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Your practice, properly held.

So you can be fully present for the people you serve.

You're doing brilliant work. The structure around it is running on your own time.

The inbox checked between sessions. The welcome email written at 10pm. The filing that's been meaning to get done since Tuesday. The Sunday evening that's already become Monday.

You didn't train for years to spend your evenings doing admin. But when you're the only person holding the practice, that's what happens.

It doesn't have to be this way.

Behind-the-scenes support, held consistently, with genuine understanding of your world.

Inbox management

Triaged before your working day begins. Nothing waiting that doesn't need to.

Client communications

Enquiry responses, welcome emails, confirmations, rescheduling. Written in your voice, not an approximation of it.

Diary, admin and filing

Scheduled to protect your capacity. Filed so anything can be found in under two minutes. Held to the same standard on a difficult week as on an easy one.

Minimalist desk setup in Portugal
THIS WASN'T BUILT FROM A GAP IN THE MARKET

LoyalStar VA is named in memory of a very kind admiral called Clive.

He told me I thought of everything for him so he never had to think about it. His word for me was loyal. He called me a wonderful star.

Fifteen years in operational support — including a decade as a Royal Navy PA. Then my own healing journey. And the realisation that the practitioners doing the most important work in the world were doing it without anyone holding the back end properly.

I had spent fifteen years learning exactly how to do that.

I work with practitioners across the healing and wellness space.

Therapists Counsellors Coaches Nutritionists Yoga therapists Somatic practitioners Grief counsellors Doulas Hypnotherapists EFT practitioners

If the sessions are strong and the infrastructure around them isn't keeping pace, this was built for you.

Three monthly retainers. Flat rate. No hidden costs.

Starting from £400 / €467 per month for ten hours of consistent, properly held support.

Not sure which package fits where your practice is right now? That's exactly what the free call is for.

The first conversation is always free.

Fifteen minutes. No pitch. No pressure. Just an honest conversation about what's going on in your practice and whether I can genuinely help.

Or reach out directly via the Contact page.

LoyalStar VA

Supporting solo practitioners and small practices in the healing, therapeutic, and wellness space.


LoyalStar VA is a registered trading name of Claire Elizabeth Marriss, operating as an independent sole trader (Trabalhador Independente) in Portugal. Tax Registration Number (NIF): PT294314687. Registered Business Address: Sintra, Portugal. VAT Status: Exempt from Portuguese IVA under Artigo 53.º do CIVA / Transnational services subject to Reverse Charge (Artigo 6.º do CIVA).

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