John-Paul's Therapy Podcast: This Trusted Place

Jun 08 2024
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A mixture of podcasts about psychological and emotional well-being issues, the change of career to become a therapist and what it's actually like being therapist in private practice.

John-Paul worked as a solicitor in the City of London for the first half of his career before retraining as a psychotherapist/counsellor in 2007. His YouTube channel (link below) features the videos of most of these episodes.

If you find the podcast helpful, please do subscribe for future episodes. It would also be much appreciated if you could give it a review or rating if you enjoyed it, thanks in advance.

YouTube channel:  https://youtube.com/@JohnPaulDaviesTTP

Website https://www.thistrustedplace.co.uk/

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S5 | E10 Conversation with transpersonal psychotherapist Susan McGrath

Jun 08 2024 49 mins  
Send us a Text Message.This is the latest in a series of conversations, in this case with experienced therapist Susan McGrath who works particularly with the transpersonal/spiritual aspects and addictions and dependencies (mentioning the 12 Step Programme). In this really interesting conversation we talk about a whole range of subjects including Susan’s ‘bugbears’ about the p

S5 | E9 Bringing in clients: My Journey (as a therapist)

May 28 2024 43 mins  
Send us a Text Message.This is a continuation of my previous video about potential earnings, specifically focussing on how to build a private practice and find clients in response to a subscriber's question.Support the Show.If there’s anything else you’d like to know about John-Paul and how he might be able to help you, please do contact him via his website www.thistrustedplace

S5 | E8 Earning potential as a therapist? What you could earn

Apr 30 2024 14 mins  
Send us a Text Message.I often get asked about earning potential as a therapist, so I thought it might be helpful to give an example of an income and then show a calculation on how to achieve it, along with some thoughts.The BACP article on portfolio careers can be found here: https://www.bacp.co.uk/bacp-journals/therapy-today/2024/march-2024/the-big-issue/Support the Show.If there

S5 | E7 Bisexuality (3): David’s story

Apr 15 2024 24 mins  
Send us a Text Message.In this video I read out David’s story, someone who kindly wrote to me having seen the channel to tell the thoughtful, honest and inspiring story of his bisexuality and the effect it has had on his life. Following the story, I make some reflections on it, including the importance of self-acceptance/love and also the acceptance and love of others in David’

S5 | E6 Narcissism (3): conversation with Darren Magee

Apr 09 2024 56 mins  
Send us a Text Message.In this conversation we cover lots of issues relating to narcissism, including:- what narcissism is,- the effects of being narcissistic,- what to do if you’re in relationship with a narcissist, and- some ideas if you have narcissistic traits turned up high yourselfSupport the Show.If there’s anything else you’d like to know about John-Paul and how he mi

S5 | E5 Should you become a therapist?

Mar 28 2024 26 mins  
Send us a Text Message.In this podcast, I give some thoughts on the question: should I become a therapist? I look at the idea of becoming and what it means and specifically how this applies to being a therapist in my experience.Support the Show.If there’s anything else you’d like to know about John-Paul and how he might be able to help you, please do contact him via his website

S5 | E4 Career change, on becoming a therapist/counsellor - managing moving into uncertainty (video 2)

Mar 01 2024 37 mins  
Send us a Text Message.This is the audio of my second YouTube video about managing moving into uncertainty when going through career change to become a therapist/psychotherapist/counsellor.I set out 5 pieces of advice, covering ways of thinking, some things to do and also the importance of others in the journey.Support the Show.If there’s anything else you’d like to know about

S5 | E3 Conversation with Annalisa Barbieri, Guardian ‘Agony Aunt’ columnist and podcaster

Feb 16 2024 51 mins  
Send us a Text Message.Really pleased to have had this fascinating conversation with Annalisa. She writes the dilemma column ‘Ask Annalisa’ in the Guardian, one of the UK’s national newspapers and also now hosts a very successful podcast ‘Conversations with Annalisa Barbieri’, in which she speaks with therapists and psychiatrists about a whole range of psychological issue

S5 | E2 (More) things I wish I knew before I became a therapist

Feb 01 2024 30 mins  
Send us a Text Message.A couple more things it would have been helpful to know before I became a therapist. In this I cover:- working with difference and different world views, including religion and spirituality - what I would see as therapist responsibilities, including the applicability of the idea of ‘deliberate practice’ to continuing professional developmentSupport the Sh

S5 | E1 Conversation with therapist in training, Richard Campbell about training to be a therapist and career change

Jan 24 2024 44 mins  
Send us a Text Message.I speak to Richard who’s in the process of training to be a counsellor/therapist.Richard talks about topics including:- the moment he thought he might want to change career retrain as a therapist - the kind of challenges and concerns that training to be a therapist and making a career change generally might bring - starting his own Substack blog with his re