When I was first approached…Better Help Gym Ad…. to possibly collaborate with them on a youtube series one of the important things that was really important to me as a psychologist was that I would have autonomy over what I talked about what what subjects I selected to present and also you understand my own views when when essential or appropriate to share them and I was granted that by a they generally stated you know 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 one of the things that I really wanted to address is the truth that I’m not just here to say that online therapy is the answer for everything you understand I think it can be extremely handy for lots of people I have actually seen it myself dealing with people from a few months as much as over a year and I seen how having the ability to message and also have video sessions with somebody is actually a it
practically improves the the restorative experience in a manner at the same time I have a private practice where I see people in person and I thoroughly enjoy that and there are people that I see there that I wouldn’t consider seeing online either they would not be appropriate we would not have the ability to do the level and depth of work we’re doing or it simply would not feel comfy and and that’s okay those 2 things can both be true and I think one of the important things that I want to start to have people think of exists’s a place for both online and offline therapy it is actually a matter of you know deciding what’s right for you however also what’s most appropriate for you with the help of an expert when I talk about particular counseling designs or methods as being appropriate for you what I suggest by that is that it would be the very best approach for
the particular issue that you’re handling and I think that a person of the issues that a great deal of people have is that online therapy is attempting to replace offline counseling and I can tell you 100% that that’s not true I have actually had lots of discussions with the creator of where he has actually pointed out that his audience isn’t to compete with brick and mortar practices or put psychologists or licensed professionals out of business his mission is to offer mental health access to the people who aren’t going to enter the therapy office and I 100% assistance that mission and I believe it’s important and we have a problem with access
to psychological health care in this nation and is one service as our other online business I was pointing out earlier that there are things that I personally believe that online treatment is better for or offline therapy is better for and I’ve really I’ve really discussed this in other settings due to the fact that it is something I feel quite enthusiastic about and I have to say that my viewpoint has been popular by companies like in regards to hopefully how they how they deal with individuals that present for care so I just wanted to invest a number of minutes talking 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 fantastic place for people who are dealing with hard life transitions for situations where they’re experiencing more stress than typical for circumstances where you understand they have an extremely well-defined issue with anxiety or social stress and anxiety and a treatment like cognitive
behavior modification which is very structured can can benefit them and that therapy since it’s not as social as others is best for online counseling since it involves a lot of homework it involves worksheets it involves learning specific skills and methods so mild milder conditions like mild stress and anxiety mild depression change conditions even PTSD as long as like the person has gotten care initially somewhere else these are all things that can be addressed through online therapy you understand consider someone who has a agoraphobia and perhaps they reach out to a therapist from their house because they can’t leave their home and simply just to clarify agoraphobia is a disorder where people are truly terrified of being caught and caught in a location where they may have a panic attack therefore basically they begin to restrict their activities and limit their activities up until many of them can’t leave their home without truly feeling considerable distress so if somebody like that is at home and they can connect through their computer and connect to a therapist that’s a great first step is that going to treat them absolutely not due to the fact that agoraphobia to be successfully treated needs that individual to be able to go outdoors and to resume normal activities and often that involves a therapist going to their house to help them with that process certainly online counselors are going to have the ability to do that however might they be the bridge that got that individual who hesitates to leave their house from that preliminary supportive technique to counseling where they can in fact have a much better life 100% and this is what the space that aims to fill with their services my point to this to this particular video and bringing these
things up is that I I want to clearly interact that anything that I show you is going to be completely from where I stand as an expert psychologist and more significantly what I believe is as simply a human being on this earth trying to do the very best that I can therefore I I won’t inform you that something is appropriate that I do not believe is appropriate I will not show you that online counseling is the cure-all for whatever due to the fact that I don’t believe that and so you can constantly anticipate to hear my honest opinion on what I think from my own experience and knowledge base as a certified psychologist I hope you found this video valuable and fascinating if you did please like it below and do not hesitate to subscribe to our YouTube channel where we’re going to be producing more and more videos on a range of different psychological health subjects and please reach out if there’s something specific you would like us to cover or deal with in an upcoming video