Live your life with more
You wonder why it feels so hard to be happy…
You are busy, ambitious and have a successful career, but feel unfulfilled in your personal life.
You may put on a good front, but you feel stressed and are becoming burnt out.
When it’s time to sleep, you can’t quiet the thought loops in your head.
Perhaps you're the kind of person who people pleases or avoids conflict.
Maybe you've convinced yourself you're a fraud, just waiting to be exposed.
You’re really hard on yourself and you know that’s not great, but you’re not sure how to do it differently.
Welcome,
Dr Victoria Bell is an Oxford-trained Consultant Clinical Psychologist, HCPC-registered, BABCP-accredited Cognitive Behavioural Psychotherapist, university lecturer, and published author. With over two decades of clinical and academic experience, she combines expert psychological insight with the utmost professionalism, ensuring clients feel both confident and exceptionally well supported. Her work is firmly grounded in evidence-based research, so every therapeutic approach is scientifically informed and effective.
She is accustomed to supporting individuals whose demanding personal and professional responsibilities require both careful handling and expert guidance in high-pressure environments. Maintaining the highest standards of privacy, her practice provides a secure space where clients can think clearly, reflect, and explore challenges with confidence.
Dr Bell recognises that even the most accomplished professionals encounter moments of uncertainty, stress, or transition. Her approach is thoughtful, non-judgemental, and tailored to the complexities of modern professional life, helping clients strengthen resilience, regain perspective, and optimise wellbeing.
Therapy & consultancy.
Dr Bell combines a calm, steady presence with energy and clear focus, creating a space where clients feel both understood and supported. Sessions provide the opportunity to step away from external pressures, gain clarity, and think about what truly matters. It is a space to recalibrate, enhance performance and move forward with new insights.
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Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
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Acceptance & Commitment Therapy
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Compassion Focused Therapy
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Schema Therapy
Thrive & grow through a variety of challenges.
Anxiety
Therapy can help with: excessive worry; fearing the worst; feeling dread in anticipation of being in a certain situation; palpitations; feeling short of breath; feeling out of control; racing thoughts; avoidance of situations; doing things to ‘protect’ yourself; difficulty getting to sleep etc.
Depression
Therapy can help with: feeling low or sad; mood swings; nothing seems fun; believing you are bad or useless; increased irritability; pessimism; lack of motivation and energy; withdrawing from friends and family; poor concentration; poor sleep & appetite etc.
Imposter syndrome
Therapy can help you understand the type of imposter syndrome that you exhibit (i.e., the…perfectionist, superwoman/man, natural genius, soloist, expert); and lessen your self-doubt and beliefs about incompetence (that persist despite experience & accomplishments) etc.
Overthinking
Therapy can help with: excessively analysing and dwelling on your thoughts; constantly replaying past events; comparing yourself to others; worrying about the future; getting caught up in hypothetical scenarios; having an ‘all-or-nothing’ outlook; poor decision-making abilities etc.
Perfectionism
Therapy can help with: judging your performance in an ‘all-or-nothing’ way; excessive time spent on achieving goals at expense of other areas of your life; procrastination of work; comparing how well you do to others; unrelenting self-imposed expectations etc.
Self-confidence
Therapy can help with: a dislike of yourself in a general way; self-criticism; ignoring praise/ successes/ strengths; feelings of shame & frustration; neglecting your needs; difficulty being assertive; poor decision making; trying too hard to please others etc.
As seen in the press
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How to stop distracting yourself from your emotions and actually feel them. See here.
Could you be living with High Functioning Depression? See here.
Clarity, Insight, Resilience.
With advanced training across multiple therapeutic approaches, Dr Bell brings a depth of expertise that exceeds standard clinical qualifications. Beyond symptom relief, her work fosters clarity, perspective, and resilience.
Whether through structured therapy or psychological consultancy, each session is conducted with professionalism and care. Support is practical, helping clients approach their goals with focus and confidence.