About LegalPsych
We provide top quality psychological support to legal professionals and individuals going though a legal case.
“I understand how stressful and draining a legal case is from both sides…”
Founder, Mark Bellamy
“As the founder, I became aware of the high workload and stress levels that legal professionals endure, and realized that both clients and legal professionals needed specialized psychological support.
“This decision was not made lightly; it comes after 25 years of supporting high performers in elite sports, the military, the arts, business, and legal cases. The inherent value of this venture is clear to me.”
“I've also personally faced the draining and impactful nature of a legal case. I was surprised by the lack of specialized psychological support available, so I decided to create a service to ensure that those going through a legal process could be well supported.”
“Most people have a threshold of stress before they begin to malfunction, and a legal case is a prime example of an event that can stretch one's capacity to the limit. Legal cases do not occur in a vacuum; they happen within the context of daily life and all that contains. We are here to support our clients through and beyond the potentially massive impact of a legal case.”
“For many adults, a legal case is the closest they will come to a fight. It may not be fought with fists, but it can be highly adversarial. I understand how stressful and draining this is, whether you are a client or a legal professional.”
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We see working with our clients as something that must be done with the best intentions and to the highest standards. We consider the work we do to have high value and want to see that shown the approach our consultants take with our clients.
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We recognise the pain that a challenge such as a legal case can bring. Our consultants are there to listen and understand what a client really needs as they work with them.
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We see professionalism as a key part of integrity, doing what we say we will do and doing it to the best of our ability, every time. This means we are prepared and ready to give the best to our clients and we listen and plan accordingly.
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We work only with those who have the knowledge base to be able to do the job well. Getting to this point is a slow process, our consultants have both the qualifications, the experiential knowledge and the desire to keep learning throughout their careers.
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If we cannot hear you we do not know what matters to you, it is only then that we can begin a genuinely useful conversation and body of work with you.
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Over time we hope that you will learn that you can trust our team as much as we do. We understand that trust is both intuitive and built over time, and our aim is to build a trusting and valuable working relationship with our clients.
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Being a great psychology consultant requires a growing set of skills, whilst other values are of huge value, we absolutely want to know that our team has the right skill-set to enable them to work as well as possible with you.
Our values
We are committed to providing the highest standards of integrity, compassion, professionalism, and knowledge, ensuring that our skilled psychologists listen to and understand your needs. We promise to support you with tailored care, building a valuable and trusting relationship throughout your legal journey.
Our promise to you
We are the ideal partner to support you through your legal journey with confidence and resilience.
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Our highly qualified and experienced consultants include clinical psychologists, counselling psychologists, and performance psychologists, all dedicated to providing top-tier support.
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We excel in enhancing human performance under pressure, with a history of guiding clients through stressful situations successfully.
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We specialize in helping clients navigate stressful processes, ensuring they emerge with a clear understanding and the skills needed to protect and support themselves.
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With 25 years of experience in performance psychology and legal case support, we have a deep understanding of the challenges involved.
Our Team
Business Consultant &
Sport Psychologist
Founder, Performance Psychologist
Performance Psychologist
Transformative Leader & Coach
Nutritionist
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Performance Psychologist
Biography
A chartered psychologist, with over 30-years’ experience, Mark provides expert psychology consultancy specializing in injury recovery, stress management, wellbeing enhancement, healthy living, and performance culture, and performance optimization.
Mark provides REBT, CBT and ACT therapeutic approaches to support a wide variety of clients who wish to optimize their lives during very challenging times and within challenging environments.
As a performance psychologist Mark has also worked with performance-based clients ranging from military, business, performing arts and development to elite sport.
Qualifications
BSc, PhD, AFBPS, Cardiff University Bond Solon (CUBS) Expert Witness Certificate, BAS
Autogenic therapist
Professional Memberships
British Psychological Society – Chartered Member
Expertise Areas
Support through legal cases
Pain management
High Performance
Injury recovery
Potential development
Support of elite performers
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Performance Psychologist
As an HCPC registered psychologist, with over 30-years’ experience, Geoff provides expert psychology consultancy specializing in injury recovery, wellbeing enhancement, healthy living, and performance culture, and performance optimization.
Geoff provides Solution Focused Therapies to support and enhance well-being, pain management, individually defined performance and success, recovery from physical injury, adjustment to injury, war veterans’ presentations, depression, anxiety, stress, and healthy lifestyles. Geoff also has experience in supporting individuals through legal cases relating to road traffic incidents, workplace injuries and disputes, as well as family court issues.
Geoff has held various senior university leadership roles. At the University of the Sunshine Coast, Australia, he held the role of Deputy and Acting Head of School of Social Sciences.
As a researcher Geoff has published over 100 peer review research articles and a four book chapters.
Qualifications
BSc, PhD
Professional Memberships
Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC): Registered Practitioner Psychologist (Sport and Exercise).
Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA): Registered Psychologist.
Advance HE: Senior Fellow (SFHEA).
Expertise Areas
Solution focused therapies
Support through legal cases across; road traffic incidents, workplace injuries and disputes,
as well as family court issues.
Pain Management.
Recovery from Physical Injury.
Anxiety, Depression, Stress and Healthy Lifestyle.
Support of elite sports performers.
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Business Consultant & Sport Psychologist
Jenna Ashford is a Chartered Psychologist and Performance Consultant working in business, government, sport, and education sectors. She was former psychologist at England Football and brings acute insight into the key ingredients of a high-performance culture. Jenna recently co-authored a pioneering book on the application of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy in Sport. She has founded several businesses including Yellowtail Sport Psychology and The Moonshot Series and brings over a decade of experience working in a variety of high-performance settings. Her passion lies in helping people to understand themselves, drop the struggle against their thoughts and emotions, and realise a more balanced and fulfilling life - one that they deserve.
She works with individuals, teams and organisations to develop bespoke programmes which enable them to maximise their potential and create the right tools, leadership and environment to thrive.
Jenna is an EMCC accredited executive coach and Health Professions Council registered applied psychologist.
Jenna was formerly an international athlete having represented England Hockey as well as playing professionally in Germany and Australia. She is a keen sportswoman and has completed an Ironman Triathlon and climbed Mont Blanc and The Cuillin Ridge.
She is a lover of the great outdoors and lives in Herefordshire, with her husband, two daughters and their two dogs.
Qualifications
BSc in Psychology
MSc Sport& Exercise Psychology
EMCC Certified Coach
Professional Memberships
Chartered psychologist, registered with the British Psychological Society (BPS)
Member of the British Psychological Society
Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC)
Expertise Areas
Resilience
Coaching
Mindset
High Performing Teams
Well-being
Stress Management
Leadership
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Transformational Leader and Coach
Al is a Transformational Leader and Coach with over 30 years of experience driving strategic change and leadership development across public and private sectors. Al empowers introverted individuals to develop their influence and impact through tailored coaching. Al has huge experience in the development of leaders in difficult situations around the world. He has developed this experience into making himself a highly effective coach with a specialization in introverted individuals.
His leadership in a major British Army training framework review reduced injuries, improved outcomes, and saved millions, earning recognition for co-authoring a peer- reviewed paper on soldier conditioning. Through The Quiet Edge, Al’s coaching aligns introverts’ strengths with organizational goals, creating lasting cultural shifts. Passionate about unlocking human potential, he is poised to shape the future of leadership excellence.
Qualifications
Level 7 qualifications from the Institute of Leadership & Management (ILM)
Leadership and Management
Coaching and Mentoring
Everything DiSC Certified Workplace Facilitator
Professional Memberships
Institute of Leadership & Management (ILM)
International Coaching Federation (ICF)
Expertise Areas
Leading: self and others
Strategy: design, development and execution
Inter-personal communication
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Nutrition Expert
Helen has over 15 years of experience providing nutrition advice to support both wellbeing and performance. She has a particular interest in how food choices affect performance, through energy levels, stress response, and cognitive function. Helen takes a solution-led approach and provides advice that is tailored to clients’ individual needs and lifestyles.
She has worked for The Nutrition Society and is currently a consultant to Cambridge University Press, working on The Nutrition Society’s world-leading research journals. Helen is also a guest lecturer at the University of Westminster.
Qualifications
BSc in Human Nutrition and an MSc in Applied Sports and Exercise Nutrition.
Professional Memberships
SENr graduate membership
ISAK Accreditation
Expertise Areas
Nutrition for mental focus under pressure
Nutrition for stress and resilience
Nutrition for sustained energy and performance
Nutrition for wellbeing
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