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
Latest Episodes
S11 | E10 Do Therapists Ever Develop Feelings for Their Clients?
Can therapists develop romantic feelings for their clients?It's a question that many people wonder about but one that is rarely discussed openly. In this video, I explore the reality of romantic attraction in the therapy room, why it ca...
S11 | E9 Why One Stranger on the London Tube Changed Me Forever
30 years ago, a shocking event on a London tube train changed the way I think about human connection and trauma.In this video, I share a story about a young man who experienced a sudden act of violence and chose a response that complete...
S11 | E8 A Day in My Life as a Therapist (4 Years On)
Four years after my first "Day in the Life" video, I’m revisiting what a typical day looks like as a private practice therapist. In this video, I share the habits, routines, and boundaries that have helped me build a sustainable career over the...
S11 | E7 Living Someone Else's Life? Why Career Change and Coming Out Might Feel Simillar
Have you ever had the feeling that your life looks right on the outside… but doesn’t quite feel right on the inside?Whether it’s your career, your relationships, or your identity, many of us reach a point where something feels off, like...
S11 | E6 Coming Out as Bisexual (or Gay) In A Marriage: When It Goes Wrong (And How to Heal)
Hi, I’m John-Paul, and a warm welcome back to the channel. Today’s conversation is an important and often emotional one - what happens when sexual identity is disclosed within a relationship, particularly when disclosure comes after the relatio...