When I was first approached…Better Help Stock…. to possibly collaborate with them on a youtube series among the important things that was truly crucial to me as a psychologist was that I would have autonomy over what I talked about what what subjects I selected to provide and likewise you understand my own views when when required or appropriate to share them and I was granted that by a they essentially said you know we trust you as a medical professional and
we’re gon na trust you to go out there and speak about what you know 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 understand I think it can be exceptionally useful for many people I have actually seen it myself dealing with people from a couple of months up to over a year and I seen how having the ability to message and also have video sessions with someone is actually a it
almost enhances the the restorative experience in a way at the same time I have a private practice where I see individuals face-to-face and I thoroughly delight in that and there are people that I see there that I wouldn’t consider seeing online either they wouldn’t be appropriate we wouldn’t be able to do the level and depth of work we’re doing or it just wouldn’t feel comfy and and that’s okay those two things can both hold true and I believe among the things that I wish to start to have individuals think about is there’s a location for both offline and online therapy it is actually 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 speak about certain therapy styles or approaches as being appropriate for you what I imply by that is that it would be the best approach for
the particular problem that you’re handling and I think that a person of the issues that a lot of people have is that online therapy is trying to change 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 discussed that his audience isn’t to take on physical practices or put psychologists or certified specialists out of business his mission is to provide psychological health access to individuals who aren’t going to enter the therapy office and I 100% assistance that objective and I believe it is necessary and we have an issue with gain access to
to mental health care in this country and is one solution as our other online companies 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 in fact I’ve really discussed this in other settings since it is something I feel pretty passionate about and I have to say that my opinion has actually been favored by business like in terms of hopefully how they how they work with the people that provide for care so I just wanted to invest a couple of minutes discussing 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 treatment as a terrific place for individuals who are dealing with difficult life shifts for scenarios where they’re experiencing more stress than normal for circumstances where you understand they have an extremely precise problem with anxiety or social anxiety and a treatment like cognitive
behavioral therapy which is really structured can can benefit them and that treatment because it’s not as interpersonal as others is best for online therapy since it involves a lot of homework it includes worksheets it involves finding out specific skills and techniques so moderate milder conditions like moderate anxiety mild depression adjustment conditions even PTSD as long as like the individual has gotten care at first elsewhere these are all things that can be attended to through online therapy you know think of somebody who has a agoraphobia and perhaps they reach out to a therapist from their home because they can’t leave their house and just just to clarify agoraphobia is a condition where people are truly horrified of being trapped and caught in a place where they may have a panic attack therefore essentially they start to limit their activities and limit their activities until much of them can’t leave their home without actually feeling considerable distress so if someone like that is at house and they can reach out through their computer and link to a counselor that’s a terrific initial step is that going to treat them never due to the fact that agoraphobia to be successfully treated needs that person to be able to go outdoors and to resume normal activities and sometimes that includes a therapist going to their home to help them with that procedure certainly online counselors are going to be able to do that but might they be the bridge that got that person who hesitates to leave their house from that initial supportive method 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 plainly interact 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 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 do not believe is appropriate I will not show you that online counseling is the cure-all for whatever since 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 licensed psychologist I hope you discovered this video valuable and intriguing if you did please like it listed below and do not hesitate to register for our YouTube channel where we’re going to be producing more and more videos on a range of different mental health subjects and please connect if there’s something specific you would like us to cover or deal with in an upcoming video