About Lucy
Lucy Bello offers a calm, practical approach based on several well-known therapy models. She draws on five years of practice to help people who feel overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, grief, low self-esteem, or major life changes. Lucy writes in plain terms and focuses on small steps that can make daily life more manageable.
Lucy believes people know their own stories and already carry strengths to build on. Sessions centre on listening closely and helping clients find clearer ways to respond to difficult feelings.
How Lucy works
She encourages action that matches each person's values and goals rather than a one-size-fits-all plan. Her work commonly addresses relationship worries, intimacy-related concerns, parenting strains, career stress and the emotional effects of trauma and abuse. She also supports people facing health challenges, caregiving stress, anger and codependency issues.
Lucy has experience helping clients from LGBT communities and those navigating separation or family of origin difficulties. Lucy mixes practical, skills-based ways of working with deeper talk about patterns and meaning. She uses approaches such as Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Cognitive Behavioural Therapy alongside attachment-focused and person-centred ways of relating.
This blend lets her offer short-term strategies and longer-term exploration when needed. Sessions are available by video, phone, live chat or text-based messaging to suit different needs. People begin by completing a short matching questionnaire and then schedule appointments that fit around other commitments.
Lucy lists 7 ways of working on the entry:
What Lucy works with
The areas below are the ones Lucy selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Grief
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Blended family issues
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Divorce and separation
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Training and background
| Register | BACP |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 5 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | United Kingdom |
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Online support options
How Lucy's approaches work online
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps people notice difficult thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them, then take actions that match their values; it often helps with anxiety, stress and motivation. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy focuses on practical ways to change unhelpful thinking and behaviour patterns and is useful for anxiety, low mood and coping with life changes. Attachment-Based work looks at how early relationship patterns affect current connections and can help with intimacy issues and communication struggles.Choosing the right approach is part of the process and is done together. The therapist will talk through goals, preferences and what feels most useful, then try methods that suit the client's needs. Sessions can shift over time if a different focus would help more.
Online therapy offers practical flexibility. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation from any room, phone sessions need less bandwidth, live chat can be useful for short check-ins and text-based messaging supports ongoing reflection between meetings. These formats make it easier to fit therapy around work, family and other commitments while keeping the focus on progress and practical coping.
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