the £495 and £695 programmes. Details on each programme page.

This happens, and it's worth saying out loud: it's the thing itself talking. Whatever you signed up to clear is the same thing making the calendar feel impossible. That's not you being flaky. It's a fairly reliable sign you picked the right target.

You don't need to feel ready. You need to book while you don't feel ready, and let the first session do the rest — the work goes underneath the story, so you're not required to narrate anything before you arrive.

If you're stuck here, email us. We'll book it with you rather than waiting for you to do it alone.

Yes. Practitioner training is available through Level 1 (personal mastery) and Level 2 (practitioner certification). Training is run via the professional site at headtrashclearance.com.

No, but it helps. Many trainees come from therapy, coaching, energy healing, or related modalities. Others come from corporate, parenting, or self-healing backgrounds. The training accommodates both.

Both levels are run as group programmes with structured timelines. Full details on the practitioner training site →.

No. And that's not a positioning choice dressed up as one — accreditation costs money and a lot of my time, and right now I need the revenue carrying me through doing the work. It's on the list.

The training is delivered by the developer of the method directly, and recognition by external bodies varies by region and modality anyway. If accreditation matters for your context, raise it in the application and we'll be straight with you about where it stands.

Absolutely. Take the principles behind the methodology, apply them to your existing methods, and you start accelerating those methods.

And I'll go further than permission: I actively want you to merge it. Create your own version so you're unique in how you deploy it. You don't tell an artist they can only use these paint colours, on a canvas this size, and absolutely no straight lines. A lot of methods are like that. We're not. Tell us how you're using it — with EMDR, with NLP, with whatever you do — and that's what we fold back into the method for everyone.

Level 1 is not for use with clients. Level 1 is learning Head Trash Clearance for yourself, full stop. After Level 2 certification you can start using it in your practice.

The training runs six months because some people get it in two and some need longer. You don't have to wait it out — if you're ready, submit sooner.

No. All the learning material is in the portal from day one. The live sessions are for integrating it: demos, questions, making sure you actually understand what you're doing.

The only thing held back is month six, which is marketing and applying it in the wild.

No. Most clients aren't. All work is remote via Zoom. Pricing is listed in GBP — payment in other currencies handled through the fit conversation.

If you're on psychiatric medication, please flag it in the fit conversation form (for 1:1 work) or consult your prescribing physician (for self-led programmes). HTC isn't a substitute for medication, and starting any inner work while medicated is a conversation worth having with your healthcare provider.

For specific pregnancy-related work, see Fearless Birthing — the sub-brand built specifically for pregnancy, birth fear, and tokophobia.

For general HTC work during pregnancy: most people are fine. If you have concerns, raise them in the fit conversation.

If you're experiencing severe distress, suicidal thoughts, or require immediate mental health support, please contact emergency services or a qualified mental health professional first.

The Head Trash method is structured self-led healing, not crisis intervention. We're built for clearing wounds and patterns, not stabilising acute crisis.

For leadership/professional crisis (burnout, breakdown), see Burnout ER →

Refund terms vary by product. The full policy — including timeframes, eligibility, and how to request a refund — is here: Refunds & Returns Policy →

If you've got a question that isn't covered, email hello@head-trash.com.