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Belly Harding, BACP

Belly Harding is a counsellor who blends practical therapy with a focus on personal meaning.

About Belly

Belly Harding is a counsellor who blends practical therapy with a focus on personal meaning. She draws on attachment ideas, cognitive behavioural tools and existential ways of thinking to help people manage distress and make clearer choices. Belly works in English and French and brings seven years of practice to her work in the United Kingdom.

Belly trained in psychology at Manchester Metropolitan University and holds a certificate in Humanistic Therapies and Existential Counselling from the Existential Academy-NSPC.

Background and approach

She is a doctorate candidate in Counselling Psychology and Psychotherapy at Middlesex University. Her listed credential is BACP, which indicates registration with that professional body. In sessions she offers straightforward, non-judgemental listening.

She helps people name what is causing pain, test new ways of thinking and try practical steps to change patterns. People often come with stress, anxiety, relationship strain, trauma and abuse, low self esteem or depression. She also works with issues such as addictions, grief, intimacy concerns, eating and sleeping problems, caregiver stress and coping with life changes.

Additional areas include attachment or abandonment concerns, blended family issues and chronic illness or pain. Belly uses an integrative style so she can match different techniques to each person. Her work aims to support growth, build clearer relationships and reduce the impact of difficult experiences.

Sessions are offered by video, phone, live chat or text-based messaging for flexibility.

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Body	Registration number	Expires
BACP	390762	February 2026

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Sessions and payment

Sessions are held online through our partner platform, by video, phone or messaging depending on the counsellor.

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Focus areas and approaches

Everything Belly lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.

Stress, Anxiety
Relationship issues
Trauma and abuse
Self esteem
Depression
Addictions
LGBT
Family conflicts
Grief
Intimacy-related issues
Eating disorders
Sleeping disorders
Parenting issues
Anger management
Career difficulties
Bipolar disorder
Coping with life changes
Coaching
Compassion fatigue
Abandonment
Adoption and foster care
Antisocial personality
Attachment issues
Avoidant personality
Blended family issues
Body image
Cancer
Caregiver issues and stress
Chronic pain, illness, and disability
Codependency
Commitment issues
Communication problems
Control issues
Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
Dependent personality
Dissociation
Divorce and separation
Domestic violence
Drug and alcohol addiction
Eating and food-related issues
Emptiness
Family of origin issues
Family problems
Fatherhood issues
Fertility issues
Forgiveness
Guilt and shame
Immigration issues
Impulsivity
Infidelity
Isolation / loneliness
Jealousy
Life purpose
Men's issues
Midlife crisis
Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
Money and financial issues
Mood disorders
Multicultural concerns
Narcissism
Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
Panic disorder and panic attacks
Paranoia
Phobias
Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
Postpartum depression
Post-traumatic stress
Pregnancy and childbirth
Prejudice and discrimination
Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
Self-harm
Self-love
Sex addiction
Sexual assault and abuse
Sexual dysfunction
Sexuality
Social anxiety and phobia
Visually impaired
Women's issues
Workplace issues
Young adult issues

Ways of working Belly names

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How therapeutic approaches shape online counselling

Attachment-Based Therapy looks at patterns in close relationships and how early bonds influence current connections. Online work can help people recognise these patterns and practise different ways of relating in real time. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing them with small, doable experiments. Through video or messaging a counsellor can teach these steps and set concrete tasks between sessions.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Belly will discuss your goals and preferences and together you will choose the methods that fit best. That means adjusting pace, mixing techniques and checking in about what helps as therapy continues.

Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone, live chat or text-based messaging to make therapy more flexible. Video is useful when visual cues and deeper conversation matter. Phone sessions are handy when bandwidth is limited or you need a shorter check-in. Live chat and messaging work well for quick processing, ongoing support and people who prefer writing. These options allow therapy to fit around work, caregiving or travel while keeping the focus on practical change and emotional understanding.

Frequently asked

What kinds of concerns does she help with?

Belly helps people with stress, anxiety, relationship strain, trauma and abuse, self esteem and depression. She also addresses addictions, grief, intimacy issues and many other life challenges.

What is her therapeutic style like?

She uses an integrative approach that combines attachment-informed work, cognitive behavioural techniques and existential thinking. The style is practical, direct and rooted in understanding personal meaning.

How much clinical experience does she have?

She has seven years of professional experience working with a range of issues including domestic violence, trauma, anxiety, depression and relationship breakdown.

What credentials and location are listed?

Her listed credential is BACP and she practices from the United Kingdom. She is also a doctorate candidate in Counselling Psychology and Psychotherapy.

Which languages can sessions be held in?

Sessions are offered in English and French to support bilingual clients and those more comfortable using either language.

What session formats are available online?

She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging to suit different needs and schedules.

How are sessions paid for and what do they cost?

Costs vary with location and therapist arrangements; sessions are provided through a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time.

How do I begin working with her?

To start, use the Start Therapy button, complete the short matching questionnaire and then schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.