When I was first approached…Better Better Best…. to perhaps team up with them on a youtube series one of the things that was really essential to me as a psychologist was that I would have autonomy over what I talked about what what topics I selected to present and likewise you know my own views when when necessary or appropriate to share them and I was approved that by a they essentially said you know we trust you as a medical professional and
we’re gon na trust you to head out there and talk about what you know and one of the important things that I really wanted to address is the truth that I’m not simply here to say that online treatment is the answer for whatever you understand I believe it can be extremely helpful for lots of people I’ve seen it myself working with people from a few months approximately over a year and I seen how having the ability to message and also have video sessions with somebody is truly a it
practically improves the the healing experience in a way at the same time I have a private practice where I see people face-to-face and I thoroughly delight in that and there are individuals that I see there that I would not think about seeing online either they wouldn’t be appropriate we wouldn’t have the ability to do the level and depth of work we’re doing or it just would not feel comfy and and that’s fine those 2 things can both be true and I believe among the things that I want to begin to have people think about exists’s a place for both offline and online treatment it is actually a matter of you understand deciding what’s right for you but also what’s most suitable for you with the help of an expert when I talk about particular therapy designs or approaches as being appropriate for you what I suggest by that is that it would be the best approach for
the particular problem that you’re dealing with and I think that one of the concerns that a lot of people have is that online therapy is trying to replace offline counseling and I can tell you 100% that that’s not true I have actually had numerous conversations with the founder of where he has actually mentioned that his audience isn’t to compete with traditional practices or put psychologists or certified specialists out of business his mission is to supply mental health access to individuals who aren’t going to enter into the therapy workplace and I 100% support that objective and I think it is necessary and we have an issue with access
to psychological healthcare in this country and is one solution as our other online companies I was mentioning previously that there are things that I personally believe that online therapy is better for or offline treatment is more appropriate for and I’ve in fact I’ve really discussed this in other settings due to the fact that it is something I feel quite enthusiastic about and I need to say that my viewpoint has actually been popular by companies like in terms of ideally how they how they deal with individuals that present for care so I just wanted to invest a number of minutes discussing my own is my own individual opinion about the things that are most suitable for online versus offline treatment so in my view I see online therapy as a fantastic location for people who are struggling with tough life transitions for circumstances where they’re experiencing more tension than typical for situations where you understand they have a really well-defined concern with stress and anxiety or social stress and anxiety and a treatment like cognitive
behavior modification which is very structured can can benefit them which treatment due to the fact that it’s not as social as others is perfect for online therapy because it includes a great deal of homework it includes worksheets it includes discovering particular skills and techniques so moderate milder conditions like moderate anxiety mild depression change disorders even PTSD as long as like the individual has gotten care initially in other places these are all things that can be addressed through online counseling you know consider somebody who has a agoraphobia and possibly they connect to a counselor from their home since they can’t leave their home and just simply to clarify agoraphobia is a disorder where people are truly frightened of being trapped and caught in a place where they might have a panic attack therefore essentially they start to restrict their activities and restrict their activities until a lot of them can’t leave their home without really feeling significant distress so if someone like that is at house and they can connect through their computer and link to a counselor that’s a terrific first step is that going to cure them absolutely not because agoraphobia to be successfully treated requirements that individual to be able to go outside and to resume regular activities and often that involves a therapist going to their house to help them with that procedure undoubtedly online counselors are going to have the ability to do that but might they be the bridge that got that individual who hesitates to leave their house from that preliminary helpful approach to therapy where they can actually have a much better life 100% and this is what the space that intends to fill with their services my indicate this to this particular video and bringing these
things up is that I I want to clearly interact that anything that I share with you is going to be fully from where I stand as an expert psychologist and more significantly what I believe is as just a human being on this earth trying to do the best that I can therefore I I will not inform you that something is appropriate that I don’t think is appropriate I won’t show you that online counseling is the cure-all for everything due to the fact that I don’t think that and so you can constantly anticipate to hear my truthful viewpoint on what I think from my own experience and knowledge base as a certified psychologist I hope you discovered this video intriguing and helpful if you did please like it listed below and feel free to register for our YouTube channel where we’re going to be producing more and more videos on a range of different mental health subjects and please connect if there’s something particular you would like us to cover or resolve in an approaching video