When I was first approached…Better Help Psychiatry…. to potentially team up with them on a youtube series one of the things that was actually essential 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 understand my own views when when needed or appropriate to share them and I was approved that by a they basically said you know we trust you as a clinical expert and
we’re gon na trust you to head out there and discuss what you understand and among the important things that I truly 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 incredibly practical for many people I’ve seen it myself dealing with individuals from a few months as much as over a year and I seen how being able to message and likewise have video sessions with someone is truly a it
practically enriches 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 take pleasure in that and there are individuals that I see there that I would not consider seeing online either they would not be appropriate we wouldn’t be able to do the level and depth of work we’re doing or it simply would not feel comfy and and that’s fine those 2 things can both hold true and I think one of the important things that I want to begin to have individuals think about exists’s a location for both online and offline treatment it is actually a matter of you know choosing what’s right for you but also what’s most suitable for you with the help of an expert when I speak about certain counseling designs or approaches 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 think that a person of the concerns 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 numerous conversations with the creator of where he has actually discussed that his audience isn’t to compete with traditional practices or put psychologists or licensed professionals out of business his objective is to offer psychological health access to the people who aren’t going to enter into the treatment office and I 100% assistance that objective and I believe it is essential and we have an issue with access
to psychological health care in this nation and is one option as our other online business I was discussing previously that there are things that I personally think that online therapy is more appropriate for or offline therapy is better for and I’ve really I’ve in fact discussed this in other settings due to the fact that it is something I feel pretty passionate about and I need to state that my opinion has been favored by companies like in terms of ideally how they how they work with individuals that present for care so I just wished to spend a number of minutes speaking about my own is my own individual viewpoint about the things that are most proper for online versus offline treatment so in my view I see online therapy as a fantastic place for individuals who are having problem with tough life shifts for circumstances where they’re experiencing more stress than typical for situations where you know they have an extremely well-defined issue with stress and anxiety or social anxiety and a treatment like cognitive
behavioral therapy which is really structured can can benefit them and that treatment due to the fact that it’s not as social as others is ideal for online counseling since it involves a lot of homework it involves worksheets it includes discovering particular skills and methods so moderate milder disorders like mild stress and anxiety mild depression modification disorders even PTSD as long as like the person has received care at first elsewhere these are all things that can be resolved through online therapy you understand consider someone who has a agoraphobia and maybe they reach out to a counselor from their house since they can’t leave their home and just just to clarify agoraphobia is a disorder where people are really frightened of being caught and trapped in a place where they may have a panic attack therefore basically they start to limit their activities and restrict their activities until many of them can’t leave their house without actually feeling considerable distress so if someone like that is at house and they can reach out through their computer and connect to a counselor that’s a fantastic initial step is that going to cure them never due to the fact that agoraphobia to be effectively dealt with needs that individual to be able to go outdoors and to resume normal activities and sometimes that involves a therapist going to their house to help them with that procedure obviously online therapists are going to have the ability to do that however could they be the bridge that got that person who’s afraid to leave their home from that initial encouraging approach to therapy 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 indicate this to this particular video and bringing these
things up is that I I want to plainly communicate that anything that I show you is going to be totally from where I stand as a professional psychologist and more significantly what I believe is as simply a human being on this earth attempting to do the best that I can therefore I I won’t tell you that something is appropriate that I don’t think is appropriate I won’t share with you that online therapy is the cure-all for whatever due to the fact that I don’t think that and so you can constantly expect to hear my honest opinion on what I think from my own experience and knowledge base as a certified psychologist I hope you discovered this video practical and intriguing if you did please like it below and do not hesitate to register for our YouTube channel where we’re going to be producing more and more videos on a variety of various mental health subjects and please connect if there’s something particular you would like us to cover or address in an upcoming video