When I was first approached…Better Help Salary…. to perhaps work together 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 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 clinical expert and
we’re gon na trust you to go out there and speak about what you understand and among the important things that I truly wanted to address is the reality that I’m not simply here to state that online treatment is the answer for everything you know I believe it can be exceptionally helpful for lots of people I have actually seen it myself dealing with people from a couple of months as much as over a year and I seen how being able to message and likewise have video sessions with someone is actually a it
practically enhances 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 take pleasure in that and there are people that I see there that I wouldn’t consider 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 simply wouldn’t feel comfy and and that’s all right those two things can both be true and I believe one of the important things that I want to start to have people think about is there’s a place for both online and offline therapy it is really a matter of you understand choosing what’s right for you but likewise what’s most suitable for you with the help of an expert when I speak about particular therapy designs or methods as being appropriate for you what I indicate by that is that it would be the very best approach for
the particular issue that you’re handling and I believe that a person of the concerns that a lot of individuals have is that online counseling is attempting to change offline counseling and I can tell you 100% that that’s not true I’ve had lots of discussions with the creator of where he has discussed that his audience isn’t to take on physical practices or put psychologists or licensed professionals out of business his mission is to offer mental health access to individuals who aren’t going to come into the therapy workplace and I 100% assistance that mission and I believe it is necessary and we have an issue with gain access to
to mental healthcare in this country and is one option as our other online business I was discussing earlier that there are things that I personally think that online treatment is more appropriate for or offline therapy is more appropriate for and I’ve in fact I’ve really discussed this in other settings because it is something I feel quite passionate about and I need to state that my viewpoint has actually been well-received by companies like in terms of ideally how they how they work with the people that provide for care so I just wished to invest a number of minutes talking about my own is my own individual opinion about the things that are most suitable for online versus offline therapy so in my view I see online therapy as a wonderful location for individuals who are battling with difficult life shifts for situations where they’re experiencing more tension than regular for scenarios where you know they have a very well-defined problem with anxiety or social stress and anxiety and a treatment like cognitive
behavioral therapy which is really structured can can benefit them which therapy since it’s not as social as others is best for online therapy since it involves a lot of homework it includes worksheets it involves finding out particular abilities and techniques so mild milder conditions like moderate stress and anxiety mild depression modification conditions even PTSD as long as like the individual has actually gotten care initially elsewhere these are all things that can be addressed through online therapy you know consider somebody who has a agoraphobia and perhaps they reach out to a counselor from their home because they can’t leave their home and simply just to clarify agoraphobia is a disorder where people are truly frightened of being trapped and trapped in a place where they may have an anxiety attack therefore essentially they begin to limit their activities and restrict their activities till many of them can’t leave their home without truly feeling substantial distress so if somebody like that is at home and they can connect through their computer and connect to a counselor that’s a great initial step is that going to treat them never because agoraphobia to be effectively treated needs that person to be able to go outside and to resume typical activities and sometimes that includes a therapist going to their home to help them with that process undoubtedly online counselors are going to be able to do that but could they be the bridge that got that individual who hesitates to leave their home from that initial supportive approach to therapy where they can really have a better life 100% and this is what the space that intends to fill with their services my indicate this to this particular video and bringing these
things up is that I I wish to clearly interact that anything that I share with you is going to be completely from where I stand as a professional psychologist and more importantly what I believe is as just a human being on this earth attempting to do the very best that I can therefore I I won’t tell you that something is appropriate that I don’t believe is appropriate I won’t share with you that online therapy is the cure-all for whatever since I do not believe that and so you can constantly anticipate to hear my honest viewpoint on what I think from my own experience and knowledge base as a licensed psychologist I hope you discovered this video handy and intriguing 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 increasingly more videos on a variety of different psychological health subjects and please reach out if there’s something specific you would like us to cover or resolve in an approaching video