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15/10/2025

08/10/2025

Acknowledging that being different is really our superpower is just one of the insights from my recent conversation with Kati Morton, one of the world’s best-known therapist–creators.

With nearly 1.5 million YouTube subscribers, bestselling books, and a hugely popular podcast, she’s built an extraordinary platform while staying authentic and grounded.

In our chat we explore:

– How Kati’s career as a therapist shaped her content and community

– Her journey from initial reluctance to reaching a global audience

– Why authenticity matters more than chasing algorithms

– Balancing audience needs with personal interests

– Her latest projects, including her soon to be published book 'Why do I keep doing this?'

– Plus her favourite piece of life advice!

See the full conversation on my YT channel, link to the channel in my bio. It was great to speak to her, I really hope you enjoy it and, as ever, do let me know what you think!

02/09/2025

🌟 I’m delighted to share that over the next month I’ll be joined on my YouTube channel by some extraordinary guests whose work and voices have reached audiences around the world:

**Andre Lazarus** (top left) — a 'surrogate partner therapist' on UK Channel 4 TV’s controversial show 'Virgin Island', we'll be talking about his approach to s*x, love, intimacy and relationships, as well as what it's like to be a 'TV therapist' on a reality show like Virgin Island.

**Kati Morton** (btm left) — licensed therapist, bestselling author of 'Are U Ok?', and one of the most recognisable therapists online, with almost one and a half million YouTube subscribers and over 150 million views of her videos. Her content has been translated into multiple languages, and she’s been featured by outlets from the BBC to BuzzFeed. She'll be talking all about her career journey to date, including her hugely successful YouTube channel and her soon to be published new book 'Why Do I Keep Doing This? Unlearning the Habits Keeping You Stuck & Unhappy'.

**Robyn Ochs** (top right) — internationally respected bis*xual+ advocate, speaker and writer will be talking about her exceptional career and being bi+ generally. Robyn edits 'Bi Women Quarterly', co-edited the ground-breaking anthology 'Getting Bi', and has spoken in over 40 countries. Her widely cited definition of bis*xuality is the definition currently most commonly used around the world and has shaped global conversations about identity.

**Dr Ron Siegel** (btm right)— Assistant Professor of Psychology at Harvard Medical School, with over 35 years’ clinical experience. He is the author of 'The Mindfulness Solution' and 'The Extraordinary Gift of Being Ordinary, and lectures internationally on mindfulness, psychotherapy and wellbeing. We're going to be talking all about narcissism and particularly 'grandiose' narcissism, including how to overcome it and how to work with it as a therapist.

Each of them has made a real difference in their fields and I'm so pleased to be in conversation with them.

The recordings of the first 3 above have yet to take place by the way, so if there's anything you'd like me to ask any of them, do let me know!

19/08/2025

Look what I found in the flowerbed 😻

02/07/2025

Clip from an interview on my YT channel with clinical psychologist ‘Dr Z’ about overcoming anxiety. She explains it all in such a helpful and honest way, so do take a look on my YT channel for the full video if you get the chance : )

23/04/2025

Really lovely Google review I’ve just seen, very grateful when clients do this and for this career generally! If you want to look into therapy, do of course feel free to get in touch.

Also, please do take a look at my YouTube channel (now over 16k subscribers) for lots of free mental health and wellbeing content, as well as both becoming and being a therapist: https://youtube.com/

11/03/2025

Integrating Spirituality and Psychotherapy + Mediumship ft Lindsay PercivalThis video features my conversation with Lindsay Percival, focusing on the integra...

30/10/2024

‘Why on earth would you do this?… And you're gonna throw away what you spent on law school? Yikes’

Above is one of many comments I’ve had on my YouTube video about changing career from lawyer to therapist.

I do understand why someone would say it. Having made this change though, I could genuinely give this person endless great reasons why, which mostly boil down to the fact that this feels like a loved life now and, to me, therefore, actually a lived one.

Through first having therapy, then training to be a therapist and being the therapist since to lots of amazing people, what were once walls are now mostly doors in life.

One of the most recent of these doors has been my YouTube channel. It’s a channel with content about career change, both becoming and being a therapist, as well as a range of mental health and wellbeing issues, including narcissism, depression, relationships, s*xuality, banter, imposter syndrome and burnout.

I’ve included just some of the comments I’ve recently had from subscribers with this post, including the one mentioned above, to show the range of content titles and how they’ve been received.

The channel has really helped with the doors of finding my own frame and voice in life, connecting with all the wonderful people who watch, comment on and support it and, more recently, having conversations with inspiring people, including Lou Lebentz Trauma Thrivers, Bob Heath, Richard Rogers, Michael Toller, BPC, Volker Balleuder,🎗Maria Parker🎗 and Annalisa Barbieri about their fascinating careers.

I’m also really excited about future conversations coming up, including with Caz Binstead about her soon to be published book on Relational Ethics in Private Practice and James Hawes on the subjects of Men and Anger, Empathy and Intimacy.

I’m delighted to say that the channel is doing so well that I’ve recently become a YouTube Partner. I also use the audios of the videos for my podcast, which is now listened to by people in over 50 countries and 650 cities around the world. So a heartfelt thanks to everyone who has been part of the journey to date and to UKCP for really starting it all off by posting one of my first videos on their website!

Please do take a look at the channel if you get the chance and subscribe/share if it’s of interest to you or you think might be to someone else you know.

You’ll see a link to the channel in my bio.

Also, if anyone wants to come on the channel to talk about something you think might work well for it, do let me know, I’d love to hear from you! Thanks, John-Paul

30/08/2024

Expanding your therapeutic reach may mean going online. In his blog UKCP psychotherapist John-Paul Davies shares his experience of creating online content to reach new audiences. 

28/08/2024

20 years married today! A bit wiser, a lot greyer (me), but actually more in love than ever I reckon. Ever grateful Tracy Davies 😊 🙏

19/08/2024

Thanks to Marmalade Trust for posting my recent blog about overcoming loneliness and particularly in relation to men. They’ve also kindly linked my recent YouTube conversation with Lau Ciocan for his Mentality Podcast on the subject 👍🏼

Have a look at the Marmalade Trust website too for all the great work they do in the area of loneliness if you get the chance

This week on our blog, we're delighted to shine a light on the brilliant advice written by long-time Marmalade Trust supporter and psychotherapist, John-Paul Davies for our website. Check out his recent video about loneliness, with a particular focus on men and loneliness as well. Loneliness video c...