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With her easy-to-understand explanations and visually appealing videos, Dr Julie Smith has become one of the most popular therapists on social media.

, the video has been watched more than seven million times.

It’s 10.30pm in Hampshire when we speak. After putting her three children, aged 10, 7 and 3, to bed, she blow-dried her hair into a soft wave, changed clothes, put on makeup and, with her husband filming, just finished making a new video for her six million social media followers.

“You can’t replace that very special relationship that you build with someone therapeutically,” says Smith, who worked for the NHS for 10 years. Still, not everyone can access therapy and “there’s lots of struggle out there”. By mapping out the emotions and thoughts that precede a behaviour, we can start to address the painful thoughts and emotions with alternative coping strategies, she says.

“The big grand changes that we get really geared up for are quite often unsustainable. And, when it doesn’t work out for whatever reason, we kind of get disillusioned... if you make a small habit change, you are more likely to sustain it,” she says.

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