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
S5 | E1 Career Transformation Insights from Richard Campbell, Future Therapist: on becoming a therapist
I speak to Richard who's in the process of training to be a counsellor/therapist. In this engaging conversation, Richard opens up about his journey and shares valuable insights from his experiences. Richard talks about various topics including:
- the pivotal moment he thought he might want to change his career path and retrain as a therapist, exploring the thoughts and feelings that led him to this significant decision in his life
- the kind of challenges and concerns that training to be a therapist and making a career change generally might bring, including the emotional hurdles and practical considerations he faces along the way
- starting his own Substack blog with his reflections about the training process, where he documents his thoughts, experiences, and lessons learned, as well as his podcast 'Everyday Therapists' where he discusses the realities of everyday therapy and shares stories that resonate with both therapists and clients alike.
This conversation offers an exploration into the motivations behind becoming a therapist and the ways in which Richard is navigating this important transition in his life.
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