Sky Maree Steele

Sky Maree Steele Helping psychologists & therapists build what’s next beyond the therapy room | Clinical Psychologist | Mentor | Supervisor |🎙️Podcast | Workshops | Training

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I know a lot of psychologists who are incredibly confident in the therapy room……and completely lose that confidence when...
15/09/2026

I know a lot of psychologists who are incredibly confident in the therapy room…

…and completely lose that confidence when they get online.

In the therapy room, you know how to respond.

You have context.
You have a relationship.
You have years of training and experience to draw on.

Then someone says, “You should post more on Instagram.”

And suddenly your brain goes:

Can I say that?
Is that ethical?
What if another psychologist disagrees?
What if someone complains?
Am I allowed to talk about this?
Do I sound like I actually know what I’m talking about?

So you say nothing.

I get it.

For psychologists, being visible can feel like a completely different professional skill.

And I think there’s an important distinction between being careful with your professional boundaries and being so worried about getting it wrong that you stop communicating altogether.

You don’t need to share client stories.
You don’t need to give individual clinical advice.
You don’t need to become an influencer.

But you also don’t need to hide everything you know.

Your degree, your training, your experience and your perspective have value outside the therapy room too.

The challenge is learning how to communicate that expertise in a way that still feels like you — and still feels professionally safe.

That’s part of what it means to build a professional identity beyond 1:1 work.

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15/09/2026

What do you want to be known for?

Not your job title.
Not what you think you should be known for.
Not what looks good on an Instagram bio.

What do you actually want to be known for?

In this episode, + Sky unpack this question through childhood dreams, creativity, burnout, identity, perfectionism and the environments we choose to show up in.

Because sometimes you’re already doing the thing you want to be known for.

You might just be doing it in an environment that no longer lights you up.

And maybe the next step isn't becoming someone different.

Maybe it's becoming more of who you already are.

🎧 Listen to the full episode of .

And tell us below:

What do you want to be known for? 👇

14/09/2026

You can know exactly what to say in the therapy room — and suddenly feel like you have nothing to say online.

I’ve heard this from so many psychologists and therapists.

In the therapy room, you’re used to listening, thinking, responding and drawing on years of training and experience.

You know your stuff.

Then you get online…

And suddenly you’re thinking:

What the hell do I actually say?

Who wants to hear what I have to say?

What if I sound stupid?

What if someone disagrees with me?

What if I get it wrong?

It can feel like you’ve somehow lost all your professional confidence.

But you haven’t.

The problem isn’t that you have nothing to say.

You’re just used to using your knowledge in a very different environment.

In the therapy room, the conversation is private.
Someone asks. You respond.
You have context. You have a relationship.
You’re not standing there wondering who is watching.

Online, you have to decide what you think is worth saying before anyone asks.

And then there’s the visibility.

Being seen as the professional who has an opinion.
Being recognised for something.
Putting your knowledge into your own words.
Letting people hear your voice.

That can feel surprisingly vulnerable.

Especially when you’ve spent years being the good therapist — careful, ethical, considered and not wanting to get it wrong.

So if you feel awkward online, it doesn’t mean you have nothing to offer.

It might simply mean you’re learning how to use your professional voice in a new room.

And that takes practice too.

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14/09/2026

“I’m going to get in trouble.”

This is one of the things I hear all the time when therapists start thinking about expanding beyond the therapy room.

What if I say the wrong thing?
What if another psychologist disagrees with me?
What if someone reports me?
What if people think I’m not being ethical?
What if I’m seen as stepping outside my lane?

And underneath all of that?

“I’m supposed to be a good therapist.”

So you stay careful.
You stay quiet.
You keep collecting qualifications.
You keep your ideas to yourself.
You keep seeing more clients because that feels safe and legitimate.

But being a good therapist and building a bigger professional career are not the same thing.

You can love therapy.

You can be deeply ethical.

And you can still want to teach, speak, write, consult, create programs, lead, mentor or build something that isn’t dependent on how many hours you can sit in a therapy room.

The goal isn’t to throw your ethics out the window.

It’s to stop letting fear of getting it wrong become the thing that decides how far you go.

Because sometimes the biggest thing holding you back isn’t a lack of strategy.

It’s the identity you’ve been rewarded for having.

The good therapist.

And good therapists can want more too.

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13/09/2026

What if I disappoint people?

This one has been a big one for me.

I’ve spent a lot of my life being the Good Girl.

The people pleaser.
The helper.
The one who wants everyone to be okay.

I genuinely love helping people.

But somewhere along the way, I learnt to confuse helping people with being responsible for how they feel.

So saying no was hard.

Changing direction was hard.

Doing something differently was hard.

Because what if I let someone down?

What if they’re disappointed in me?

What if they think I’ve changed?

And then came the guilt.

So. Much. Guilt.

Even when I knew something wasn’t right for me anymore.

I’ve had to learn that saying no doesn’t mean I don’t care.

Changing direction doesn’t mean I’m abandoning people.

Growing doesn’t mean I’m leaving everyone behind.

And disappointing someone doesn’t automatically mean I’ve done something wrong.

That last one has taken me a while to really believe.

Because I’m realising that I can care deeply about people…

and still choose myself.

I can help people…

without being responsible for keeping everyone happy.

I can leave something behind…

without leaving the people I love behind.

And maybe most importantly:

I don’t have to stay the same person just because other people are comfortable with who I used to be.

I’m still learning this.

But I think there’s a difference between being a good person…

and needing everyone to think you’re a good person.

I’m working on the first one. 🤍

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12/09/2026

Because somewhere along the way, being a good therapist can become part of your identity.

You’re the one who:
→ cares deeply
→ does the extra reading
→ wants to get it right
→ takes your responsibility seriously
→ keeps learning
→ shows up for your clients
→ feels proud of being really fu***ng good at what you do.

And there’s nothing wrong with that.
Until “good therapist” becomes the only version of you that feels legitimate.

So when you think about doing something beyond therapy…
A workshop.
Speaking.
Writing.
Teaching.
Consulting.
Creating a program.
Mentoring.
Leadership.

You suddenly hear:
“But I’m a therapist.”
“I’m not an expert in that.”
“I need another qualification.”
“Who am I to teach this?”
“I should probably just focus on getting better at therapy.”

And before you know it, you’ve built your entire professional identity around being good at therapy.

Which means your income, your confidence, your sense of competence and even your idea of success can become tied to:
How many clients can I see?

But what if you stopped defining yourself as:
“I am good at therapy.”
And started thinking:
“I am good at lots of things.”

Your therapy skills don’t disappear when you step outside the therapy room.
Your ability to understand people.
Communicate.
Listen.
Teach.
Hold complexity.
Read a room.
Build trust.
See patterns.
Explain complicated things simply.
These are professional skills.
Therapy is one place you use them.
It doesn’t have to be the only place.

You can be a good therapist and a good speaker.
A good therapist and a good teacher.
A good therapist and a good writer.
A good therapist and a good business owner.
A good therapist and a leader.
A good therapist and someone who creates something entirely new.

You don’t have to abandon the therapist identity.

You just have to stop letting it be your only identity.

Because maybe the goal isn’t to become a better therapist forever.
Maybe the next stage of your professional career is discovering what else you’re good at.
Your practice can be the base.
It doesn’t have to be the whole career.

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