Belly Harding

Belly Harding is a counsellor who combines human-centred and evidence-informed ways of working to help people manage the hard parts of life. She aims to help clients feel more fulfilled, make sense of their experience, and reduce suffering through thoughtful, practical conversations.

Belly trained in psychology and counselling, with a Master of Science in Psychology and further certificates in humanistic and existential approaches. She is a BACP-registered practitioner and is currently a doctorate candidate in Counselling Psychology and Psychotherapy at Middlesex University. She can work in English and French.

In sessions she uses a blend of approaches. Cognitive behavioural ideas help people spot and try out different thoughts and behaviours. Existential thinking supports exploring meaning, choice and personal values. Psychodynamic ideas help bring patterns and early relationships into view.

Belly has seven years' clinical experience. Her work has included supporting people affected by trauma, domestic violence, anxiety, depression and relationship breakdown. She also offers Christian counselling and has worked with diverse life challenges such as grief, addiction, chronic illness and caregiver stress.

Her style is warm, non-judgemental and collaborative. She aims to make therapy accessible and down-to-earth, helping people set practical next steps between sessions. People who are struggling with anger, relationships, or big life changes may find this way of working useful.

How therapeutic approaches work online with Belly

Attachment-based work focuses on how early relationships shape current connections and emotional patterns; online conversations bring those patterns into view and help people try different ways of relating. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, or CBT, breaks problems into thoughts, feelings and actions and tests simple experiments to shift them, which can be practised between sessions and reviewed remotely. Existential therapy looks at meaning, choice and personal values to help people decide what matters most and how to live more authentically.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will discuss goals, preferences and what feels most helpful, then try approaches together to see what fits. This is presented as an ongoing collaboration rather than a one-off decision.

Session formats are not specified in the supplied biography, so please confirm current options before booking. Online therapy can make it easier to schedule sessions around work, reduce travel time and keep continuity when life changes make in-person meetings difficult. It also allows for shorter check-ins or longer conversations depending on need, and makes it simpler to attend from different locations when necessary.