When I was first approached…Better Help Cognitive Behavioral Therapy…. to potentially collaborate with them on a youtube series one of the important things that was actually important to me as a psychologist was that I would have autonomy over what I spoke about what what subjects I picked to present and also you know my own views when when needed or appropriate to share them and I was granted that by a they essentially said you understand we trust you as a medical expert and
we’re gon na trust you to go out there and talk about what you understand and one of the important things that I really wanted to address is the fact that I’m not simply here to say that online therapy is the answer for everything you know I believe it can be incredibly valuable for lots of people I’ve seen it myself dealing with people from a few months up to over a year and I seen how being able to message and also have video sessions with somebody is truly a it
nearly enhances the the restorative experience in such a way at the same time I have a private practice where I see individuals in person and I thoroughly take pleasure 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 be able to do the level and depth of work we’re doing or it simply would not feel comfortable and and that’s okay those 2 things can both hold true and I think one of the important things that I wish to begin to have people think about is there’s a location 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 proper for you with the help of an expert when I talk about particular counseling designs or techniques as being appropriate for you what I indicate by that is that it would be the very best technique for
the particular issue that you’re dealing with and I think that one of the concerns that a lot of individuals 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 pointed out that his audience isn’t to compete with traditional practices or put psychologists or certified experts out of business his objective is to provide psychological health access to individuals who aren’t going to come into the treatment workplace and I 100% assistance that objective and I think it is necessary and we have a problem with gain access to
to mental health care in this nation and is one service as our other online companies I was discussing earlier that there are things that I personally believe that online treatment is more appropriate for or offline therapy is more appropriate for and I’ve actually I’ve really spoken about this in other settings due to the fact that it is something I feel pretty enthusiastic about and I have to say that my viewpoint has been popular by business like in terms of ideally how they how they work with the people that present for care so I simply wished to invest a number of minutes discussing my own is my own personal opinion about the things that are most proper for offline versus online therapy so in my view I see online therapy as a terrific location for people who are fighting with difficult life shifts for circumstances where they’re experiencing more stress than normal for situations where you understand they have a very clear-cut concern with anxiety or social anxiety and a treatment like cognitive
behavior modification which is really structured can can benefit them and that treatment because it’s not as social as others is perfect for online therapy since it includes a great deal of homework it includes worksheets it involves discovering specific abilities and methods so mild milder conditions like moderate stress and anxiety mild depression change conditions even PTSD as long as like the individual has received care at first elsewhere these are all things that can be attended to through online counseling you understand think of 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 condition where individuals are truly terrified of being caught and caught in a place where they might have a panic attack and so essentially they begin to limit their activities and limit their activities until a lot of them can’t leave their house without actually feeling significant distress so if someone like that is at house and they can connect through their computer system and link to a counselor that’s a fantastic primary step is that going to treat them absolutely not because agoraphobia to be effectively treated requirements that person to be able to go outdoors and to resume regular activities and sometimes that includes a therapist going to their house to help them with that procedure clearly online counselors are going to have the ability to do that but might they be the bridge that got that person who hesitates to leave their home from that initial supportive technique to therapy where they can actually have a better life 100% and this is what the gap that aims to fill with their services my point to this to this specific video and bringing these
things up is that I I wish to clearly communicate that anything that I share with you is going to be completely from where I stand as a professional psychologist and more significantly what I believe is as simply a human being on this earth attempting to do the very best that I can and so I I won’t tell you that something is appropriate that I do not believe is appropriate I will not share with you that online counseling is the cure-all for whatever because I don’t think that and so you can always expect to hear my sincere opinion on what I think from my own experience and knowledge base as a licensed psychologist I hope you found this video useful and fascinating if you did please like it listed below and feel free to sign up for our YouTube channel where we’re going to be producing a growing number of videos on a variety of different mental health topics and please connect if there’s something particular you would like us to cover or attend to in an approaching video