When I was first approached…Better Help Hours…. to possibly work together with them on a youtube series one of the things that was really important to me as a psychologist was that I would have autonomy over what I discussed what what topics I selected to present and also you know my own views when when needed or appropriate to share them and I was given that by a they generally stated you understand we trust you as a clinical professional and
we’re gon na trust you to head out there and discuss what you know and one of the important things that I really wished to address is the reality that I’m not just here to state that online treatment is the answer for everything you know I believe it can be extremely practical for lots of people I have actually seen it myself dealing with individuals from a few months up to over a year and I seen how having the ability to message and likewise have video sessions with someone is truly a it
practically enhances the the restorative experience in such a way at the same time I have a private practice where I see people in person and I thoroughly delight in that and there are individuals that I see there that I wouldn’t consider 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 simply wouldn’t feel comfortable and which’s okay those 2 things can both be true and I think among the things that I wish to start to have people consider exists’s a place for both offline and online treatment it is truly a matter of you know deciding what’s right for you however likewise what’s most suitable for you with the help of a professional when I talk about certain therapy styles or techniques as being appropriate for you what I imply by that is that it would be the best approach for
the particular issue that you’re handling and I believe that one of the issues that a great deal of individuals have is that online therapy is attempting to change offline therapy and I can inform you 100% that that’s not real I have actually had lots of discussions with the founder of where he has actually mentioned that his audience isn’t to take on brick and mortar practices or put psychologists or certified experts out of business his mission is to supply mental health access to individuals who aren’t going to come into the treatment workplace and I 100% support that mission and I believe it is very important and we have an issue with access
to mental healthcare in this nation 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 suited for or offline therapy is better for and I’ve really I’ve really discussed this in other settings since it is something I feel pretty passionate about and I need to state that my opinion has actually been favored by business like in regards to hopefully how they how they deal with the people that provide for care so I simply wished to spend a couple of minutes discussing my own is my own personal opinion about the important things that are most proper for offline versus online therapy so in my view I see online therapy as a wonderful location for individuals who are having problem with difficult life transitions for scenarios where they’re experiencing more stress than regular for situations where you know they have an extremely clear-cut concern with stress and anxiety or social anxiety and a treatment like cognitive
behavior modification which is extremely structured can can benefit them and that therapy because it’s not as social as others is ideal for online counseling because it involves a great deal of research it involves worksheets it includes finding out particular skills and techniques so moderate milder disorders like moderate anxiety mild depression adjustment disorders even PTSD as long as like the person has received care at first in other places these are all things that can be addressed through online therapy you understand think about someone who has a agoraphobia and possibly they connect to a therapist from their home because they can’t leave their house and simply simply to clarify agoraphobia is a condition where people are actually terrified of being caught and caught in a place where they may have an anxiety attack and so basically they begin to limit their activities and limit their activities till many of them can’t leave their house without truly feeling substantial distress so if someone like that is at house and they can reach out through their computer system and link to a counselor that’s a terrific initial step is that going to treat them absolutely not due to the fact that agoraphobia to be effectively dealt with requirements that individual to be able to go outdoors and to resume typical activities and in some cases that includes a therapist going to their house to help them with that process obviously online therapists are going to have the ability to do that but might they be the bridge that got that individual who’s afraid to leave their home from that preliminary helpful approach to therapy where they can in fact have a much 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 interact that anything that I show you is going to be totally from where I stand as an expert psychologist and more significantly what I think is as simply a human being on this earth trying to do the best that I can therefore I I won’t inform you that something is appropriate that I do not believe is appropriate I won’t show you that online counseling is the cure-all for whatever since I do not believe that and so you can always expect to hear my sincere viewpoint on what I think from my own experience and knowledge base as a certified psychologist I hope you discovered this video intriguing and valuable 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 range of various mental health subjects and please reach out if there’s something particular you would like us to cover or attend to in an approaching video