John-Paul's Therapy Podcast: This Trusted Place

About John-Paul's Therapy Podcast: This Trusted Place

🎙️ 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 🔗 Watch the video versions on YouTube: youtube.com/@JohnPaulDaviesTTP (https://youtube.com/@JohnPaulDaviesTTP) 🌐 More about John-Paul: thistrustedplace.co.uk (https://www.thistrustedplace.co.uk/) If you enjoy the podcast, please subscribe and leave a rating or review — it makes a big difference. Thank you for listening.

Publisher

John-Paul Davies

Category

business · education · health & fitness

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

15 Oct 2022

Latest episode

19 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

168 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   19 Oct 2026

   S12 | E10 Telling Your Partner You're Bisexual: What If It Goes Well?

   What happens when you tell your partner you're bisexual and it goes well? A lot of conversations about bisexuality and coming out understandably focus on fear, conflict, rejection and relationship difficulties. But that isn't everyone's experience. In this video, I share five real experiences of bisexual people telling their partners, including stories of acceptance, relief, greater intimacy and relationships that continued to thrive. I also look at why telling a partner can feel so fright...

2. 

   4 Oct 2026

   S12 | E9 Is there an advantage to being a male therapist?

   Is there an advantage to being a male therapist? It's a question I've been asked a number of times, and after around 15 years working as a therapist, I have quite a few thoughts about it. Psychotherapy is a profession that is overwhelmingly female, so does being a man give male therapists an advantage? Are there particular reasons why some people actively choose a male therapist? And are there things about working with men that male therapists may bring a different perspective to? In this v...

3. 

   28 Sept 2026

   S12 | E9 Bisexuality, Marriage & Crisis: A Couples Therapist Explains

   In this conversation, I talk to therapist Dr Josh Gebhardt about three important questions that can arise when bisexuality intersects with relationships. What happens when a partner comes out as bisexual? How can you support the partner who is processing that news? And what are some of the myths, assumptions and stigma that bisexual men can face? Josh has particular expertise in working with couples where bisexuality, coming out, sexuality, trust and identity have become sources of signific...

Who has been a guest on John-Paul's Therapy Podcast: This Trusted Place

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Dr Patricia E Zurita Ona
• Robert Brooks Cohen
• subscriber
• Karl Melvin
• Harry Japp

Reach and audience

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YouTube views

237,358

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Spotify

3.4 / 5

5 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 67 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

74

Social presence

0

YouTube

93

Engagement

60

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Guest appearances

Does not typically book guests

Based on episode analysis; this does not confirm that the show is currently accepting guests.

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