Sophie Bellamy, BACP
Sophie Bellamy is a counsellor who helps people cope with trauma and abuse, grief, anxiety, stress and a wide range of life challenges.
About Sophie
Sophie Bellamy is a counsellor who helps people cope with trauma and abuse, grief, anxiety, stress and a wide range of life challenges. She works with issues such as self-esteem, parenting pressures, relationship and intimacy concerns, addictions, eating and sleeping problems, and mood conditions like depression and bipolar. Sophie also supports people facing career changes, compassion fatigue and ADHD-related difficulties.
Sophie draws on five years of practical experience and is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, BACP.
Background and approach
Her approach is relational and developmental, shaped by attachment ideas and Gestalt influences. That means she pays attention to how early relationships affect present patterns and how people notice and respond to themselves in the moment. In sessions she uses a mix of Trauma-Focused Therapy, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Attachment-Based and Emotionally-Focused work alongside client-centred listening.
Conversations aim to help people name feelings, try different responses and build everyday coping strategies. Sophie focuses on straightforward, usable steps rather than jargon. People can expect a calm, non-judgemental space to talk through painful experiences and think about practical next steps.
Sophie’s style is collaborative; she helps people decide what feels most helpful and adjusts the work as needs change. She offers online sessions for people in the United Kingdom and internationally in English. Appointments are arranged through a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time.
To begin, clients use the Start Therapy button and complete a short matching questionnaire before scheduling.
Details from the counsellor's public professional profile · registration number listed
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| Body | Registration number | Expires |
|---|---|---|
| BACP | 389155 | May 2026 |
Registration details are as listed on the counsellor's public profile. You can check any number with the registering body.
Sessions and payment
Sessions are held online through our partner platform, by video, phone or messaging depending on the counsellor.
Cost Costs are shown on the partner platform before you commit. If cost is a concern, ask about reduced-fee options.
Focus areas and approaches
Everything Sophie lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
- Coping with life changes
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Depression
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- 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
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counselling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- 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
- Traumatic brain injury
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Ways of working Sophie names
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centred Therapy
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Existential Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
Naming an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each counsellor lists and does not check training records.
How therapeutic approaches work online
Sophie commonly uses Trauma-Focused Therapy to help people process distressing events and reduce the impact of traumatic memories. This approach looks at the way past harms continue to affect feelings and behaviour and supports people to find more manageable ways of coping.She also draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, ACT, which focuses on what matters most to a person and on building small, value-based actions. ACT helps with anxiety, low mood and life transitions by teaching practical ways to stay committed to chosen goals despite difficult thoughts and feelings.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. Sophie will discuss different methods with each person and together they will choose what fits best. That collaborative process lets the approach change as needs and goals shift over time.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat or text-based messaging. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and sharing of non-verbal cues, while phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or a quieter check-in is needed. Live chat and text messaging suit shorter check-ins, ongoing coaching-style support or times when writing feels more helpful. These options make therapy more flexible and easier to fit around work, caregiving or travel commitments.
Frequently asked
What kinds of problems does Sophie help with?
Sophie supports people with trauma and abuse, grief, anxiety, stress, depression and bipolar, as well as self-esteem, parenting strain, relationship and intimacy concerns and addiction-related issues.
How would you describe her therapy style?
Her style is relational and down-to-earth, combining attentive listening with practical steps. She works collaboratively to help people notice patterns and try different responses.
What experience does she bring to sessions?
She has five years of clinical experience working with a broad range of concerns and draws on an integrative model shaped by attachment ideas and Gestalt thinking.
What credentials and location are listed?
She is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, BACP, and is based in the United Kingdom.
Which languages are supported?
Sessions are offered in English and Sophie accepts clients from outside the UK.
What session formats are available?
Clients can meet by video call, phone session, live chat or text-based messaging depending on preference.
How does payment and cost work?
Session costs vary with location and therapist availability; services use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Click the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire and then schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.
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