Julie Smith

Dr Julie Smith is a hugely popular clinical psychologist, digital educator, and cultural phenomenon. With over 10 million online followers and books that dominate bestseller lists, she has made it her life’s work to bring the tools of therapy out of the clinic and into people’s daily lives.

Smith has spent over a decade immersed in NHS services and private practice, including a specialist post within the UK’s Ministry of Defence. From crisis teams to acute wards, she has worked on the frontlines of psychological care, supporting individuals through trauma, burnout and grief.

Today, Julie Smith is widely recognised as one of the internet’s most trusted voices on mental health. Her debut book, Why Has Nobody Told Me This Before?, became the bestselling non-fiction title of 2022 and remains a fixture on the Sunday Times bestseller list. Smith’s latest piece, Open When…, offers a powerful handbook for navigating emotional emergencies in real time and is described as a therapist-in-your-pocket for life’s toughest moments. Together, her books have placed her among the 50 bestselling authors in Britain over the past half-century.

A regular contributor to ITV’s This Morning, BBC Radio 1’s Life Hacks, and an ambassador for BBC Children in Need, Julie Smith continues to shape national conversations about mental health. She also partners with tech platforms to explore how wearable data can help individuals identify and reduce the physiological costs of chronic stress.

Stress, Smith argues, is not just about workload — it’s about values, agency, and the beliefs we hold about our own resilience. It’s the insight that being late for a meeting can feel existential not because of the meeting, but because punctuality ties into your self-worth. Sharp, lived wisdom is what makes Julie Smith’s advice both practical and profound.