When I was first approached…Better Help Hotline…. to potentially team up with them on a youtube series one of the things that was truly essential to me as a psychologist was that I would have autonomy over what I discussed what what subjects I selected to provide and also you know my own views when when needed or appropriate to share them and I was given that by a they essentially stated you know we trust you as a medical professional and
we’re gon na trust you to go out there and discuss what you understand and among the things that I actually wanted to address is the reality that I’m not simply here to say that online treatment is the answer for everything you understand I think it can be exceptionally useful for many people I’ve seen it myself dealing with people from a couple of months approximately over a year and I seen how being able to message and also have video sessions with someone is actually a it
nearly improves the the therapeutic experience in a manner at the same time I have a private practice where I see individuals face-to-face and I completely delight in that and there are individuals that I see there that I wouldn’t consider seeing online either they would not be appropriate we wouldn’t have the ability to do the level and depth of work we’re doing or it simply would not feel comfortable and which’s all right those 2 things can both be true and I believe one of the things that I wish to start to have people think about is there’s a place for both online and offline therapy it is truly a matter of you know deciding what’s right for you but also what’s most suitable for you with the help of a professional when I talk about certain counseling designs or approaches as being appropriate for you what I indicate by that is that it would be the best approach for
the particular issue that you’re dealing with and I think that a person of the issues that a great deal of individuals have is that online therapy is attempting to replace offline counseling and I can inform you 100% that that’s not real I have actually had many conversations with the founder of where he has mentioned that his audience isn’t to compete with physical practices or put psychologists or licensed experts out of business his mission is to supply psychological health access to the people who aren’t going to enter the therapy office and I 100% assistance that mission and I think it’s important and we have a problem with gain access to
to mental health care in this country and is one service as our other online companies I was pointing out previously that there are things that I personally believe that online therapy is more appropriate for or offline therapy is more appropriate for and I’ve in fact I’ve in fact 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 actually been well-received by business like in regards to ideally how they how they work with individuals that present for care so I simply wanted to invest a number of minutes discussing my own is my own personal viewpoint about the things that are most proper for online versus offline therapy so in my view I see online treatment as a fantastic location for individuals who are battling with challenging life transitions for scenarios where they’re experiencing more tension than regular for circumstances where you understand they have an extremely well-defined issue with anxiety or social anxiety and a treatment like cognitive
behavior modification 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 lot of homework it includes worksheets it involves finding out particular abilities and techniques so moderate milder disorders like moderate anxiety mild depression change disorders even PTSD as long as like the person has actually received care initially in other places these are all things that can be dealt with through online therapy you know consider someone who has a agoraphobia and possibly they connect to a therapist from their house because they can’t leave their home and simply just to clarify agoraphobia is a condition where people are truly frightened of being trapped and caught in a location where they might have a panic attack and so essentially they start to limit their activities and limit their activities until many of them can’t leave their house without truly feeling substantial distress so if somebody like that is at home and they can reach out through their computer system and link to a therapist that’s a great primary step is that going to cure them never since agoraphobia to be successfully dealt with requirements that person to be able to go outside and to resume typical activities and in some cases that involves a therapist going to their home to help them with that procedure undoubtedly online counselors are going to be able to do that however might they be the bridge that got that individual who’s afraid to leave their house from that initial encouraging method to counseling where they can actually have a much better life 100% and this is what the gap that intends to fill with their services my point to this to this particular video and bringing these
things up is that I I want to plainly communicate that anything that I share with you is going to be fully from where I stand as a professional psychologist and more significantly what I think 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 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 and so you can constantly anticipate to hear my truthful viewpoint on what I believe from my own experience and knowledge base as a certified psychologist I hope you discovered this video intriguing and handy if you did please like it listed below and do not hesitate to sign up for our YouTube channel where we’re going to be producing a growing number of videos on a range of various mental health topics and please reach out if there’s something particular you would like us to cover or address in an approaching video