This Trusted Place with John-Paul Davies: Mental Health, Therapy & Becoming a Therapist
🎙️ Welcome to This Trusted Place with John-Paul Davies
Honest conversations and reflections on mental health, emotional wellbeing, and the realities of becoming and being a therapist in private practice.
Whether you're a therapist, aspiring to become one, or simply someone curious about the inner world of emotional growth and healing, this podcast offers grounded insights and personal stories that connect.
Hosted by John-Paul Davies, a former City solicitor who retrained as a psychotherapist in 2007, the show explores:
- Changing careers into therapy
- What it’s really like being a therapist and making a living as a helping professional
- Mental health and emotional wellbeing topics inc. relationships, narcissism, trauma, navigating imposter syndrome and burnout, boundaries, self-worth and growth
- Bisexuality
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This Trusted Place with John-Paul Davies: Mental Health, Therapy & Becoming a Therapist
S4 | E8 5 Things I Wish I Knew Before Becoming a Therapist / Counsellor (Therapist Private Practice Tips)
Starting my journey as a therapist, there were things I had to learn through lots of time and experience! In this video, I’m sharing 5 things I wish I’d known before becoming a psychotherapist/counsellor — lessons that could have made the process a little smoother and helped me feel more prepared for the realities of client work.
If you’re in the early stages of your training or thinking about a career as a therapist, this video offers some insights I’ve gathered from over 10 years in successful private practice.
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