Therapy tends to be considered when a person is experiencing difficulties or problems that have a significant effect on a persons everyday life and where other approaches have been tried without success.
I have been able to develop my own integrative model of what I believe it is to be a human being and why we may come to need therapy. My model is both developmental and relational and uses Gestalt theory and attachment. Through using this model with clients in a range of ways, I believe it can be effective in giving people the resources and pathways for living a more fulfilling life and relationships whilst offering a safe, non judgemental confidential space.
Additional areas of focus: 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, 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, Expats, 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 Counseling, Impulsivity, Infidelity, Intellectual Disability, Isolation / loneliness, Jealousy, Life purpose, Men's issues, Midlife crisis, Military and Veterans 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
Clinical approaches: Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Attachment-Based Therapy, Client-Centered Therapy, Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT), Existential Therapy, Psychodynamic Therapy, Solution-Focused Therapy, Trauma-Focused Therapy, Internal Family Systems
BACP Therapist - Registered Member MBACP #389155
These quotes represent just a few of the many positive reviews that we have received for Sophie Bellamy. We don't pay anyone to provide their review and they are all made voluntarily. Some people's experience receiving therapy with BetterHelp might be different.
Sophie is very professional and accessible. I feel safe and understood during our sessions. She’s a very good listener and gives good advice for my problems and situations. I recommend !
Written on Jun 30, 2023 after therapy with Sophie for 3 weeks on issues concerning stress, anxiety, family conflicts, trauma and abuse, self esteem, career difficulties, and coping with life changes
I started my therapy with what for me were debilitating issues and I had very tiny amount of hope of making any progress due to how little success I had had in the past. but through working with Sophie I am in the best place I have been in in my entire adult life, her knowledge and expertise to see things you never would have has been so refreshing and I always leave our sessions feeling so much more prepared for the challenges ahead.
But for me one of the biggest factors of the success I've had working with Sophie actually is her guidance and teachings , she has taught me so much in how to challenge my own problems and Annalise my own self. I've learnt so much so that I can stop issues before they even begin and this truly has been one of the biggest revelations.
I feel more equipped than ever before.
She also has some amazing recommendations of outside sources from books to videos etc that have given me so much information I wish I had had in years prior.
I couldn't recommend Sophie enough she truly has made me a much healthier person with new life In me, which is something I really did believe wouldn't be possible.
Written on Feb 22, 2023 after therapy with Sophie for 5 months on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, sleeping disorders, self esteem, and adhd
Sophie has been fabulous for me. She has helped me so much & helped to change the way I look at things in my life. I can’t thank her enough!
Written on Jan 22, 2023 after therapy with Sophie for 1 month on issues concerning stress, anxiety, relationship issues, self esteem, and coping with life changes
Sophie has been amazing in helping me sort out some deep rooted issues I have had surrounding relationships and bringing together the pieces to make sense of why I feel the way I do and working with Sophie has enabled me to put in some boundaries, which I did not feel able to do previously. Sophie's approach is straight to the point, asking really interesting questions and picking up on the right points of what I've been saying to get to the bottom of it all. I always come out of the sessions feeling stronger and empowered. I shall definitely be recommending Sophie and will come back as and when I need to. Thank you, Sophie.
Written on Dec 09, 2022 after therapy with Sophie for 1 month on issues concerning depression, relationship issues, grief, intimacy-related issues, parenting issues, self esteem, and coping with life changes
Sophie has helped me in so many ways.
I frequently feel during our video sessions or our conversations via messaging that my mind is being blown away by her ability to see the patterns in what I am experiencing and helping me identify how I can grow on my self acceptance and love journey, heal from my childhood trauma and build a healthy life for myself.
I said to Sophie it felt like a miracle the progress I had made and that’s because Sophie really understands me and what I personally respond to as a client. She seems to know exactly what to say and has helped me so much.
I honestly couldn’t recommend Sophie enough.
Written on Sep 19, 2022 after therapy with Sophie for 2 months on issues concerning depression, relationship issues, trauma and abuse, grief, eating disorders, and self esteem