Vicky Bellman (she/her/hers) embodies the thing that most of her clients are scared of- being fat. Her work with people across the weight spectrum calls into question all aspects of therapeutic support and how we talk about living and eating within diet culture. Also, Sophia becomes a Fat Elder.

Vicky is a therapist working in online private practice at Concentric Counselling - she's based in the UK with clients worldwide. She has particular areas of experience in trauma, and in working with disordered eating and eating disorders from a non diet, fat positive perspective. As a fat woman, many of her clients appreciate her lived experience of navigating the world in a bigger body. Joyful in her own fat identity, Vicky is passionate about supporting clients to embody this liberation, and create a more sustainable, fulfilling and affirming life. Vicky also works as a consultant with fellow therapists and healing pros who want to re-energise their practice or incorporate fat positivity into their practice.

You can find Vicky on Instagram and her website. Vicky has a weekly newsletter, Fat Bubble, which is a space dedicated to fat affirmation, fat joy and fat delight.

Here are the links to Jes Baker and Virgie Tovar.

Sophia reads When the Fat Girl Gets Skinny by Blythe Baird.

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