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/

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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’s journey.

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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 yourself

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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.

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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.

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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 issues.

Amongst many interesting subjects we cover:

- how Annalisa began working on her column

- how she chooses the letters

- writing her new book with all the things she’s learned from the column

- why she began her podcast

- how her own childhood experiences have affected her throughout life

-reflections on her parents and her own parenting

-the importance of connections and relationships generally

- the benefits of therapy and her own experiences of it

- her thoughts on the current state of the media and how she approaches social media herself

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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 development

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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 reflections about the training process, as well as his podcast ‘Everyday Therapists’

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