A selection of recent and previous Noel Bell media appearances are outlined below. As a media spokesperson for UKCP I have regularly contributed to newspapers, magazines, journals, radio and television programmes as a psychotherapist. I comment on subjects including relationships, dating, anxiety, the impact of stress, addiction and mental health.
Newspaper and magazine articles
18 July, 2026 The Guardian
Ghosting a problematical friend and now feeling terrible
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15 November, 2025 The Guardian
Should I cut off a friend?
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18 May, 2024 The Guardian
Moving on from past betrayal
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31 December, 2024 The Telegraph
How to deal with a friend that has become an emotional drain
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7 April, 2024 The Independent
How do you properly grieve a colleague?
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9 December, 2023 The Independent
The moral challenge of Squid Games
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26 September, 2023 Financial Times
Are suppressing negative thoughts good for mental health
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22 May, 2025 The i Paper
I’m 22 and even I find Gen Z boring – I’d rather talk to a Boomer
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14 July, 2023 The i Paper
You’re living life on autopilot. Here’s how to stop.
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21 September, 2026 Metro
I created a burner account to keep tabs on my ex — it’s a dangerous game to play
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6 November, 2022 Metro
Why do I find it so hard to know my limits with alcohol?
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16 September, 2020
Cosmopolitan How to end therapy
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19 June, 2023 Woman & Home
How to stop being codependent: 7 tips from psychotherapists to help you find independence again
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12 December, 2022 Stylist The psychology of snow days
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Television
4 February, 2019 Sky News
Teenage suicide
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22 July, 2018 Sky News
Child mental health services
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9 July, 2017 Sky News
The challenges posed by the Blue Whale Game
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17 May, 2017 Sky News
Are fidget spinners useful for dealing with ADHD
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7 February, 2017 TRT WORLD
Safer internet Day
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16 February, 2018 TRT WORLD
Who are addicts and who are enthusiastic gamers? Roundtable discussion on addiction, privacy and online connunities.
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26 September, 2016 Channel 5 News
Are we too attached to our phones? News item on the growing attachment and addiction to social media usage.
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11 January, 2017 Al Jazeera
Internet addiction and use of mobile phones
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Radio
25 January, 2021 BBC Radio 4
You and Yours with presenter Winifred Robinson Who do you miss these days, post lockdown? It’s a scary time, with its own pressures.
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31 December, 2020 TIMES RADIO
New year resolutions using SMART criteria with presenters Tom Newton Dunn and Gloria De Piero
Listen to the interview
15 July, 2024 BBC RADIO LONDON
Rekindling the spark in long term relationships
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27 July, 2016 BBC TEES
How to detox from digital attachments and social media addiction
Listen to the interview
Journals
June 2024 New Psychotherapist
CPD and deliberate practice
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12 September, 2025 Happiful Magazine
How to support someone who comes out as trans
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20 January, 2023 Happiful Magazine
Combat your gambling urges
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8 April, 2022 Happiful Magazine
Give debtors with mental health issues 6 weeks breathing space from creditors
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April, 2020 Masters in Counselling – Online Counseling Programs with edX
Me interviewed on my counselling career
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2022 UKCP website
The psychology of snow days
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Noel Bell is a UKCP accredited psychotherapist and can be contacted on 07852407140
