Mr Paul Bell

I am trained to offer therapeutic interventions to children, adolescents and young people between the ages of 0-25. I am also able to offer psychotherapeutic and developmental support to parents and families. I have spent the last 3 years developing specialist skills in mental health work in secondary schools and have set-up and managed a number of bespoke clinics in secondary education settings, designed to respond to the growing need for specialist clinical services based in schools. Alongside my work at The Anchor Practice, I have worked work in the charity sector, where I have been engaged in researching the clinical efficacy of an intervention for parents who feel they need support in understanding and helping their adolescent child’s mental health. Working with parents of teenagers with mental health difficulties continues to be an area of clinical interest for me. In private practice, I have developed particular skills in working with fostered and adopted children, and also young adults making the transition to University life who have a diagnosis of depression. I also have a specific clinical interest in the psychoanalytic treatment of musicians and other artists. I hold the post of Visiting Lecturer at the Univerisity of Essex and the Tavistock Centre where I have taught and supervised for a variety of clinical trainings and MA level child development courses, and I continue to take an active role in the training and supervision of child psychotherapists and furthering of the discipline.