CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGIST, AUTHOR, LECTURER
BSc, PhD, DClinPsych(Oxon)
Dr Victoria Bell
With over 20 years experience, Dr Bell is a highly qualified and experienced Consultant Clinical Psychologist and Cognitive Behavioural Psychotherapist. She assures you of complete confidentiality, ethical practice and utmost discretion. Dr Bell works with busy, ambitious individuals to make genuine changes in their lives.
By integrating the latest theories and academic research into therapy sessions, she can develop a highly personalised treatment plan to help you build resilience, and feel confident in pursuing what you want in life.
Qualifications:
Doctorate in Clinical Psychology, 2013, University of Oxford, UK
PhD Developmental Psychology, 2007, Queen’s University Belfast, UK
BSc Psychology, 2003, Queen’s University Belfast, UK
Therapy style.
Dr Bell is incredibly passionate about her work and has been recognised for her innovative and collaborative approach throughout her career. She has a compassionate style, and approaches her work with humility and transparency, which instantly helps to put people at ease.
Evidence-based approach.
Dr Bell is committed to providing evidence-based therapies which are proven to work. Sessions are individually tailored and based on the latest theories and developments in psychology, drawing from her experience within leading NHS services and her ongoing involvement in research.
Memberships & experience.
Practitioner Psychologist, Health Care Professions Council (HCPC)
Chartered Clinical Psychologist, British Psychological Society (BPS)
Cognitive Behavioural Psychotherapist, British Association for Behavioural & Cognitive Psychotherapies (BABCP)
Schema Therapy, ISST Approved Programme
Dr Bell’s expertise includes working with the occurrence of multiple disorders simultaneously, and she has extensive experience of working successfully with clients who have had previous ineffective therapy attempts. She worked in the NHS from 2007 to 2020, and held senior positions at internationally renowned NHS London National Specialist services specialising in novel and pioneering interventions to help individuals with complex disorders. Dr Bell founded her private practice in 2019.
Dr Bell is committed to the process of professional development and regularly undertakes additional specialised training and regular supervision.
Academic appointments.
Current:
Invited Peer Reviewer, The British Journal of Psychiatry Open / Psychological Medicine. Dr Bell aids in the vetting and selection of research for publication, advising editors on the relevance, reliability and quality of the work submitted to their journals. She provides edits for improving articles that go through review, raising the overall quality of published research.
Honorary Clinical Lecturer, King's College London. Dr Bell teaches on several courses including the doctorate in clinical psychology course, and MSc early intervention for psychosis.
Previous:
Research Clinical Psychologist, King's College London. Dr Bell wrote and coordinated large research grant applications, and collaborated on commercial clinical trials, testing the effectiveness of medication and other new therapies.
MSc Research Supervisor, King's College London. Dr Bell supervised postgraduate students on the MSc Mental Health Studies, and MSc Early Intervention in Psychosis courses. External examiner for MSc dissertations.
Publications.
Whilst clinical practice is Dr Bell’s first love, she enjoys being involved in research wherever possible - she is very passionate about the translation of evidence from scientific research to therapy sessions. Dr Bell enjoys multi-disciplinary work and is honoured to have amazing collaborators both in the UK and abroad. She has a track record of published research in international scientific journals in the field of adult mental health:
