Belly Harding
Calm, reflective counselling for life change
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About Belly
Belly Harding is a counsellor who blends several therapeutic approaches to help people make sense of their lives. She draws on attachment ideas, cognitive techniques and existential thinking to support personal growth and reduce suffering. Belly holds a BACP credential and is a doctorate candidate in Counselling Psychology and Psychotherapy at Middlesex University.
She trained with Manchester Metropolitan University for an MSc in Psychology and completed a certificate in Humanistic Therapies and Existential Counselling from the Existential Academy-NSPC.
Background and approach
She also has a life coach certificate from the Coaching Training Institute and seven years of clinical experience. In sessions she aims to be open, non-judgemental and empathic. Conversations focus on what matters now - relationships, emotional pain, and making changes that feel authentic.
Belly uses practical cognitive tools alongside deeper exploration of life meaning and past patterns. Her background includes work with people affected by domestic violence, trauma, couples issues, anxiety, depression and separation. She also offers Christian counselling when that is wanted by the person seeking support.
She speaks English and French and works with people in the United Kingdom. Belly emphasises collaboration and helps people set clear, achievable goals, whether they are aiming to reduce anxiety, repair intimacy, cope with loss, or manage life transitions.
At a glance
- Years practising
- 7
- Registered with
- BACP
- Registration number
- 390762
- Languages
- English, French
- Approaches include
- Attachment-Based Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Existential Therapy
- How sessions happen
- Online, by video, phone or messages
Details are as listed on Belly's public professional profile. You can check any number with the professional body.
What Belly works with
Everything Belly lists, 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
Approaches Belly lists
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each counsellor names and does not check training records.
How Belly works online
Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic process. The therapist will work collaboratively to decide which methods suit a person's needs, goals and preferences. That might mean combining short-term cognitive techniques with deeper exploration of attachment or life meaning as therapy progresses.
If you are considering online therapy, check the available session options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life, cut travel time and allow follow-up tasks to be done in the same day. It can also make shorter check-ins simpler when schedules are tight. Confirm the specific session formats offered when you arrange therapy so you know how appointments will be scheduled and managed.
Questions and answers
What issues does Belly focus on?
Belly works with a wide range of concerns including stress, anxiety, relationships, trauma and abuse, self-esteem, depression, addictions, grief and intimacy-related issues.
What is her therapeutic style?
Her style combines attachment-informed work, cognitive behavioural techniques and existential exploration. Sessions mix practical skills with deeper reflection on meaning and relationships.
What experience does she bring?
She has seven years of clinical experience and has worked with people affected by domestic violence, trauma, couples issues, anxiety, depression and separation.
What qualifications and base location does she have?
She holds a BACP credential, an MSc in Psychology and is a doctorate candidate in Counselling Psychology and Psychotherapy at Middlesex University, based in the United Kingdom.
Which languages are supported?
Sessions are offered in English and French.
Can people outside the UK work with her?
She accepts international clients, so people living outside the United Kingdom can enquire about working together.
How are costs and payments handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I begin working with Belly?
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