How Licensed Therapist Kati Morton Makes use of Her Platform for Good

In accordance with creator Kati Morton, Patreon could make an actual distinction for people who find themselves attempting to make use of their platforms for good. Kati is a licensed marriage and household therapist, writer, and YouTuber with a Grasp’s in Medical Psychology and a non-public observe in Santa Monica, CA. Over the previous seven years, she has leveraged social media to extend psychological well being consciousness. In accordance with her web site Kati hopes to assist her group battle the stigmas that stop them from getting assist and “push for higher companies worldwide” and her work is paying off. She’s been acknowledged for her work in well being and wellness and was nominated for a Streamy Award in 2016 and 2018.Her first ebook, Are u okay?: A Information to Caring for Your Psychological Well being was printed in December of 2018.

However her greatest declare to fame is the twice-weekly movies she produces on her YouTube channel, which at present has almost 750,000 subscribers and 53 million views. Her channel introduction reads, “I do know reaching out for assist in actual life might be scary and at instances overwhelming. Consider my channel as a useful resource, full of knowledge with the intention to educate your self and get the perfect assist that you simply or a beloved one wants.”

Kati was initially drawn to YouTube due to its accessibility. Her concern was that loads of very important details about remedy and about psychological well being and wellness will get caught behind a “paywall”. With out paying to see a specialist, folks typically can’t get entry to skilled assets on psychological well being. And the way can they make knowledgeable selections or assist themselves in the event that they don’t know something about their very own psychological well being or the place the way to search for the fitting assist?

“I feel typically folks go into their remedy classes uninformed and if I can help in any strategy to give them the data to allow them to get the assistance they want versus spending probably months looking for out what that’s, then I’ve accomplished my job!”

This dedication has helped Kati construct a strong group —and never simply on YouTube! Her viewers spans Twitter, Instagram, Fb, and Tumblr and numbers a number of hundred thousand. However for Kati, Patreon’s audience-backed platform is the place she has been capable of take advantage of direct connections along with her followers and actually see the influence of her work.

With extra evergreen content material that, in response to her, was “by no means going to be a viral hit,” a membership-based answer appeared like the perfect reply. She first appeared on the monetization choices that YouTube needed to provide, however determined they weren’t going to work for her or the content material she was producing. “Patreon was the one means that I’d have the ability to proceed doing what I do,” Kati stated.

With greater than 500 patrons and a collection of tiered choices starting from including patrons’ names to video credit to creating customized movies, Kati’s Patreon platform retains her busy! Her “Kinions” -named after the Minions from Despicable Me- may also assist resolve video matters, get their questions answered in month-to-month livestreams, obtain customized thanks notes, and entry unique and personal hangouts.

Due to her fixed need to create significant content material, and an energetic and supportive group, Kati has seen loads of influence in her time with Patreon. She ceaselessly receives letters and messages from patrons who’ve seen her work make a distinction.

“I simply acquired a message two days in the past on Patreon the place somebody stated, ‘I discovered your Patreon web page and its due to you that I reached out and I discovered a therapist and I’m lastly getting remedy for my despair.’ And that was simply, it’s these actual moments the place it’s tangible and it’s actionable for another person that simply retains me doing what I’m doing.”

Kati believes that everybody has the flexibility to make use of their platforms for good and he or she encourages them to make the most of the chance. Everybody has area of interest experience in a single space or one other with precious info for his or her viewers. Making an influence on-line might be something, Kati says, from sending a pleasant tweet to sharing skilled information.

One other space of social influence that lots of people might not take into account is mentorship. “I feel lots of people don’t acknowledge that you may simply attain down and assist anyone out and provide just a little tidbit. ‘Hey, I used to be there too, I see you, you’re necessary.’ And I feel that goes a extremely great distance and that’s a extremely good way to make use of social media as an entire for good,” Kati stated.

So what’s subsequent for Kati Morton? Apart from her twice-a-week movies, which present no signal of stopping, she lately launched a video collection about stress and burnout in collaboration with Google. “I get to completely nerd out and interview loads of specialists and be taught what occurs within the mind and our physique and why.” The BURNOUT! Collection launched March 18th and might be discovered on her YouTube channel.