When I was first approached…Better Help Kosten…. to perhaps work together with them on a youtube series one of the important things that was really crucial to me as a psychologist was that I would have autonomy over what I talked about what what topics I chose to provide and likewise you know 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 clinical expert and
we’re gon na trust you to head out there and speak about what you understand and one of the things that I actually wished to address is the fact that I’m not simply here to say that online therapy is the answer for whatever you know I believe it can be extremely handy for lots of people I’ve seen it myself working with people from a couple of months approximately over a year and I seen how having the ability to message and also have video sessions with somebody is truly a it
almost improves the the restorative experience in a way at the same time I have a private practice where I see people face-to-face and I thoroughly delight 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 would not be able to do the level and depth of work we’re doing or it just would not feel comfortable and which’s all right those two things can both be true and I think one of the things that I wish to start to have individuals think about exists’s a location for both offline and online treatment it is really a matter of you understand deciding what’s right for you however also what’s most suitable for you with the help of an expert when I discuss specific counseling 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 problem that you’re handling and I believe that a person of the concerns that a great deal of people have is that online therapy is trying to change offline counseling and I can inform you 100% that that’s not true I’ve had many conversations with the founder of where he has discussed that his audience isn’t to compete with brick and mortar practices or put psychologists or certified professionals out of business his objective is to offer mental health access to the people who aren’t going to enter into the therapy office and I 100% assistance that objective and I think it is essential and we have a problem with access
to mental healthcare in this country and is one solution as our other online business I was pointing out earlier that there are things that I personally think that online treatment is better suited for or offline treatment is more appropriate for and I’ve really I’ve really spoken about this in other settings because it is something I feel quite enthusiastic about and I have to state that my opinion has been favored by business like in terms of ideally how they how they deal with individuals that provide for care so I simply wanted to spend a couple of minutes talking about my own is my own individual viewpoint about the things that are most appropriate for online versus offline therapy so in my view I see online treatment as a terrific location for people who are dealing with challenging life shifts for circumstances where they’re experiencing more stress than typical for situations where you know they have a really clear-cut issue with anxiety or social stress and anxiety and a treatment like cognitive
behavior modification which is extremely structured can can benefit them which treatment since it’s not as social as others is perfect for online counseling because it includes a lot of homework it includes worksheets it involves learning specific skills and methods so mild milder conditions like moderate stress and anxiety mild depression adjustment conditions even PTSD as long as like the person has actually gotten care initially elsewhere these are all things that can be dealt with through online counseling you understand consider someone who has a agoraphobia and perhaps they reach out to a therapist from their home due to the fact that they can’t leave their home and just simply to clarify agoraphobia is a condition where individuals are actually horrified of being trapped and caught in a location where they may have a panic attack therefore essentially they start to restrict their activities and restrict their activities till many of them can’t leave their home without actually feeling significant distress so if someone like that is at house and they can reach out through their computer system and connect to a counselor that’s an excellent initial step is that going to cure them never due to the fact that agoraphobia to be successfully dealt with needs that person to be able to go outside and to resume regular activities and in some cases that includes a therapist going to their house to help them with that process undoubtedly online counselors 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 initial helpful 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 plainly interact that anything that I share with you is going to be fully from where I stand as a professional psychologist and more notably what I believe is as just a human being on this earth attempting to do the very best that I can and so I I won’t inform you that something is appropriate that I don’t believe is appropriate I will not show you that online counseling is the cure-all for whatever because I do not think that therefore you can always anticipate to hear my sincere viewpoint on what I believe from my own experience and knowledge base as a certified psychologist I hope you discovered this video fascinating and valuable 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 more and more videos on a variety of different psychological health topics and please reach out if there’s something specific you would like us to attend to or cover in an upcoming video