When I was first approached…Betterhelp Billing…. to perhaps collaborate 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 spoke about what what subjects I chose to provide and likewise you understand my own views when when essential or appropriate to share them and I was approved that by a they essentially said you know we trust you as a medical expert and
we’re gon na trust you to go out there and discuss what you understand and one of the important things that I actually wanted to address is the truth that I’m not simply here to say that online therapy is the answer for whatever you understand I believe it can be exceptionally valuable for many individuals I have actually seen it myself dealing with individuals from a couple of months approximately over a year and I seen how having the ability to message and likewise have video sessions with somebody is actually a it
almost enriches the the restorative experience in a manner at the same time I have a private practice where I see individuals face-to-face and I thoroughly enjoy that and there are individuals that I see there that I wouldn’t think about seeing online either they would not be appropriate we would not be able to do the level and depth of work we’re doing or it just would not feel comfy and and that’s all right those two things can both hold true and I think one of the things that I wish to start to have people think of is there’s a location for both online and offline therapy it is truly a matter of you understand deciding what’s right for you but also what’s most proper for you with the help of an expert when I talk about specific therapy styles or techniques as being appropriate for you what I mean by that is that it would be the best method for
the particular issue that you’re handling and I believe that one of the concerns that a great deal of people have is that online therapy is attempting to change offline counseling and I can inform you 100% that that’s not real I’ve had numerous discussions with the founder of where he has actually pointed out that his audience isn’t to take on physical practices or put psychologists or licensed professionals out of business his mission is to provide psychological health access to the people who aren’t going to enter the therapy workplace and I 100% assistance that objective and I think it is very important and we have a problem with access
to mental healthcare in this nation and is one option as our other online business I was discussing earlier that there are things that I personally believe that online treatment is better for or offline treatment is more appropriate for and I’ve actually I’ve actually spoken about this in other settings due to the fact that it is something I feel quite passionate about and I need to say that my viewpoint has been favored by companies like in terms of ideally how they how they work with individuals that present for care so I simply wanted to invest a number of minutes discussing my own is my own individual opinion about the things that are most suitable for online versus offline treatment so in my view I see online therapy as a fantastic place for individuals who are battling with hard life transitions for circumstances where they’re experiencing more tension than regular for circumstances where you know they have a very specific problem with stress and anxiety or social anxiety and a treatment like cognitive
behavior modification which is extremely structured can can benefit them which treatment due to the fact that it’s not as interpersonal as others is best for online therapy because it involves a lot of research it includes worksheets it involves learning particular abilities and techniques so mild milder conditions like mild anxiety mild depression change disorders even PTSD as long as like the individual has actually received care initially in other places these are all things that can be dealt with through online therapy you know think about someone who has a agoraphobia and maybe they reach out to a therapist from their home due to the fact that they can’t leave their house and just just to clarify agoraphobia is a condition where individuals are truly frightened of being caught and caught in a place where they may have an anxiety attack and so basically they start to limit their activities and limit their activities until many of them can’t leave their home without truly feeling significant 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 terrific first step is that going to treat them never because agoraphobia to be successfully treated needs that person to be able to go outdoors and to resume regular activities and sometimes that involves a therapist going to their house to help them with that process obviously online therapists are going to have the ability to do that however could they be the bridge that got that individual who’s afraid to leave their house from that initial supportive approach to counseling where they can really have a 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 want to clearly communicate that anything that I show you is going to be fully from where I stand as an expert psychologist and more importantly what I believe is as simply a human being on this earth attempting to do the very best that I can and so I I won’t tell you that something is appropriate that I don’t think is appropriate I won’t show you that online counseling is the cure-all for whatever due to the fact that I don’t believe that and so you can constantly expect to hear my truthful viewpoint on what I think from my own experience and knowledge base as a licensed psychologist I hope you discovered this video interesting and handy if you did please like it listed below and do not hesitate 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 connect if there’s something specific you would like us to deal with or cover in an approaching video