When I was first approached…Better Help Data…. to possibly work together 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 discussed what what subjects I selected to present and likewise you understand my own views when when required or appropriate to share them and I was approved that by a they basically stated you understand we trust you as a scientific professional and
we’re gon na trust you to head out there and speak about what you understand and among the things that I truly wanted to address is the fact that I’m not just here to state that online treatment is the answer for everything you know I believe it can be extremely useful for many individuals I have actually seen it myself working with people from a few months as much as over a year and I seen how having the ability to message and likewise have video sessions with someone is truly a it
nearly enhances the the therapeutic experience in a way at the same time I have a private practice where I see individuals face-to-face and I thoroughly enjoy that and there are people that I see there that I wouldn’t think about seeing online either they wouldn’t be appropriate we would not be able to do the level and depth of work we’re doing or it just would not feel comfy and and that’s all right those two things can both be true and I believe among the things that I want to start to have people consider is there’s a place for both online and offline therapy it is actually a matter of you know choosing what’s right for you however likewise what’s most suitable for you with the help of a professional when I discuss certain therapy designs or methods as being appropriate for you what I imply by that is that it would be the very best method for
the particular issue that you’re handling and I believe that a person of the concerns that a lot of people have is that online counseling is attempting to change offline counseling and I can inform you 100% that that’s not true I’ve had many conversations with the creator of where he has discussed that his audience isn’t to compete with physical practices or put psychologists or licensed specialists out of business his mission is to provide mental health access to individuals who aren’t going to enter into the treatment office and I 100% support that mission and I believe it’s important and we have a problem with gain access to
to mental health care in this nation and is one solution as our other online business I was discussing previously that there are things that I personally believe that online treatment is more appropriate for or offline treatment is more appropriate for and I’ve in fact I’ve actually spoken about this in other settings because it is something I feel quite enthusiastic about and I need to say that my viewpoint has been popular by business like in terms of hopefully how they how they deal with the people that provide for care so I just wanted to spend a number of minutes speaking about my own is my own personal viewpoint about the things that are most appropriate for offline versus online treatment so in my view I see online therapy as a terrific location for people who are struggling with difficult life shifts for scenarios where they’re experiencing more stress than normal for circumstances where you understand they have a very precise issue with anxiety or social anxiety and a treatment like cognitive
behavioral therapy which is really structured can can benefit them which therapy since it’s not as social as others is ideal for online therapy due to the fact that it includes a great deal of homework it involves worksheets it involves finding out particular skills and techniques so moderate milder disorders like mild anxiety mild depression change disorders even PTSD as long as like the person has actually received care initially elsewhere these are all things that can be addressed through online counseling you know think about someone who has a agoraphobia and perhaps they connect to a counselor from their house because they can’t leave their home and simply simply to clarify agoraphobia is a disorder where individuals are actually terrified of being caught and caught in a place where they might have a panic attack therefore basically they start to limit their activities and limit their activities until a lot of them can’t leave their house without really feeling significant distress so if someone like that is at home and they can connect through their computer system and link to a counselor that’s a great primary step is that going to cure them absolutely not due to the fact that agoraphobia to be successfully treated requirements that person to be able to go outside and to resume normal activities and in some cases that involves a therapist going to their home to help them with that procedure undoubtedly online therapists are going to have the ability to do that however might they be the bridge that got that person who hesitates to leave their home from that preliminary encouraging method to counseling where they can really have a much better life 100% and this is what the space that intends 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 interact that anything that I share with you is going to be completely from where I stand as a professional psychologist and more notably what I think is as just a human being on this earth attempting to do the very best that I can therefore I I will not inform you that something is appropriate that I do not think is appropriate I won’t share with you that online therapy is the cure-all for whatever because I don’t believe that therefore you can constantly anticipate to hear my truthful opinion on what I think from my own experience and knowledge base as a licensed psychologist I hope you discovered this video intriguing and handy if you did please like it below and do not hesitate to sign up for our YouTube channel where we’re going to be producing increasingly more videos on a range of different psychological health subjects and please reach out if there’s something particular you would like us to deal with or cover in an upcoming video