E49 | Therapy Won't Fix You & That's the Point: Kati Morton on Trauma, Healing & Mental Health
JoJo Simmons and Vanessa Simmons sit down with licensed therapist, mental health educator, and author Kati Morton for a raw and real conversation about trauma, stigma, and what healing actually looks like. With over 1 million YouTube subscribers, Kati has made mental health education accessible to millions — and today she’s dropping gems on anxiety, PTSD, therapy myths, and why healing is a privilege, not a finish line.
Mental health impacts how we show up every single day — but most of us were never taught how to talk about it, let alone heal from it. On this episode of the For Good Podcast, JoJo Simmons and Vanessa Simmons welcome Kati Morton, licensed marriage and family therapist, YouTube mental health educator, and author of You Okay? and Traumatized, for one of the most honest conversations the podcast has had yet.
Kati opens up about why she took her therapy practice to YouTube in 2011 — long before mental health content was trending — and how she’s helped millions of people put language to experiences they never had words for. She also gets real about her own struggles, admitting she’s not immune to the same patterns she educates others about.
JoJo, Vanessa & Kati break down:
- The biggest misconception people have about therapy — and why it’s holding them back from healing
- How to audit your social media diet and protect your mental health online
- Why healing isn’t linear, and why that’s actually a good thing
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